Re:Bitcoin Price Tops $1,000 in First Day of 2017 Trading
by jron on Sunday January 01, 2017 @10:08PM
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By that rational, any publicly traded commodity is a ponzi\pyramid scheme. Anything with a finite supply and demand will command a price. The market doesn't care if you dislike the speculative nature of bitcoin; it is simple supply and demand at work.
You could make the exact same arguments against gold but that doesn't stop central banks of the world from hording it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_reserve The only differences are 3,500 years of history and... teleportation.
You could make the exact same arguments against gold but that doesn't stop central banks of the world from hording it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_reserve The only differences are 3,500 years of history and... teleportation.