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Re:Cryptocurrency chaos as China cracks down on ICOs by vasilipupkin on Thursday September 14, 2017 @10:01AM (#15248062)
there is no reason yet to think that. But my point is it could become that hedge. Because there is no fundamental reason for gold to be treated as that hedge. So, my point is, the fact that there is no fundamental reason to use bitcoin is not really a great argument against it. Because there is no fundamental reason to use gold and it is used anyway.
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Re:Cryptocurrency chaos as China cracks down on ICOs by Nursie on Thursday September 14, 2017 @12:02PM (#15249311)
There's no fundamental reason, no, however it has proven desirable and valuable over thousands of years.

By your logic anything could be a hedge in future. Which is strictly speaking true, but not very useful.

You may wish to consider the ~25% drop we've seen in the last couple of weeks when deciding on how well bitcoin holds its value through the ages...

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Re:Cryptocurrency chaos as China cracks down on ICOs by vasilipupkin on Thursday September 14, 2017 @12:24PM (#15249521)
gold is also volatile and has had 25% pullbacks. Plot gold over time and you'll see. Hedging is not about the volatility per se but about correlation with other investments.

anything could not be a hedge. It needs to be liquid, transferable, international, etc. etc. bitcoin is on the way there. I am not saying it will supplant gold, I am saying it could. that probability is certainly not zero.

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Re:Cryptocurrency chaos as China cracks down on ICOs by Nursie on Thursday September 14, 2017 @12:27PM (#15249559)
And I think you're looking at the world through bitcoin-tinted glasses there.
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Re:Cryptocurrency chaos as China cracks down on ICOs by vasilipupkin on Thursday September 14, 2017 @12:58PM (#15249952)
I wish I had been 5 years ago
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Re:Cryptocurrency chaos as China cracks down on ICOs by Nursie on Friday September 15, 2017 @05:44AM (#15255828)
Well likewise when they were $0.50 a piece I toyed with the idea of getting some, just in case.

That doesn't mean I think they're a reliable investment or comparable to gold, just that in hindsight I could have been very rich by for a few bucks back then.

Ah well.

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