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Re:This Is the Week Wall Street Went Nuts Over Cryptocurrencies by kobeya on Friday October 13, 2017 @02:40PM (#15468232)
The supply argument isn’t any different from Tulips in the mercantile Netherlands back in the day.

This is coming from a bitcoin enthusiast that loves the technology.

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Re:This Is the Week Wall Street Went Nuts Over Cryptocurrencies by rothbardrand on Friday October 13, 2017 @07:13PM (#15469817)
Supply of tulips is not fixed. Bitcoin is.
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Re:This Is the Week Wall Street Went Nuts Over Cryptocurrencies by kobeya on Friday October 13, 2017 @08:03PM (#15469964)
That didn’t really have a bearing on the tulip mania.
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