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Re:Bitcoin Futures Could Open the Floodgates for Institution... by paulpauper on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @06:37PM (#15597237)
I'm sure I left cash on the table, but I was too late to the game to have really made a fortune on this stuff

says everyone who has ever heard of bitcoin (except the lucky few who mined and or bought coins early and still have them). A $5000 super-duper giga-hash miner barely breaks even, takes forever to ship, and and in a year becomes a paperweight.

Re:Bitcoin Futures Could Open the Floodgates for Institution... by julian_1 on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @06:45PM (#15597306)
> A $5000 super-duper giga-hash miner barely breaks even, takes forever to ship, and and in a year becomes a paperweight.

The fundamentals that make bitcoin so scarce and difficult to mine/acquire, are what gives it value.