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Re:CBOE Will Start Bitcoin Futures Trading on December 10 by notyourday on Monday December 04, 2017 @01:48PM (#15846363)
There's a potential that if you play the price of your chineese take out as tje powerball numbers you will win it.
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Re:CBOE Will Start Bitcoin Futures Trading on December 10 by hackinthebochs on Monday December 04, 2017 @01:55PM (#15846413)
Right, but the chance that bitcoin reaches widespread usage, e.g. overtakes VISA/Paypal is judged to be much higher than winning the powerball.
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Re:CBOE Will Start Bitcoin Futures Trading on December 10 by notyourday on Monday December 04, 2017 @03:07PM (#15846938)
There's a chance that a shared public ledger will overtake Visa/Paypal. It is million times higher than a chance of BTC overtaking either, and it is a bad bet.
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Re:CBOE Will Start Bitcoin Futures Trading on December 10 by hackinthebochs on Monday December 04, 2017 @03:11PM (#15846977)
If any crypto does, it's likely to be bitcoin (with lightning network).
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Re:CBOE Will Start Bitcoin Futures Trading on December 10 by elif on Monday December 04, 2017 @02:56PM (#15846863)
Bitcoin is an underdog in that fight now.
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Re:CBOE Will Start Bitcoin Futures Trading on December 10 by hackinthebochs on Monday December 04, 2017 @03:14PM (#15847006)
Network effects work in bitcoin's favor.
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