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Re:CBOE Will Start Bitcoin Futures Trading on December 10 by spelunker on Monday December 04, 2017 @02:42PM (#15846779)
> heck, I bought some electronics which would be worth $50,000 today

You don't see that as a problem? Why buy things with BTC when it's better (for now) to just hold it?

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Re:CBOE Will Start Bitcoin Futures Trading on December 10 by ric2b on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @09:47AM (#15851971)
That is equivalent to saying: "Why buy anything at all when it's better to buy Bitcoin?"

It's the same thing: opportunity cost of not owning Bitcoin (or any other investment). Each person decides how confortable they are with the risk.

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Re:CBOE Will Start Bitcoin Futures Trading on December 10 by spelunker on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @02:36PM (#15855004)
No it's not. I'm happy to buy things with my fiat currency because it's not increasing in value at astonishing rates. I'll just keep my bitcoins and cash out some when I want to buy stuff.
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