A Cryptocurrency Website Changes Its Data, and $100B in Market Value Vanishes

Re:A Cryptocurrency Website Changes Its Data, and $100B in M... by andrepd on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @08:07PM (#16111735)

I'm quite sure people that don't spend thousands of dollars (or even a penny) on microtransactions aren't the minority.

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Re:A Cryptocurrency Website Changes Its Data, and $100B in M... by tbrake on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @08:26PM (#16111838)

Indeed the non spender is in the majority.

"Whales" - the term for those spending thousands - although few in numbers, are the ones accounting for most of the profit.

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Re:A Cryptocurrency Website Changes Its Data, and $100B in M... by derblitzmann on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @08:29PM (#16111863)

Yeah, it is "whales" that support those games. The business model is to attract and retain people who pour money into the game for whatever reason.

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