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Re:Lab-grown diamonds threaten viability of the real gems by pjc50 on Friday March 09, 2018 @08:31AM (#16551558)
Someone should tell the bitcoin people.
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Re:Lab-grown diamonds threaten viability of the real gems by lawlessone on Friday March 09, 2018 @08:55AM (#16551727)
But now we can make more diamonds :) there will never be more than 21 million bitcoin
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Re:Lab-grown diamonds threaten viability of the real gems by tsaoyu on Friday March 09, 2018 @10:07AM (#16552200)
Great business idea. Here is the freshly made AD[1]. Curious to see if there is any business plan follow ups.

[1](https://i.imgur.com/oD50taU.png)

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Re:Lab-grown diamonds threaten viability of the real gems by sduclos on Friday March 09, 2018 @03:33PM (#16554755)
Priceless!

So, a real diamond of fake value is used to engrave fake value of real bitcoin .. or something ..

xkcd material!

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Re:Lab-grown diamonds threaten viability of the real gems by adbachman on Friday March 09, 2018 @09:08AM (#16551801)
Until the next fork! Then there will never be more than 42 million bitcoin.
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Re:Lab-grown diamonds threaten viability of the real gems by zhte415 on Friday March 09, 2018 @09:44AM (#16552031)
;) Until the nexr coin. And the next one. Etc...
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Re:Lab-grown diamonds threaten viability of the real gems by tzahola on Friday March 09, 2018 @08:56AM (#16551732)
Synthetic bitcoins when?
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Re:Lab-grown diamonds threaten viability of the real gems by pjc50 on Friday March 09, 2018 @09:42AM (#16552021)
That's what all these altcoins and ICOs are.
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