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Re:Google bans cryptocurrency ads by latencyloser on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @10:20AM (#16584918)
Anecdotal, but I have an uncle who, is a very good man but completely illiterate in terms of technology and closely resembles a "Larry the cable guy" stereotype, bought a surprising amount of bitcoin and then called me to ask how it worked, what make the price change, etc.

It seems shoe shiners can come in many forms. But that was the particular one for me to unload all of my bitcoin and other crypto and get out while I was ahead.

Re:Google bans cryptocurrency ads by nkrisc on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @04:45PM (#16588130)
He bought it and then asked you what he'd just spent all this money on?
Re:Google bans cryptocurrency ads by latencyloser on Thursday March 15, 2018 @07:16PM (#16597334)
Yes, essentially. He understood it was some kind of currency. But wasn't sure _why_ people used it, _what_ they really used it for or what all the hype was about. He bought mostly due to fear of missing out.