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Re:Gates, Buffett: Bet Against Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency by mediocrejoker on Thursday May 31, 2018 @12:04PM (#17197359)
The article implies he was dong just that. It's right there in the quote. Am I misunderstanding what you're saying?
Re:Gates, Buffett: Bet Against Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency by takeda on Thursday May 31, 2018 @12:08PM (#17197408)
The quote:

> "The asset itself is creating nothing," said Buffett, comparing bitcoin to "productive" assets such as gold or a farm.

That actually wasn't the quote, the remark about gold and farm was made by the article's author.

Edit: here[1] is the actual quote and video

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17197491