Re:Ethereum: A number of hard forks turn out to be scams
by jonathankoren on Thursday January 10, 2019 @05:37PM
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Perhaps, but then the real innovation isn’t in the bits, but rather in marketing to the “The apocalypse is nigh!” crowd, and other right wing conspiracy theory aficionados, that were previously dominated by the gold coin and dehydrated food grifters.
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Re:Ethereum: A number of hard forks turn out to be scams
by walrus01 on Thursday January 10, 2019 @06:14PM
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Yeah, it is probably a lot easier to get right-wing conspiracy theory enthusiasts to "invest" in something if you can convince them it's an ideological soulmate to their libertarian utopia, than it is to get them to open brokerage accounts and start buying stocks.