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Re:MicroStrategy Adopts Bitcoin as Primary Treasury Reserve ... by tomputer on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @12:09PM (#24121958)
> Don't look at Bitcoin. That hasn't changed much and not much interesting stuff (besides some drama) goes on there.

No. Look at Bitcoin first.

If Bitcoin fails altcoins will most certainly fail too. There is a reason why Bitcoin does not change that much, it has to be safe and trusted for storing value. It is not a "move fast and break things" project.

> Look at the Ethereum space. That's where most of the action is these days. DeFi (Decentralized Finance) is the current hype.

Bitcoin is DeFi (Decentralized Finance), if anything.

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Re:MicroStrategy Adopts Bitcoin as Primary Treasury Reserve ... by bhaak on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @08:13PM (#24127398)
OP already looked at Bitcoin but as that is moving slowly, I pointed them in another direction where more stuff is happening.

"Finance" is much more than just payments or store of value. Bitcoin is way behind Ethereum in that regard.

Of course, that doesn't matter if you don't think that decentralized finance makes sense to have.

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