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Re:Why I'm Putting All My Savings into Bitcoin (2011) by netsharc on Monday August 24, 2020 @07:59AM (#24259769)
Didn't read the links completely, but isn't this just a case of survivorship bias?

In 2011 maybe what he spotted was how human greed was going to make the whole thing skyrocket, but over-analyzing it made him think BTC is a solution for the future, etc, etc.

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Re:Why I'm Putting All My Savings into Bitcoin (2011) by 9nGQluzmnq3M on Monday August 24, 2020 @08:01AM (#24259779)
It was a pretty ballsy bet either way, and I could see it being reposted even if BTC had crashed and burned to $0 like many expected it to.

Meanwhile, we're still waiting for John McAfee to consume his reproductive organs on TV:

http://dickening.com/

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