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Re:Mt. Gox demise as told by a Bitcoin insider by wmf on Friday February 05, 2021 @08:12PM (#26043191)
Possibility of the early Web: getting free overnight air shipping on 50-pund bags of dog food.

Possibility of cryptocurrency: becoming "fuck you" rich in a year without doing any work.

Yeah, you have a point; crypto does have amazing potential.

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Re:Mt. Gox demise as told by a Bitcoin insider by KirillPanov on Friday February 05, 2021 @11:13PM (#26044073)
> becoming "fuck you" rich in a year without doing any work.

That's how most SF tech startups appear to the average blue-collar person.

It's all about perspective.

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Re:Mt. Gox demise as told by a Bitcoin insider by quickthrower2 on Friday February 05, 2021 @09:30PM (#26043592)
Ooh I though you were setting up:

Possibility of crypto: getting free overnight air shipping on 50-pund bags of weed

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