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Re:Ethereum Isn't Fun Anymore by imtringued on Monday February 22, 2021 @09:49AM (#26225116)
In practice you are waiting for technologically illiterate people to lose their Bitcoin or old people to pass away without revealing their wallet to anyone. That's a pretty weird form of "investment".
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Re:Ethereum Isn't Fun Anymore by JamesSwift on Monday February 22, 2021 @11:17AM (#26226234)
Thats actually pretty similar to people that invest in collectible cards (e.g. sports or trading card games like Magic). One part of the value increasing is due to supply attrition. Existing cards get either damaged or lost.
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Re:Ethereum Isn't Fun Anymore by derivagral on Monday February 22, 2021 @02:34PM (#26229369)
This is itself a (funny?) form of a Tontine!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tontine

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