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Re:Nassim Taleb says Bitcoin is an open Ponzi scheme and a f... by JoeAltmaier on Saturday April 24, 2021 @03:17PM (#26927532)
Tulip Bulb then
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Re:Nassim Taleb says Bitcoin is an open Ponzi scheme and a f... by Sammi on Saturday April 24, 2021 @04:16PM (#26927959)
No, not that either. Anyone can plant more Tulips. There's no way to dilute the supply of Bitcoin.
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Re:Nassim Taleb says Bitcoin is an open Ponzi scheme and a f... by JoeAltmaier on Monday April 26, 2021 @07:40PM (#26949732)
Planting tulips isn't an instant thing. It takes a season to grow. Not that different from mining? And not really part of the tulip thing; that was all about the bubble.
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Re:Nassim Taleb says Bitcoin is an open Ponzi scheme and a f... by HellzStormer on Saturday April 24, 2021 @10:33PM (#26929910)
I mean, miners could agree on a different set of rules to apply and increase the supply.

It's harder/unlikely, but its not "no way to".

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Re:Nassim Taleb says Bitcoin is an open Ponzi scheme and a f... by Sammi on Sunday April 25, 2021 @04:59AM (#26931339)
You're describing a fork. Bitcoin has already been forked uncountable times. They don't carry over the users, so they don't carry over the network effects either.
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