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Re:Thoughts on a “HDD shortage” from an industry insider by hdhrnnrkrkf on Saturday May 01, 2021 @02:51PM (#27008765)
Opportunity cost. By keeping my cash in bitcoin I can now buy (well, not with this shortage) 5 times more hard drives than last black Friday.
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Re:Thoughts on a “HDD shortage” from an industry insider by SECProto on Saturday May 01, 2021 @03:30PM (#27009099)
> By keeping my cash in bitcoin I can now buy (well, not with this shortage) 5 times more hard drives than last black Friday.

Probably only 4 after you pay the appropriate capital gains taxes, I'd hope. :)

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Re:Thoughts on a “HDD shortage” from an industry insider by Semaphor on Saturday May 01, 2021 @03:56PM (#27009276)
If they have to. Not sure how it works in Romania, but in Germany you can sell coins held for 1 year or more without having to pay taxes.
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