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Re:Bitcoin is a Ponzi by rnotaro on Thursday October 07, 2021 @09:52AM (#28786244)
> The only way to make profit on bitcoin is to make someone else poorer by that amount. That's what makes it a ponzi - anything with this property that pretends to be an investment is one. Implementation details are irrelevant.

I'm really far from an expert in economics so I could be wrong but ain't that how the stock market works for non-dividends stocks?

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Re:Bitcoin is a Ponzi by lalaland1125 on Thursday October 07, 2021 @10:58AM (#28787167)
Stock buybacks and M&A function similarly to dividends in that they return money to shareholders from corporate profits.

You don't need to distribute dividends to give money back to shareholders.

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