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A comment on Ask HN: Why crypto is rising so fast when its not creating value?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Why crypto is rising so fast when its not creatin... by medvezhenok on Saturday November 06, 2021 @10:43PM (#29136074)
It can definitely have value. That's why bounties exist (or imagine a market for someone to assassinate Hitler).

I think there's a conflation of value and value in a particular moral dimension here.

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Re:Ask HN: Why crypto is rising so fast when its not creatin... by philosopher1234 on Saturday November 06, 2021 @10:45PM (#29136079)
If the original comment was saying “crypto has value because people are willing to pay for it” that is tautological. There is a conflation, but it’s a motte and Bailey.
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