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Re:Bitcoin Is a Hideous Monstrosity Made Out of Computers an... by throwawash on Thursday June 23, 2022 @08:11AM (#31847925)
>Enough for Taleb to write a foreword for him (although I suspect that was motivated by their ethnic common origins and less so by the rigor in the book)

Ironic since nowadays Taleb seems to enjoy trolling bitcoiners.

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Re:Bitcoin Is a Hideous Monstrosity Made Out of Computers an... by hnews_account_1 on Thursday June 23, 2022 @09:20AM (#31848688)
Yep. I don’t fully trust him either. I understand his point that there’s no cash flow etc but suddenly he turns around and says gold is not limited by this argument.
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