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Re:Coinbase cuts staff by a further 20% by Beldin on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @07:44AM (#34323984)
Alternatively, you could let people pay whatever they want for the product. That would also give you a very accurate and objective measure of how people value the product.

What? You don't think the two measures would converge? In either case, the one with more market power would use that to improve their side of the bargain? Who'd've thunk...

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Re:Coinbase cuts staff by a further 20% by zaphar on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @08:03AM (#34324195)
That would not tell you anything about how much someone values a product. Everyone will happily pay 0 for something they value at 10. It's a fantastic deal for them. Too discover the true value you have to raise the price until they refuse to pay it. Which is what a market is intended to do.
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