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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all charges by mschuster91 on Friday November 03, 2023 @09:54AM (#38128787)
> Like, he’s rambling about how you should buy bananas with Bitcoin. How was this compelling to people who control serious money?

Everyone and their dog was looking for an actually credible, mass-market compatible usage scenario for Bitcoin beyond buying drugs on Silk Road.

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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all charges by sleepybrett on Friday November 03, 2023 @10:44AM (#38129583)
coinbro brain. 'everyone' couldn't give a shit about bitcoin, statistically speaking.
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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all charges by mschuster91 on Friday November 03, 2023 @11:25AM (#38130199)
Yeah but back in the Bitcoin crazy time it wasn't that unrealistic for "serious money". Mastercard, Visa and AmEx move trillions of dollars a year, capturing even a slice of that marketshare means being in possession of a money printer, which explains the (often absurd) investments into anything crypto.
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