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Re:Policy Proposal for Trump's Bitcoin Stockpile Leaks by pseudolus on Thursday January 16, 2025 @08:13PM (#42732980)
PDF of the report from the Bitcoin Policy Institute: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/627aa615676bdd1d47ec97d4/...
Re:Policy Proposal for Trump's Bitcoin Stockpile Leaks by danorama on Thursday January 16, 2025 @08:32PM (#42733084)
Amazing. A direct transfer of wealth from taxpayers to Bitcoin holders, with the US government left holding the worthless bag when the crash comes.
Re:Policy Proposal for Trump's Bitcoin Stockpile Leaks by bediger4000 on Thursday January 16, 2025 @11:33PM (#42734116)
Ordinarily, one stockpiles materials that have a long lead time to procure, for whatever reason, so that in an emergency, the stockpile buffers any shortages. What properties of Bitcoin fit the need to stockpile?

This is a scam, pure and simple.

Re:Policy Proposal for Trump's Bitcoin Stockpile Leaks by kccoder on Friday January 17, 2025 @12:38PM (#42740960)
Which should be surprising to nobody, but unfortunately will be to many.
Re:Policy Proposal for Trump's Bitcoin Stockpile Leaks by copn on Saturday January 18, 2025 @02:47PM (#42750874)
You have to hand it to the bitcoiners - it really is some scam. It started out at <$0.01/BTC, and just keeps growing. 16 years later, it's at >$100,000.00/BTC and showing no sign of slowing down. How they manage to trick more and more people over time like this is something else - now even the US president is falling for it. It's like some kind of stupidity virus sweeping the earth.
Re:Policy Proposal for Trump's Bitcoin Stockpile Leaks by bdangubic on Saturday January 18, 2025 @02:49PM (#42750899)
President is not falling for it but sees a quick an easy way to make a ton of money. He literally doesn’t (and never in his entire life) care about anything else