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Re:Ask HN: Do you consider people buying into Bitcoin today ... by mike_esspe on Wednesday November 27, 2013 @12:48AM (#6806664)
It's gold ratio fell from 16:1 in 19th century to 100:1 in 1930s.

Getting only 15% of your savings is not a good result :)

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Re:Ask HN: Do you consider people buying into Bitcoin today ... by pyalot2 on Wednesday November 27, 2013 @03:29AM (#6807106)
It's not so bad either, imagine you held the continental dollar or the zimbabwe dollar, or even just the USD since 1975. They did worse than silver.
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