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Re:Bitcoin Ponzi scheme by kenrose on Saturday February 08, 2014 @02:54PM (#7202364)
What do you mean a joke? Looking at the blockchain, it seems to be a full fledged, serious, Ponzi scheme. They're taking in BTC and paying it out again to the early investors.

EDIT: +1 to ryanjshaw for showing the blockchain: https://blockchain.info/address/1ponziUjuCVdB167ZmTWH48AURW1...

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Re:Bitcoin Ponzi scheme by asveikau on Saturday February 08, 2014 @05:39PM (#7203141)
Even though it is a functioning ponzi scheme, it could still be classified as a joke. I'd go so far as to say if you don't see humor in it there might be something wrong with you.

Although there is the legal question. I'm not sure it would be so funny to tell it to a judge.

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Re:Bitcoin Ponzi scheme by BobMarin on Saturday February 08, 2014 @03:23PM (#7202519)
wow did not expect that, my bad...

I just glanced over and saw all the automated responses and figured it's a joke. I'm actually still not convinced it's not an elaborate joke

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Re:Bitcoin Ponzi scheme by BlackDeath3 on Saturday February 08, 2014 @03:54PM (#7202671)
The lesson - don't leave sarcastic, condescending responses to people before doing your own research.
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Re:Bitcoin Ponzi scheme by cozuya on Saturday February 08, 2014 @04:38PM (#7202870)
No one deserves the horrors they face by being on the receiving end of the dreaded #828282.
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Re:Bitcoin Ponzi scheme by 97s on Saturday February 08, 2014 @04:21PM (#7202793)
There is a block chain man. It's not a joke, how can you be so silly. BTC has a 100% record of everything that happens to it.
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