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Zamicol on Oct 7, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bitcoin is a Ponzi

Jorge Stolfi has been a bitcoin doomsayer for years.

The author published these in 2014:

https://ic.unicamp.br/~stolfi/bitcoin/bitcoin-beggar-1024.pn... https://ic.unicamp.br/~stolfi/bitcoin/2014-03-02-ShortHistor...

Bitcoin ended 2014 around $378.

I think it's proved it's staying power. Let's move on.

shaklee3 on Oct 7, 2021 | [–]

Staying power has nothing to do with what the article is saying. Casinos also have staying power, but they're 100% gambling.

skinnyasianboi on Oct 7, 2021 | | [–]

"..bitcoin may be dead by the middle of 2014.." reminds me of https://99bitcoins.com/bitcoin-obituaries/

skinnyasianboi on Oct 7, 2021 | [–]

That must hurt.

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