[Finance] The cryptocurrency (Bitcoin etc) thread

Tim Over Whelmed

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• Yesterday at 7:07 PM

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XRP is roaring still as is my ETH

 

beorhthelm

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Jul 21, 2003

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• Yesterday at 7:12 PM

• #2,842

Anger said:

Bill Maher calls it 'currency for criminals' which sounds about right, so it has some purpose, just not a very worthy one.

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was he refering to dollars or crypto there?

 

Anger

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• Yesterday at 7:20 PM

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beorhthelm said:

was he refering to dollars or crypto there?

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Ha.

Ha.

It was Crypto. He was under no illusion about its real purpose.

 

Knocky's Nose

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May 7, 2017

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• Yesterday at 9:07 PM

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Anger said:

Ha.

Ha.

It was Crypto. He was under no illusion about its real purpose.

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All I can reply is that one day cavemen used to throw stones at the moon.

They didn't understand...

 

Anger

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• Yesterday at 9:40 PM

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Knocky's Nose said:

All I can reply is that one day cavemen used to throw stones at the moon.

They didn't understand...

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Good analogy. It would take millennia to turn it into anything like the stable international trading token to replace other currencies that people espouse it to be.

Until then it is just one of the many many investment opportunities out there. As some would say if this were an investment chat site… “GLA!” and “DYOR”.

 

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Professor Plum

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• Today at 1:22 AM

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Tim Over Whelmed said:

XRP is roaring still as is my ETH

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Blimey yes. I’m suddenly 205% up on a couple of weeks ago.