alt Hacker Newsoh i dont think its 'dead' in the way people often describe. More...done. Like, the period of obscene growth is over and its now seemingly settled into a fairly dull investment with mediocre returns.
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pjc50 • today at 12:50 PM
People found a new way to turn electricity into money at the expense of the atmosphere: AI.
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singiamtel • today at 12:15 PM
Isn't that a good thing? The main argument I've heard against using bitcoin as currency is that it's too volatile.
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Depends on the actor.
From western perspective, maybe, but there are many people in the world who don't trust neither their government, nor western ones: Iranians, Russians, some Chinese, etc.
BTC is a nice safe place for money, which can't be touched by neither of state adversaries. Underperforming some other asset classes is totally acceptable, when your expectation for the brokerage account is effectively zero after arrest/freeze/sanctions.