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suddenlybananastoday at 12:17 PM2 repliesview on HN

The log scale is awfully misleading, especially since money doesn't really work like that.


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cannonpalmstoday at 12:45 PM

Anything but a log scale would be misleading. When showing long term growth of something that has grown so drastically, it is imperative to use a log scale so that 10% gains look consistent over time. Especially in finance.

john_strinlaitoday at 1:00 PM

you can press the "linear" button if you'd like.

but i think the primary point of the comment was to highlight the "Bitcoin has been declared dead 478 times" part