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Bitcoin Misinformation


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2020 Nov 10, 10:01am   105,280 views  2,063 comments

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In my opinion, it’s a colossal pump-and-dump scheme, the likes of which the world has never seen. In a pump-and-dump game, promoters “pump” up the price of a security creating a speculative frenzy, then “dump” some of their holdings at artificially high prices. And some cryptocurrencies are pure frauds. Ernst & Young estimates that 10 percent of the money raised for initial coin offerings has been stolen.

The losers are ill-informed buyers caught up in the spiral of greed. The result is a massive transfer of wealth from ordinary families to internet promoters. And “massive” is a massive understatement — 1,500 different cryptocurrencies now register over $300 billion of “value.”

https://www.vox.com/2018/4/24/17275202/bitcoin-scam-cryptocurrency-mining-pump-dump-fraud-ico-value

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2040   richwicks   2023 Aug 27, 12:12pm  

Onvacation says

Bitcoin says

Onvacation says


It's like real gold only better.

Cant argue with that.



bitcoin Glad you're still alive.

Have any of your views changed on bitcoin?

I've written you at least 4 times in the last year specifically asking if you're alive with no response.

You only promote Bitcoin when it's up not down. This means you promote it to dump it.

When you next disappear, I won't care if you're dead and I will show no concern.
2042   Patrick   2023 Aug 27, 5:57pm  

seesaw says

This whole CryptoSpace has gotten out of control, and the"Scum of the earth" want you to trust them to hold your assets.


Like that asshole SBF:

https://patrick.net/post/1379598/2023-06-18-corrupt-federal-prosecutors-preparing
2043   just_passing_through   2023 Sep 2, 1:13pm  

just_passing_through says

Coin dealers being de-banked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yW8IVqaqdM


Aaaand another: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZbaD8KVSlo

Claims it's happening nation wide to dealers, jewelers etc.,
2044   Onvacation   2024 Feb 29, 5:14am  

‘$150,000’ By 2025—Bitcoin Braced For An ‘Unprecedented’ Wall Street Price Earthquake
https://twitter.com/Forbes/status/1763036440517075353
2045   just_passing_through   2024 Mar 2, 11:27am  

Last night I heard some talking head say the bitcorn ETFs did more in 4 weeks than the gold ETFs did in 20 years.
2046   AD   2024 Mar 2, 12:05pm  

just_passing_through says


Last night I heard some talking head say the bitcorn ETFs did more in 4 weeks than the gold ETFs did in 20 years.


Bitcoin hysteria or mania

everyone piling in as The Mooch (Anthony Scaramucci) said on Bloomberg TV that all fund managers will average about 3% of their total portfolio in Bitcoin efts like Blackrock or Fidelity

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2047   just_passing_through   2024 Mar 2, 12:29pm  

AD says


everyone piling in as The Mooch (Anthony Scaramucci) said on Bloomberg TV that all fund managers will average about 3% of their total portfolio in Bitcoin efts like Blackrock or Fidelity


3% was discussed 4 years ago and if that happens the total market cap of bitcorn will be higher than the total market cap of gold. Four years ago it was BTC-1-Trillion, Gold-10-Trillion.

BTC should be back to about 1-Trillion right now.

We shall see if that happens in this run...
2048   Onvacation   2024 Mar 2, 12:56pm  

just_passing_through says

the total market cap of bitcorn

Market cap implies number of shares times price per share. Millions of bitcoins are probably lost forever and HODLER's are going to HODL.

One reason bitcoin is so expensive per share coin is because of an artificial scarcity of "coins" and an overabundance of gamblers.
2049   just_passing_through   2024 Mar 2, 5:02pm  

Onvacation says

Market cap implies number of shares times price per share.


Correct

Onvacation says

Millions of bitcoins are probably lost forever


Not probably definitely

Onvacation says

overabundance of gamblers


Everything in life is a gamble
2050   Onvacation   2024 Mar 4, 5:21am  

just_passing_through says

Everything in life is a gamble

No.

There are investments that take capital and labor and produce something useful.

Bitcoin consumes capital and labor in the hope that some greater fool will pay to keep the system going.

No product. No service. Just a resource suck.
2051   just_passing_through   2024 Mar 4, 9:22am  

Up another $5K since my last reply haha..
2052   AD   2024 Mar 4, 10:10am  

Onvacation says


just_passing_through says

Everything in life is a gamble

No.

There are investments that take capital and labor and produce something useful.

Bitcoin consumes capital and labor in the hope that some greater fool will pay to keep the system going.

No product. No service. Just a resource suck.


Yeah, and you measure the value of a stock against earnings. If its earnings or profits grow, then the stock price grows accordingly.

Still stocks should appreciate if bitcoin appreciates due to inflation from a fiat currency system.

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2053   GNL   2024 Mar 4, 11:22am  

I still say Bitcoin is a social experiment.
2054   AD   2024 Mar 4, 12:22pm  

GNL says

I still say Bitcoin is a social experiment.


A modern day Tulip investing experiment ? So whoever owns the experiment is trying to study how the public reacts to Bitcoin as investors and bystanders ?

They are trying to measure the rate of hysteria associated with a speculative investment like Bitcoin ?

What happens eventually with Bitcoin ? Will it eventually subside or settle to matching the performance of the S&P 500 or perhaps silver or gold ?

The only crypto I have is about 8300 dogecoin. I bought at 3 cents and had already cashed out my cost basis of $500 when dogecoin was at 50 cents after peaking to around 70 cents. I'll sell when dogecoin gets to $100 or $0.01.

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2055   Onvacation   2024 Mar 4, 5:17pm  

AD says

The only crypto I have is about 8300 dogecoin. I bought at 3 cents and had already cashed out my cost basis of $500 when dogecoin was at 50 cents after peaking to around 70 cents. I'll sell when dogecoin gets to $100 or $0.01.

When I used to play blackjack in Tahoe I would always take a couple chips off the table when I was winning. Do they even have $2 blackjack tables anymore?
2056   Onvacation   2024 Mar 14, 7:46pm  

Trump takes bitcoin.

Wanna buy some golden shoes?
2057   Onvacation   2024 Mar 26, 8:02am  

Bitcoin over 70k.

Must be some ransom or terrorists to pay.
2058   UkraineIsTotallyFucked   2024 Apr 3, 8:46am  

UkraineIsTotallyFucked says

Been a while since the Bitcoin Fluffers have been triggered here, so...





2059   Onvacation   2024 Apr 3, 9:16am  

One bitcoin will be worth a million dollars someday.
2061   Onvacation   2024 Apr 23, 7:57am  

https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/04/21/bitcoin-halving-triggers-unprecedented-crypto-chaos-as-price-suddenly-surges/?sh=2473f3995804

So-called bitcoin miners secure the bitcoin network and process transactions in exchange for newly minted bitcoin and transaction fees via powerful computers that are believed to use as much electricity each year as some small countries
2062   Onvacation   2024 Apr 23, 7:59am  

No product. No service. Costly to maintain. Need for a greater fool in order to profit. Useless as a currency.

Crypto is a scam.
2063   UkraineIsTotallyFucked   2024 Apr 23, 8:59am  

Onvacation says

https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/04/21/bitcoin-halving-triggers-unprecedented-crypto-chaos-as-price-suddenly-surges/?sh=2473f3995804

So-called bitcoin miners secure the bitcoin network and process transactions in exchange for newly minted bitcoin and transaction fees via powerful computers that are believed to use as much electricity each year as some small countries


And...

UkraineIsTotallyFucked says

We will need to generate twice the power we do to handle the rapid re-industrialization going on in the US. That means bullshit power consumption like bitcoin and EV charging is going to be taking a back seat, one way or another.

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