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What do people think about Bitcoin?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Spooner, Jan 25, 2014.

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What is the fate of Bitcoin?

  1. Currency of the future

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  2. Passing Fad

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  1. Space Ghost

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    This is dumb. Many of you morons still hold 60/40 in your 401k's and someone thought it was a good idea to let people buy stuff that will go to zero?

     
  2. DonnyMost

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    "Aims to allow" translates to "doesn't actually do ****ing anything"
     
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  3. Space Ghost

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    IBIT (or equivalence) should be an option in every fund. thats it.
     
  4. DonnyMost

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    No thanks. FBTC pls. Don't want my paper bitcoin stored on Coinbase.
     
  5. Space Ghost

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    When your memes come true

    "Bitcoin more likely to hit $1,000 than $1,000,000." @adoo @astros123 - Circa 2030

     
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    Oh it's well-worn lore in bitcoin circles.

    There are many, many other cases like this floating around but none on that scale.
     
  8. Buck Turgidson

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    Sorry, I'm just a bitcoin hobbyist and don't run in "bitcoin circles" :)
     
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  9. Space Ghost

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    Interesting new trends from Bitcoiners (non maxi's)

    "Not your keys, not your coins" is now "IBIT is a solid investment"

    Shitcoining is acceptable if you're buying BTC equities (Bitcoin treasury companies)

    Ethereum has legit uses cases.
     
  10. DonnyMost

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    I don't know anyone who would refer to such people as "bitcoiners" lol
     
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  11. Space Ghost

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    We would likely have a civil war if we did this.

     
  12. Buck Turgidson

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    Anyone who creates their personality around something like instagram or bitcoin or whatever has some serious problems with their person.
     
  13. clos4life

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    Our government doesn't want financially literate citizens, it might get them kicked out of office. Let the idiots feed on anything except the one thing that could change their lives.
     
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    Folks reflecting their interests/hobbies in their personhood is only as bad as the hobby/interest itself.

    People who talk about Bitcoin all the time are no different than the people who were all geeked up about electricity, autos, aviation, computing, the internet, etc, IMO.

    Now if you make puppy torture your entire personality, then we might have to talk.
     
  15. Scarface281

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    Yall still laughing at XRP?

    @DonnyMost, you specifically lol
     
  16. DonnyMost

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    lol, lmao even
     
  17. Scarface281

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    Ah still holding strong. Just like the XRP TO USD chart.

    BTC is still daddy but XRP allowed exponential gains the last year and was a given. Like a Google or Amazon investment.

    Anyway, hope everyone's killing it out there.
     
  18. DonnyMost

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    You can ride the wave, especially while a friendly admin fluffs it, but at the end of the day you're holding someone else's bag of centralized dogshit and you're gonna get rugged.
     
  19. Space Ghost

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    Don't become a bag holder. XRP has done well recently due to the law suits being dropped. However the GENIUS act pretty much makes XRP obsolete.
     
  20. DonnyMost

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    XRP's own qualities make it obsolete.

     
    #7400 DonnyMost, Aug 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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