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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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  1. KingCheetah

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    The vast majority of Bitcoin mining factories run on green coal.
     
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  2. LosPollosHermanos

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    And peoples use their bitcoins on Tesla’s it is known. For the simple folk they think it’s leading to more emission but little do they know

    4D chess
     
  3. KingCheetah

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    All Teslas form Bitcoin network.
     
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    You can probably mine While driving with the computer and generators
     
  5. Invisible Fan

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    Is that like impossible nothing burger?
     
  6. KingCheetah

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    They grow the coal from fungi in a vat.
     
  7. saitou

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    Lol! It's an asset and I hope it rises (holding mara now), but ppl pretending there isn't an energy problem is hiding ones head in the sand. In Singapore I see retail shops in old shopping centers openly mining (I think they get free central a/c not sure about electricity), and they aren't running on renewables.
     
  8. Ziggy

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    Finally you get MARA. I sold SO MANY puts on it at $26 expiring today. Looks like no love for me. Just juicy high IV premiums.
     
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    u r a braver man than me haha
     
  10. Ziggy

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    Man... I was SWEATING last night. Imagine getting assigned a HEFTY amount of contracts late on a FRIDAY and having to hold through the weekend WHILE Bitcoin continues to move (up or down). If it sinks 15% you walk into Monday down God-knows-how-many %.
     
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    posted in wrong thread but I got into some altcoin the other day, $FTM, to the moon I hope
     
  12. Dr of Dunk

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    Why?
     
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    Cuban invested in it, supposed to be new leader in DeFi space, also Sam Bankman-Fried just invested $35M into Fantom Foundation
     
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    He's in a lot of stuff, so be careful. lol. I remember reading one of his biggest holdings recently was actually AAVE.
     
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    Cardano is going through crazy swings. 20% diff between highs and lows off zero new news...
     
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    Yea def understand that, but appreciative of the warning, investing very cautiously...So much is changing though, from NBA topshop, to digital art, to CryptoPunks?! Craziness
     
  17. Dr of Dunk

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    Yeah, I'm about to sign up for NBA Top Shot for giggles. lol. There are a lot of companies that are getting into de-fi, NFT, etc. It's just getting started.
     
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    I am having fun on robinhood. I know its nothing like you big leaguers

    Having fun with doge and this is better and more fun than laying $100 to get 150 on deshaun going to the broncos
     
  19. Dr of Dunk

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    It's crypto. Whales and trading algos blow out peoples' stops and buy it up and everybody has FOMO, so they buy back into it so they don't miss out and it goes up again. lol. There's also an impending release of the Mary hard fork on March 1st that's fueling much of the ramp-up.
     
  20. Ziggy

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    Posted yesterday. Interesting teaser and info on energy use 17min in - https://ark-invest.com/videos/market-commentary/february-26-2021-in-the-know-with-cathie-wood/

    I believe this is the white paper: https://ark-invest.com/white-papers/bitcoin-mining-white-paper/
     
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