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2naSalit

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9. Not for the 99%...

Reply to samsingh (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 14, 2022, 03:05 PM

Feb 2022

If we can't make their money irrelevant to them, they will make it so for us. It's almost like a war of economies and whose will make life livable for whomever has the relevant resource of currency. The winners of that war will be making the rules.

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Is it just me or did Crypto jump the shark last night [View all] genxlib Feb 2022 OP

It makes no sense as a currency samsingh Feb 2022 #1

Not for the 99%... 2naSalit Feb 2022 #9

I feel like cryptocurrency jumped the shark in 2016 with the "blockchain bros". Initech Feb 2022 #16

Crooks, anarchists, and gullible gamblers. lagomorph777 Feb 2022 #2

Maybe they think its Dutch tulips? Dave in VA Feb 2022 #3

Except that it seems worse to me genxlib Feb 2022 #6

Yeah, at least a tulip bulb is an actual thing. lagomorph777 Feb 2022 #8

+1 2naSalit Feb 2022 #10

The problem is crypto currencies don't actually solve the problems they were supposed to solve. PoliticAverse Feb 2022 #4

Thanks for the video. Explains crypto and NFT's in a way that aligned with my gut reaction GoneOffShore Feb 2022 #13

As John Oliver says: it's everything you don't understand about money... Initech Feb 2022 #5

Perfect genxlib Feb 2022 #7

Exactly! 2naSalit Feb 2022 #11

Cryptocurrency is a scam. MineralMan Feb 2022 #12

Oh, I agree with you genxlib Feb 2022 #15

Yes. There is a need to get smaller investors involved with cryptocurrency. MineralMan Feb 2022 #17

Cyrpto has never made any sense to me LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2022 #14

There's a reason it doesn't make sense to you. MineralMan Feb 2022 #18