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15th May 2019, 05:46 AM | #41 |
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If that's what you think, then you're just not thinking clearly. I'm not saying that you're an idiot, or dishonest. I'm saying that you are reflexively responding to any negative comment about Bitcoin, and then using the "BS" label to justify it even when the comments are completely reasonable.
Face it, you have a bias toward Bitcoin.
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Repeating a lie doesn't make it true.
Regardless, I am done with this petty squabble. All of these rule 12 violations are probably going to end up in AAH anyhow. |
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I'm still investing in Bitcoin...
In my opinion this cryptocurrency is not reliable, but it will grow... I even wrote my bachelor thesis about that. |
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29th May 2019, 04:32 AM | #50 |
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Bitcoin does seem to like bad news but you can't count on it to follow the news cycle.
The most recent price rises seem to have originated from a large buying spike in early April. Whether this was due to a whale pumping it or a larger number of speculators reading the economic tea leaves is hard to tell. Similarly, we don't know if this heralds a return to unbelievably high prices or if it will crash and burn long before then. I suspect that FOMO is more likely to be driving the current trend than the trade war. |
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30th May 2019, 03:45 PM | #51 |
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Looks about right and this article looks like common sense, and could be the sagest I have read.
https://seekingalpha.com/article/426...ll-limit-rally concludes: "I'd personally prefer $8,850 cash right over a bitcoin, and since most people would likely make the same choice if given the option, this leads me to believe that bitcoin is overvalued. I see choppy trading with ultimately lower prices." |
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Yes, but confirmation bias does not equal wrong.
I studied the argument and ticked the logic. Limited supply of bitcoin does not equal limited supply of crypto currency for example. I have said repeatedly myself on thread, this is not smart to point it out, it is an axiom. |
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7700 and change, now.
Oof! |
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Come off what? Pointing out that, once again, your favourite thing in the world is having hiccups?
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Try this: Bitcoin often has steep climbs and declines.
See how that works? You can't even logic this topic properly. Mind you, if you didn't find yourself obligated to respond to every criticism or comment about BTC you wouldn't put yourself in such ridiculous predicaments. You say you only respond to erroneous claims about BTC, but your history shows otherwise. |
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A different point of view is not the same as an error. He portrays frequent steep changes in value as a negative. You dismiss it as "normal for Bitcoin".
You also keep putting out this idea that if something were discussed before that we shouldn't raise the issue again. This is BS. The volativity of Bitcoin has been an ongoing issue, and it's just a viable a topic today as it was in years past. |
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Anybody would think that bitcoin's volatility is something that is seldom discussed. That is not the case with bitcoin where price changes are constantly being posted by everybody with an anti-bitcoin agenda.
At some point it stops being news and falls under the "water is wet" category. |
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Bitcoins are quantum, you can't observe them without affecting their value.
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Bitcoin mining putting out CO2 comparable to a medium sized city:
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And yet you find it necessary to police my posts.
BTW It is still only a month since I OFFERED for you to do an imaginary short of bitcoin. It might only have been a mental bet but you would be losing your mind right now. Do you find that informative or should I wait 6 or 12 months before reminding you that you wanted to short bitcoin? |
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Water is not wet, just saying |
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