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paulkienitz

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paulkienitz's Journal
October 8, 2014

all that can be done with bitcoin is, in the end, to speculate

It has no inherent value. This, combined with its scarcity and hype, make it an almost perfectly engineered medium for producing speculative bubbles.

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Software engineer who thinks a lot about the future. http://paulkienitz.net/future/
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