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by product50 3315 days ago
No one needs to prove you anything. You are free to believe what you want. The world doesn't have the responsibility to convince a stranger of a concept s/he hasn't taken time to read or finds too difficult to understand.

I would encourage you to read more about cryptocurrencies and how it has massive disruptive potential. Here are a good set of articles to get you started: https://thecontrol.co/some-blockchain-reading-1d98ec6b2f39
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Twisell 3315 days ago
Still, but nicer, ad-hominem "you don't deserve explanation, because you don't know enough" followed by a link of endless references.

I don't deny that cryptocurrencies might play a huge role in the future. And algorithms are indeed pretty clever. But I don't see why that prevent current bitcoin implementation to be a pyramid scheme and thus I ask. And haven't been answered so far.

It's like arguing that tulips madness wasn't a buble because tulip are beautifull and still sells today. Evrything can be used by speculators to build a buble, even rice or corn (and that's even worse than bitcoin because lots of people don't eat as much as needed as of today).

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product50 3315 days ago
Sorry man - I tried to help.

Feel free to believe what you want. Good luck!

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Twisell 3315 days ago
Luck has nothing to do with that. Thanks for trying. Still hope someone can come with a better argument. But I follow bitcoin new since a few year and still nothing tangible in sight.

Some like you find my lack of faith disturbing, but I don't "believe" anything. I prefer scientifical skeptiscism.

PS: And because I am ready to change my mind, I've dug : https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/5lsu8p/hot_news_fi...

Still no arguments, only bitcoin supporters performing ad-hominem attack against the analyst...

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