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by serverholic 1678 days ago
A scam implies someone is getting hurt. Yet I haven't seen anyone getting hurt. You might say that people will get hurt when the bubble pops but people have been saying the same thing about crypto for awhile.
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Grustaf 1678 days ago
No, that's not it. A scam implies that it's deliberate deception. People being hurt is neither here nor there.

And obviously people ARE getting hurt, but that doesn't mean it's a scam. It's just a crazy bubble.

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serverholic 1678 days ago
I would say being deceived is also getting hurt…
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Grustaf 1678 days ago
Yes, a scam hurts people, but not everything that hurts people is a scam!
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serverholic 1678 days ago
This is true. People gamble on the stock market all the time, yet nobody would call it a scam.
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