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by throw0101d 560 days ago
> First comment of any bitcoin thread on HN is always something like this, generally negative and a bit grumpy.

And not entirely wrong.

Bitcoin is now just a commodity play: it doesn't have to be rational to make money. Humans assign "value" to all sort of arbitrary things:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rai_stones