From shew09642@rambler.ru Fri Jul 6 02:40:08 2018 From: Shew To: cypherpunks-legacy@lists.cpunks.org Subject: Re: [tor-talk] US Senators Seek to Crackdown on Bitcoin Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2018 02:40:08 +0000 Message-ID: <172289082911.3849117.9773515840683307196.generated@mail.pglaf.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1822464588480497126==" --===============1822464588480497126== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sorry for continuing an off topic discussion, but if your interested in the instability of Bitcoin, I recently did an in-depth analysis of some of the recent market behavior. You can find it here: The Bitcoin Bubble http://xqz3u5drneuzhaeo.onion/users/shew2/decentralization/20110615-the-bitco= in-bubble.php On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 05:40:27 +0200 andre76(a)fastmail.fm wrote: > Bitcoin is a scam. Money or value can't be created on a computer > (unless you consider the phoney fiat currency of the USD "money"). At > best bitcoin is a ponzi scheme where the initial holders of the digital > money get to see the increase in the computer value of the bitcoins they > "own" only to, at the right time, dump them onto suckers that got in the > this new fangled trickery at the end. Those that hold bitcoins at the > end will be at a loss as in reality, they're worth nothing. Bitcoins > are a classic example of the Wall Street method of Pump and Dump. Fake > or unrealistic information is circulated around the web about a certain > stock and how it's to perform which is always UP UP UP in value. This > is the Pump phase. The unsuspecting and gulible public rushes in to > purchase massive amounts of the (really) junk stock. The price rises > dramaticly. Those that promoted the stock then Dump it....fast. They > make their profit and the dummies that believed the junk about how great > the equity was get stuck with a loss as the stock plummets. =20 --=20 Shew _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk(a)lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk ----- End forwarded message ----- --=20 Eugen* Leitl leitl http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE --===============1822464588480497126==--