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porkchopexpress says

Is Bitcoin all that's worth investing in? Most other cryptos seem to serve some functional purpose, whereas BTC seems to be the main "store of value" investment.

Yeah, kind of a decent question @porkchopexpress
Man, get a shorter name. Maybe G37?

Bitcoin is digital gold. Or Gold 2.0. Or big Daddy. If Big Daddy moves, the rest of Crypto moves. At least for now.
Invest in Biddy and the top 15 coins (if you can afford it) and become a millionaire.

I actually think gold should change its name. Maybe into "Wannabe Bitcoin". "Gold" somehow implies there is something shiny, valuable. Its ridiculous. Bitcoin is Bitcoin and 100times better than gold. So why call Bitcoin Gold 2.0? We know its much better than gold....so gold should be renamed to "Wannabe Bitcoin"

and who cares about boring, physical gold anyways??? I have never met a single person who said, hey, I am so excited to buy physical gold!
Nobody....but everyone wants Bitcoin! I like to compare it to the Iphone 12 and a landline. Gold is the landline.

lol
Thanks G

Onvacation says

lol
Thanks G

yw, and you know I am right

G36 says

I have never met a single person who said, hey, I am so excited to buy physical gold!
Nobody

I got a text from my niece minutes before reading your remark. She and her fiancee are excited about shopping for their wedding rings.

B.A.C.A.H. says

G36 says

I have never met a single person who said, hey, I am so excited to buy physical gold!
Nobody

I got a text from my niece minutes before reading your remark. She and her fiancee are excited about shopping for their wedding rings.

Thats what I am saying @B.A.C.A.H.
You dont buy Gold (wannabe Bitcoin) as an investment (because the ROI sucks compared to BTC). You buy it for a wedding ring but that doesnt mean its an investment.....its just jewelry.

We both know they wont make a 10x on their gold ring.

Its like saying some people invest in landlines, or some people invest in matchbox cars, or some people invest in useless silver coins.
No, Its just what some people do. Some people just dont want to learn how an Iphone works. You cant expect them to understand how to send crypto to a hardware wallet address.

Congrats to your niece! If you need an idea for most likely the best wedding gift: Buy them a few Satoshis and a hardware wallet. I bet they will be forever grateful. They might buy their first house with it!

B.A.C.A.H. says

I got a text from my niece minutes before reading your remark. She and her fiancee are excited about shopping for their wedding rings.

A good friend of ours, while he ran a jewelry shop years ago, cast, polished, and engraved a couple of gold rings for my wife and I; a symbol to the world that we were taken. A thumb drive just isn't the same.

G36 says

Some people just dont want to learn how an Iphone works.

With silver, right?

G36 says

That's funny. you mean your tiny investment portfolio (100 shares of LUV)? ROFL I call that a tadpole investment portfolio. I almost feel sorry.

Nah, over double what you made investing in spreadsheets. And then before you came back I was making that same amount after BTC was trash since Dec. 2017. You don't have to invest to make money. You'll maybe learn that one day. Keep playing with the high school drop outs though trading spreadsheets. At some point they'll get educated about what they're doing.

WookieMan says

over double what you made investing in spreadsheets.

He said he has not made anything. Yet.

When he sell he gonna be a bitcoin billionaire!

Onvacation says

When he sell he gonna be a bitcoin billionaire!

I love news from the future!

personal

G36 says

a hardware wallet.

AKA flashdrive.

You Rubes aren't going to convince anyone smart that crypto is anything more than a very power hungry money laundering gambling mechanism.

It's NOT "digital gold ".

Some rubes even think they can do analysis, as if crypto were stock, and predict what might happen.

It's a Ponzi scheme. The only way you can get your money out is if you can get a bigger fool to put their money in. There is no store of value. It will not be the new currency. There is no there there, unless you are trying to transfer your ill gotten gains to another country.

Anybody here on patnet that want to debate the pluses and minuses of cryptocurrencies?

I can't think of any real plusses.

I have been asked why I hate crypto so much. I do not hate it I just see it for what it is, a well crafted scam that fools some people into thinking it has value

I know this dude with some Satoshis. He keeps bragging that his money has doubled to $97.

He thinks I should go down to the liquor store and buy some.

I fear I missed out.

Onvacation says

He keeps bragging that his money has doubled to $97.

Doubling one's money is a serious achievement!

FuckCCP89 says

Doubling one's money is a serious achievement!

Fuck ya! He's letting it ride.

HE GONNA BE A BITCOIN BILLIONAIRE!

I hear all the bitcoiners are buying ether.

One of the most common Bitcoin email scams is sextortion, which can come in multiple forms. The premise of this scam is that the scammers claim to have video or images of you during intimate moments, as well as access to your friends' and family's contact information. If you don't pay the requested amount of Bitcoin to the scammers, they threaten that they will release those images to your contacts or post them online.

Bitcoin dipped! Buy now! Buy The DIPS!
Or is it dips buy?

Can any of you gotcoiners help me out?

Onvacation says

One of the most common Bitcoin email scams is sextortion, which can come in multiple forms. The premise of this scam is that the scammers claim to have video or images of you during intimate moments, as well as access to your friends' and family's contact information. If you don't pay the requested amount of Bitcoin to the scammers, they threaten that they will release those images to your contacts or post them online.

What if I want the scammer to release video of me masturbating in a Santa suit while sniffing my wife's panties? Do I just neglect to pay the ransom?

What happened to Potcoin?

NoCoupForYou says

What happened to Potcoin?

It got smoked!

"Consumers should be prepared to lose all their money if they invest in schemes promising high returns from digital currencies such as bitcoin, a City watchdog has warned."
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jan/11/bitcoin-be-prepared-to-lose-all-your-money-fca-warns-consumers-risk-productis-cryptoassets

A CITY WATCHDOG, not one of those country dogs said that.

You know like those impound lot Pitbulls.

porkchopexpress says

Onvacation says

One of the most common Bitcoin email scams is sextortion, which can come in multiple forms. The premise of this scam is that the scammers claim to have video or images of you during intimate moments, as well as access to your friends' and family's contact information. If you don't pay the requested amount of Bitcoin to the scammers, they threaten that they will release those images to your contacts or post them online.

What if I want the scammer to release video of me masturbating in a Santa suit while sniffing my wife's panties? Do I just neglect to pay the ransom?

I don't feel sorry for the people that fall for these scams. All you need to do is say:

"I'll pay you double if you can name 2 of my contacts".

Another thing - who the fuck cares about you having sex? Shit, if I honestly got a video of my friend in a bunny suit fucking a pumpkin I'd just be like "whatever, his life".

richwicks says

who the fuck cares about you having sex? Shit, if I honestly got a video of my friend in a bunny suit fucking a pumpkin I'd just be like "whatever, his life".

But think about Grandma? The bunny video could kill her with a heart attack faster than not wearing a mask will kill your grandpa.