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re: Bitcoin is a Ponzi scheme—the Internet’s favorite currency will collapse.

Posted on 4/18/13 at 10:52 am to
Posted by gizmoflak
Member since May 2007
11667 posts
Posted on 4/18/13 at 10:52 am to
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Gizmo's playbook:

1. Ask for an explanation
2. Ignore explanation
3. Ignore more explanations
4. Make silly comparison of a cash/profit generating enterprise to bitcoin
5. Ignore he was wrong with his silly comparison
6. Declare victory and takes his ball home



After step 1, the replies were:

"It's a ponzi because I say it is."
"I already explained how it's a ponzi."
"Read the OP article."

Step 2 is moot because there was no coherent explanation in the first place.

Step 3 is moot because there was no coherent explanation after repeated requests for one.

Step 4 falls right in line with how you described the bitcoin operation.

Step 5 is moot because I've never been proven wrong.

Step 6 is moot because I'm not out for victory.... All I want to know is how bitcoin is a ponzi scheme, and I have yet to hear any rational, logical, realistic set of evidence, facts, circumstances, explanation, or the like, tending to show that it is a ponzi.


once again, early adopters profiting =/= ponzi
Posted by gizmoflak
Member since May 2007
11667 posts
Posted on 4/18/13 at 10:56 am to
Since there has been no ponzi theory articulated in this now 12-page thread, I'll make my own assumption:


- Nakamoto invented an open source crypto currency.
- He and his buddies mined 200k bitcoins using a pentium I at a cost of $35.67 in electricity bills.
- They patiently waited until April 2013 when each bitcoin was worth well over 100 USD
- Then, they sold their 200,000 BTC on the open market for millions of dollars.



Sounds like a ponzi scheme, huh?
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