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Everyone Is Getting Hilariously Rich and Youre Not (NYT crypto hit piece)

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/01/13/style/bitcoin-milliona...
Lake Rough-skinned Shitlib
  01/13/18
“When I meet people in the normal world now, I get bored,” M...
Lake Rough-skinned Shitlib
  01/13/18
James Fickel, 26, lives in a high-rise with a Russian blue c...
Lake Rough-skinned Shitlib
  01/13/18
Is it even possible to cash out $350 million of ETH?
Pungent telephone lodge
  01/14/18
i think coinbase can get your withdrawal limit up to $1M/day...
Garnet fantasy-prone cuck brunch
  01/14/18
how much do they charge to give you your money? 3%?
Nubile Contagious Pit
  01/14/18
fuck, there's a link.
iridescent cheese-eating volcanic crater
  01/13/18
“All I know is the price of ether is going to go up,” Mr. Hu...
Lake Rough-skinned Shitlib
  01/13/18
The suicides will be awesome.
White thriller locale background story
  01/13/18
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Nubile Contagious Pit
  01/14/18
As the holiday party filled up, a cryptocurrency rapper call...
Lake Rough-skinned Shitlib
  01/13/18
keep talking shit about luis fgt
Hot kitchen dopamine
  01/13/18
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Hilarious arousing macaca heaven
  01/14/18
Uh, this isn’t good. I want this article in like 6 months af...
godawful therapy business firm
  01/13/18
The crash is coming
sinister public bath
  01/13/18
you sure about that
frum sneaky criminal
  01/13/18
everybody thinks they're wise when they say this. of course ...
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  01/13/18
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  01/13/18
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Soul-stirring Learning Disabled Address Cumskin
  01/14/18
it's not a guess, though, is it? it's a fundamental certain...
Nubile Contagious Pit
  01/14/18
That's a simplistic view. At some point when btc was 5,001, ...
Hairless puppy black woman
  01/14/18
what need does crypto fill? what does it accomplish that th...
Nubile Contagious Pit
  01/14/18
Have you read up on blockchain? There's plenty of informatio...
disrespectful blue place of business piazza
  01/14/18
the answer is yes. i'm not an expert, at all, but i am not c...
Nubile Contagious Pit
  01/14/18
I don't know what problem cryptocurrency solves to be honest...
disrespectful blue place of business piazza
  01/14/18
your first sentence is what i am basing my opinion on at thi...
Nubile Contagious Pit
  01/14/18
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disrespectful blue place of business piazza
  01/14/18
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sinister public bath
  01/14/18
cr, one of the disadvantages of the EU is that southern euro...
aqua razzle multi-billionaire double fault
  01/14/18
lol faggot
sinister public bath
  01/16/18
Not Flame: I was at a cafe and the barrista was talking abou...
Out-of-control Wine Idiot Windowlicker
  01/13/18
when my bro from HS who never went to college messaged me ab...
alcoholic principal's office quadroon
  01/14/18
this kind of exposure is not good.
disrespectful blue place of business piazza
  01/13/18
These fools are gonna get kidnapped or blackmailed LMAO
Bonkers Alcoholic Newt
  01/13/18
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Lake Rough-skinned Shitlib
  01/13/18
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  01/14/18
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  01/14/18
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disrespectful blue place of business piazza
  01/14/18
Data suggests that about 94 percent of the Bitcoin wealth is...
Glittery Thirsty Casino
  01/13/18
to show that women are stupid and weak?
frum sneaky criminal
  01/13/18
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cracking emerald kitty cruise ship
  01/13/18
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Hilarious arousing macaca heaven
  01/14/18
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Saffron mad cow disease
  01/14/18
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Lake Rough-skinned Shitlib
  01/13/18
Give the dems reason to ban it once they take control of con...
Frisky church queen of the night
  01/13/18
Because Bitcoin obviously discriminates against women. Bigo...
Transparent lascivious famous landscape painting
  01/14/18
Enjoyed that part
adventurous gold wrinkle hissy fit
  01/14/18
wow guys, a TESLA
sapphire mad-dog skullcap
  01/13/18
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Tripping area half-breed
  01/14/18
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Nubile Contagious Pit
  01/14/18
HODL, “hold” typed very fast, as if in a panic. this is b...
sapphire mad-dog skullcap
  01/13/18
"but his main hobbies were reading 4chan and buying vin...
overrated lettuce
  01/14/18
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Lake Rough-skinned Shitlib
  01/14/18
yeah, the 'vintage' pornography that requires anonymity is a...
Nubile Contagious Pit
  01/14/18
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sapphire mad-dog skullcap
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Hilarious arousing macaca heaven
  01/14/18
This reminds me of my friends that did RE during the housing...
Chestnut Big-titted Cuckold
  01/14/18
Didn’t u lose ur life savings on circuit city stock ;)
Hilarious arousing macaca heaven
  01/14/18
Not life savings. It was about $5k, which was a lot to me ba...
Chestnut Big-titted Cuckold
  01/14/18
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Hilarious arousing macaca heaven
  01/14/18
R u Myprolecalledlife, bother?
Chestnut Big-titted Cuckold
  01/14/18
The goal may be decentralization, but the money is extremely...
Hairless puppy black woman
  01/14/18
Wait until they figure out the connection with a racist law ...
stimulating walnut circlehead
  01/14/18
these people are fucking insane "“When I meet people...
Rusted hairraiser death wish roommate
  01/16/18


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Date: January 13th, 2018 9:49 PM
Author: Lake Rough-skinned Shitlib

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/01/13/style/bitcoin-millionaires.html?_r=0

SAN FRANCISCO — Recently the founder of something called Ripple briefly became richer than Mark Zuckerberg. Another day an anonymous donor set up an $86 million Bitcoin-fortune charity called the Pineapple Fund. A Tesla was spotted with a BLOCKHN license plate. There’s a surge in people looking to buy Bitcoin on their credit cards. After the Long Island Iced Tea company announced it would pivot to blockchain, its stock rose 500 percent in a day.

In 2017, the cryptocurrency Bitcoin went from $830 to $19,300, and now quivers around $14,000. Ether, its main rival, started the year at less than $10, closing out 2017 at $715. Now it’s over $1,100. The wealth is intoxicating news, feverish because it seems so random. Investors trying to grok the landscape compare it to the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s, when valuations soared and it was hard to separate the Amazons and Googles from the Pets.coms and eToys.

The cryptocurrency community is centered around a tightknit group of friends — developers, libertarians, Redditors and cypherpunks — who have known each other for years through meet-ups, an endless circuit of crypto conferences and internet message boards. Over long hours in anonymous group chats, San Francisco bars and Settlers of Catan game nights, they talk about how cryptocurrency will decentralize power and wealth, changing the world order.

The goal may be decentralization, but the money is extremely concentrated. Coinbase has more than 13 million accounts that own cryptocurrencies. Data suggests that about 94 percent of the Bitcoin wealth is held by men, and some estimate that 95 percent of the wealth is held by 4 percent of the owners.

There are only a few winners here, and, unless they lose it all, their impact going forward will be outsize.

They also remember who laughed at them and when.

James Spediacci and his twin brother, Julian, who bought ether when it was about 30 cents, now run one of the most popular whale clubs: private cryptocurrency trading communities where crypto syndicates are coordinated in group chats. He showed me a screen shot of his Facebook post from 2014 telling everyone to buy ether.

Crypto Castle

Whether it’s all built on sand or not, the crypto castle has risen. There’s an actual house called the Crypto Castle, and the king is Jeremy Gardner, 25, a rakish young investor with a hedge fund who has become the de facto tour guide for crypto newcomers.

Early one afternoon, he opened a bottle of rosé while he charged half a dozen external batteries so he wouldn’t have to ever plug in his phone in Ibiza, Spain, the next week.

“I do I.C.O.s. It’s my thing,” he said. He wore a pink button-front and pink pants. “It’s me, a couple V.C.s and a lot of charlatans.”

An initial coin offering is a way to raise money: A company creates its own cryptocurrency and investors buy into the new coin, without actually buying a stake in the company. Mr. Gardner led an I.C.O. for his start-up Augur, creating an “Augur token” that he then sold to raise real world money. These tokens sold fast, and it is one of the forces that kicked off this boom. For a time, the value of Augur, a market-forecasting start-up with few customers, exceeded $1 billion.

A half-unpacked suitcase in Jeremy Gardner’s bedroom at the Crypto Castle in San Francisco.CreditJason Henry for The New York Times

About eight people live in the Crypto Castle on any given night, and some of Mr. Gardner’s tenants brought out snacks (Cheez-Its and a jar of Nutella). One of the bedrooms has a stripper pole. Mr. Gardner leaned back into the sofa and rested his feet on the table. He recently did an I.C.O. for a start-up after-party. “You can I.C.O. anything,” he said. He runs Distributed, a 180-page magazine about cryptocurrency that comes out about once a year. He is now raising $75 million for his hedge fund, Ausum Ventures (pronounced “awesome”). He said his closest friends are moving to Puerto Rico to get around paying taxes.

“They’re going to build a modern-day Atlantis out there,” he said. “But for me, it’s too early in my career to check out.”

He wears a bracelet from his Burning Man camp (Mayan Warrior) and a necklace that is a key on a chain. “I was given this necklace and was told my net worth would go up, and it’s gone up six x since then,” he said.

He drew a chart to explain the crypto community: 20 percent for ideology, 60 percent for the tech and 100 percent for the money, he said, drawing a circle around it all.

A roommate on the sofa perked up and asked if he’d ever invest in his lucid dreams start-up (the idea is a headpiece that induces them). Mr. Gardner did not seem impressed: “Probably not,” he said. A reality show wants to follow him around, but he’s skeptical that it can add to his life.

“I literally have a date with Bella Hadid not having a reality show,” he said.

A few weeks after we first met, as the Bitcoin price exploded in December, Mr. Gardner seemed shaken. People had begun making pilgrimages to the Crypto Castle, knocking on the door, hoping Mr. Gardner could help them invest.

“Nothing feels real, it doesn’t feel real,” he said. “I’m ready for crypto assets to go down 90 percent. I’ll feel better then, I think. This has been too insane.”

Grant Hummer, who runs the San Francisco Ethereum Meetup, lives there. Long hallways called Bitcoin Boulevard and Ethereum Alley lead to communal bathrooms. Mr. Hummer and his co-founder committed $40 million of their own crypto-made money to their new $100 million hedge fund, Chromatic Capital.

“My neurons are fried from all the volatility,” Mr. Hummer said. “I don’t even care at this point. I’m numb to it. I’ll lose a million dollars in a day and I’m like, O.K.”

His room is simple: a bed, a futon, a TV on a mostly empty media console, three keyboard cleaning sprays and a half dozen canisters of Lysol wipes. His T-shirt read, ‘The Lizard of Wall Street,’ with a picture of a lizard in a suit, dollar-sign necklaces around its neck. He carries with him a coin that reads, “memento mori,” to remind himself he can die any day. He sees the boom as part of a global apocalypse.

“The worse regular civilization does and the less you trust, the better crypto does,” Mr. Hummer said. "It’s almost like the ultimate short trade.”

Mr. Hummer went out to meet Joe Buttram, 27, for drinks. As a mixed martial arts. fighter, Mr. Buttram said he would fight for a couple hundred bucks, sometimes a few thousand, and worked security at a start-up, but his main hobbies were reading 4chan and buying vintage pornography, passions that exposed him to cryptocurrency.

He said his holdings are into double-digit millions but wouldn’t give specifics other than to say he’d quit his job and is starting a hedge fund. There’s a common paranoia among the crypto-wealthy that they’ll be targeted and robbed since there’s no bank securing the money, so many are obsessively secretive. Many say even their parents don’t know how much they’ve made. This also allows people to pretend to be wealthier than they are, of course.

“It’s unforgiving,” Mr. Buttram said. “You make one mistake and it’s all gone.”

They talk about buying Lamborghinis, the single acceptable way to spend money in the Ethereum cryptocurrency community. The currency’s founder frequently appears in fan art as Jesus with a Lamborghini. Mr. Buttram says he’s renting an orange Lambo for the weekend. And he wears a solid gold Bitcoin “B” necklace encrusted with diamonds that he had made. Otherwise, HODL.

This is one of the core beliefs in this community: HODL, “hold” typed very fast, as if in a panic. HODL even if you feel FUD — fear, uncertainty and doubt. If you show wealth, it means you don’t really believe in the cryptocurrency revolution, a full remake of the financial system, governments and our world order that will send the price of ether up astronomically.

“HODL when everyone has FUD,” Mr. Hummer said quietly, to explain why he still lives in a dorm room. “This will change civilization. This can 100 x or more from here.”

He knows this is strange.

“When I meet people in the normal world now, I get bored,” Mr. Hummer said. “It’s just a different level of consciousness.”

The tone turns somber.

“Sometimes I think about what would happen to the future if a bomb went off at one of our meetings,” Mr. Buttram said.

Mr. Hummer said, “A bomb would set back civilization for years.”

A few days later, Mr. Hummer was working from his co-founder’s apartment.

James Fickel, 26, lives in a high-rise with a Russian blue cat called Mr. Bigglesworth. Mr. Fickel is known in the community for “going full YOLO” and investing $400,000 when Ethereum was at 80 cents. Now, with a fortune he says is in the hundreds of millions, his parents have retired and sent his younger sister to live with him.

“I’m taking over her education,” Mr. Fickel said, sitting on a white leather sofa, Mr. Bigglesworth asleep in his impossibly skinny arms.

Today, Mr. Fickel is outlining the endgame for cryptocurrency true believers.

“It’s the entire world reorganizing itself,” Mr. Fickel said. “We could get rid of our armies because for the first time you’ll have people saying, ‘I want to vote for a global order.’ It’s the internet waking up — it’s the internet grabbing its pitchfork. That’s the blockchain.”

Mr. Hummer is skeptical.

“All I know is the price of ether is going to go up,” Mr. Hummer said.

At a jazz bar a few days later, I run into Mr. Fickel’s personal trainer, Alan Chen, who is now running in this crypto circle. Mr. Fickel had convinced Mr. Chen to put his savings into Ethereum.

“I’m retired, man,” Mr. Chen said. “I’m moving to L.A. next week. I got a penthouse on Marina del Rey.”

“Don’t say I’m retired,” he added. “I’m going into business now. I’m going to use blockchain to help personal trainers.”

Nearby was Chante Eliaszadeh, 22, a law student at the University of California, Berkeley, who started the Berkeley Law Blockchain group.

“Obviously the bubble’s going to burst and everyone’s going to need a lawyer,” she said.

At the annual San Francisco Bitcoin Meetup Party, hundreds gathered under the fluorescent lights of a co-working space, and there was a line out the door. The waiting list had to be told not to show up. Many there wore Bitcoin- and Ethereum-themed clothes from Hodlmoon, which sells unisex cryptocurrency sweaters.

Those closest to the technology are the most cautious. Pieter Wuille, 33, a Bitcoin core developer, kept his backpack on as he wandered the party. He’s part of the team working to develop the Bitcoin technology.

“The technology still needs time to evolve,” Mr. Wuille said. "This infusion of interest is bringing the wrong kind of attention. Some people believe Bitcoin can’t fail or this technology solves many more problems than it does. It can. And it does not.”

He said everyone is asking him whether to buy Bitcoin. “I tell them I have no idea,” he said. “I don’t know!”

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“There’s so many people rushing into the space, if it’s a bit of speculation, I’m O.K. with that,” said the Coinbase C.E.O., Brian Armstrong, whose company has become the de facto portal for casual investors. “But we can’t guarantee the website’s going to be up exactly when you need it. Everyone needs to take a deep breath.”

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A Bitcoin-emblazoned record at the D.J. booth during the San Francisco Bitcoin Meetup Holiday Party at the Runway Incubator in San Francisco.CreditJason Henry for The New York Times

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Mitch Steves wore Bitcoin cuff links at the San Francisco Bitcoin Meetup Holiday Party in December.CreditJason Henry for The New York Times

As the holiday party filled up, a cryptocurrency rapper called CoinDaddy — Arya Bahmanyar, 28 — was getting ready to perform.

Formerly a commercial real estate agent, Mr. Bahmanyar works full time at CoinDaddy after becoming a self-described crypto-millionaire (“you think I would dress up like this if I wasn’t?”). “Right now all our entertainers come from outside crypto culture — not inside crypto, and we’ve got to change that,” he said.

He pointed to his outfit — a long white fake mink coat, gold-heeled shoes — and said, “It’s gold, right? It’s gold. It’s a niche, and I’m going to fill it.”

He says he is going to shoot a music video soon for a song called “Lambo Party” and another called “Cryptomom,” about “all these moms are pumping in their children’s savings accounts.”

Maria Lomeli, 56, came to the party to find the people she had put a lot of trust in. A housekeeper from Pacifica, Calif., she said she had invested $12,000 in cryptocurrencies over the last few weeks after reading about it in the news.

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Arya Bahmanyar, 28, also know as “Coin Daddy,” at the San Francisco Bitcoin Meetup Holiday Party at the Runway Incubator in San Francisco.CreditJason Henry for The New York Times

She wore running shoes and a zip-up jacket that said, “Cinemark, the best seats in town.” She worked there cleaning out theaters. Now she cleans houses. Banks, she said, were designed to steal. Taxes left her supporting a government that she felt didn’t support her.

“Charges for sending money to my daughter, interest on our loans,” she said. "And then the money we pay in taxes goes to wars and whatever else they want.”

She found a Bitcoin event in the city and asked people there how to buy Bitcoin on her phone. She invested $1,000. It went up. So she put in $10,000 more, she said, along with $1,000 in a currency called Litecoin. Both her children have discouraged this.

“And maybe I’m going to lose it,” she said. “Maybe I’m going to keep cleaning houses. But something is telling me I can trust this generation. My instinct is telling me this is the future.”

She had to leave the party early because parking downtown is expensive, she said. She zipped up her jacket and left on her own.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35150276)



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Date: January 13th, 2018 10:02 PM
Author: Lake Rough-skinned Shitlib

“When I meet people in the normal world now, I get bored,” Mr. Hummer said. “It’s just a different level of consciousness.”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35150323)



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Date: January 13th, 2018 10:04 PM
Author: Lake Rough-skinned Shitlib

James Fickel, 26, lives in a high-rise with a Russian blue cat called Mr. Bigglesworth. Mr. Fickel is known in the community for “going full YOLO” and investing $400,000 when Ethereum was at 80 cents. Now, with a fortune he says is in the hundreds of millions, his parents have retired and sent his younger sister to live with him.

“I’m taking over her education,” Mr. Fickel said, sitting on a white leather sofa, Mr. Bigglesworth asleep in his impossibly skinny arms.

Today, Mr. Fickel is outlining the endgame for cryptocurrency true believers.

“It’s the entire world reorganizing itself,” Mr. Fickel said. “We could get rid of our armies because for the first time you’ll have people saying, ‘I want to vote for a global order.’ It’s the internet waking up — it’s the internet grabbing its pitchfork. That’s the blockchain.”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35150331)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 1:02 AM
Author: Pungent telephone lodge

Is it even possible to cash out $350 million of ETH?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35151177)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 1:11 PM
Author: Garnet fantasy-prone cuck brunch

i think coinbase can get your withdrawal limit up to $1M/day.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35153490)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 1:29 PM
Author: Nubile Contagious Pit

how much do they charge to give you your money?

3%?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35153652)



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Date: January 13th, 2018 10:04 PM
Author: iridescent cheese-eating volcanic crater

fuck, there's a link.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35150335)



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Date: January 13th, 2018 10:05 PM
Author: Lake Rough-skinned Shitlib

“All I know is the price of ether is going to go up,” Mr. Hummer said.

At a jazz bar a few days later, I run into Mr. Fickel’s personal trainer, Alan Chen, who is now running in this crypto circle. Mr. Fickel had convinced Mr. Chen to put his savings into Ethereum.

“I’m retired, man,” Mr. Chen said. “I’m moving to L.A. next week. I got a penthouse on Marina del Rey.”

“Don’t say I’m retired,” he added. “I’m going into business now. I’m going to use blockchain to help personal trainers.”

Nearby was Chante Eliaszadeh, 22, a law student at the University of California, Berkeley, who started the Berkeley Law Blockchain group.

“Obviously the bubble’s going to burst and everyone’s going to need a lawyer,” she said.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35150340)



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Date: January 13th, 2018 10:07 PM
Author: White thriller locale background story

The suicides will be awesome.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35150349)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 12:20 PM
Author: Nubile Contagious Pit



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35153112)



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Date: January 13th, 2018 10:08 PM
Author: Lake Rough-skinned Shitlib

As the holiday party filled up, a cryptocurrency rapper called CoinDaddy — Arya Bahmanyar, 28 — was getting ready to perform.

Formerly a commercial real estate agent, Mr. Bahmanyar works full time at CoinDaddy after becoming a self-described crypto-millionaire (“you think I would dress up like this if I wasn’t?”). “Right now all our entertainers come from outside crypto culture — not inside crypto, and we’ve got to change that,” he said.

He pointed to his outfit — a long white fake mink coat, gold-heeled shoes — and said, “It’s gold, right? It’s gold. It’s a niche, and I’m going to fill it.”

He says he is going to shoot a music video soon for a song called “Lambo Party” and another called “Cryptomom,” about “all these moms are pumping in their children’s savings accounts.”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35150354)



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Date: January 13th, 2018 10:11 PM
Author: Hot kitchen dopamine

keep talking shit about luis fgt

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35150369)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 12:30 PM
Author: Hilarious arousing macaca heaven



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35153179)



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Date: January 13th, 2018 10:20 PM
Author: godawful therapy business firm

Uh, this isn’t good. I want this article in like 6 months after

I cash out my 10x gains and watch as the market implodes. Too soon!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35150403)



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Date: January 13th, 2018 10:33 PM
Author: sinister public bath

The crash is coming

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35150461)



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Date: January 13th, 2018 10:50 PM
Author: frum sneaky criminal

you sure about that

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35150522)



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Date: January 13th, 2018 10:52 PM
Author: disrespectful blue place of business piazza

everybody thinks they're wise when they say this. of course a crash is coming, you can say that at anytime and be correct, whether it's about crypto, the stock exchange, or trains and planes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35150538)



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Date: January 13th, 2018 11:34 PM
Author: cracking emerald kitty cruise ship



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35150784)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 12:06 PM
Author: Soul-stirring Learning Disabled Address Cumskin



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35152996)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 12:21 PM
Author: Nubile Contagious Pit

it's not a guess, though, is it?

it's a fundamental certainty

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35153117)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 1:29 PM
Author: Hairless puppy black woman

That's a simplistic view. At some point when btc was 5,001, you could have accurately stated that "we will never again see sub-5,000 btc during our lives." Obviously there will be a crash, but the question is whether going from $20k to $10k was *the* crash and we now go to $50k, or whether we now go from $14k to $7k.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35153647)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 1:34 PM
Author: Nubile Contagious Pit

what need does crypto fill?

what does it accomplish that the regular markets did not?

you start answering these questions and i think you'll come to the conclusion that it's actually worth very little

or

you'll be able to explain why it's actually worth a lot more than i believe

but all you suckers do now is base your opinions on feelings

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35153691)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 1:35 PM
Author: disrespectful blue place of business piazza

Have you read up on blockchain? There's plenty of information out there. Even Ernst & Young believes in it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35153697)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 1:38 PM
Author: Nubile Contagious Pit

the answer is yes. i'm not an expert, at all, but i am not clueless. believing in blockchain's potential is a lot easier.

so, don't even try to conflate blackchain with crypto

let's bring it back to crypto

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35153725)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 1:43 PM
Author: disrespectful blue place of business piazza

I don't know what problem cryptocurrency solves to be honest. I'm invested in the smart contract/token projects, not the crypto 'cash' ones. Maybe I'm too idealistic on blockchain but it seems like a 'foundational technology' that has the potential to revolutionize business operations.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35153754)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 2:00 PM
Author: Nubile Contagious Pit

your first sentence is what i am basing my opinion on at this time. i can't find a good answer.

i watched a netflix documentary, betting on bitcoin. it was full of slick talking douchebags with very little substance. basically, shyster salesman types

one takeaway was the ability for people shut out of markets to now be involved since every hut in kenya has a computer, but may not have a currency.

okay, there may be something to that, but i'm not convinced. where there is enough wealth to matter, there are banks. where there are banks, there are ways to convert currency. where you can convert currency, you can go international. the markets have established a value to this process. i believe it's around 3% which is why i asked the question above.

but what is crypto? as far as i can discern, it's simply a way to bypass the cost of converting currency. a bitcoin in siberia is worth the same as one in england.

but, that's not solely an advantage. if crypto is a stand in for currency, then it's a stand in for all currencies. and as soon as you want to convert it to a fiat currency, you are looking at not just transaction costs, but currency exchange risks. and crypto, again as far as i can tell, is, at best, the absolute perfect midpoint of currency risk because it ultimately represents a substitute for all currencies. if you happen to reside in a country whose currency is stronger than average, you are going to beat the shit out of a crypto holder

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35153874)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 8:20 PM
Author: disrespectful blue place of business piazza



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35156728)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 8:42 PM
Author: sinister public bath



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35156871)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 8:59 PM
Author: aqua razzle multi-billionaire double fault

cr, one of the disadvantages of the EU is that southern european countries cannot devalue their currency as they used to be able to do. They are dictated by the Germans and cannot compete via currency adjustments. If crypto were to become a global standard, this would become worldwide.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35157010)



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Date: January 16th, 2018 5:19 PM
Author: sinister public bath

lol faggot

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35170350)



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Date: January 13th, 2018 10:37 PM
Author: Out-of-control Wine Idiot Windowlicker

Not Flame: I was at a cafe and the barrista was talking about how he bought ETH on gemini

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35150475)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 3:34 AM
Author: alcoholic principal's office quadroon

when my bro from HS who never went to college messaged me about how he'd made a few thousand dollars with bitcoin, i knew it was time to never be in bitcoin ever again

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35151598)



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Date: January 13th, 2018 10:44 PM
Author: disrespectful blue place of business piazza

this kind of exposure is not good.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35150491)



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Date: January 13th, 2018 10:52 PM
Author: Bonkers Alcoholic Newt

These fools are gonna get kidnapped or blackmailed LMAO

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35150533)



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Date: January 13th, 2018 11:42 PM
Author: Lake Rough-skinned Shitlib



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35150828)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 12:38 AM
Author: high-end striped hyena



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35151090)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 8:22 PM
Author: overrated lettuce



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35156738)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 8:31 PM
Author: disrespectful blue place of business piazza



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35156798)



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Date: January 13th, 2018 11:15 PM
Author: Glittery Thirsty Casino

Data suggests that about 94 percent of the Bitcoin wealth is held by men

Data suggests that about 94 percent of the Bitcoin wealth is held by men

Data suggests that about 94 percent of the Bitcoin wealth is held by men

Why is this fucking necessary to include?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35150702)



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Date: January 13th, 2018 11:21 PM
Author: frum sneaky criminal

to show that women are stupid and weak?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35150733)



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Date: January 13th, 2018 11:34 PM
Author: cracking emerald kitty cruise ship



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35150786)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 12:31 PM
Author: Hilarious arousing macaca heaven



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35153185)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 8:33 PM
Author: Saffron mad cow disease



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35156816)



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Date: January 13th, 2018 11:22 PM
Author: Lake Rough-skinned Shitlib



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35150737)



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Date: January 13th, 2018 11:30 PM
Author: Frisky church queen of the night

Give the dems reason to ban it once they take control of congress

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35150764)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 12:46 AM
Author: Transparent lascivious famous landscape painting

Because Bitcoin obviously discriminates against women. Bigot.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35151123)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 12:17 PM
Author: adventurous gold wrinkle hissy fit

Enjoyed that part

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35153090)



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Date: January 13th, 2018 11:31 PM
Author: sapphire mad-dog skullcap

wow guys, a TESLA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35150767)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 1:43 AM
Author: Tripping area half-breed



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35151299)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 8:01 PM
Author: Nubile Contagious Pit



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35156613)



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Date: January 13th, 2018 11:34 PM
Author: sapphire mad-dog skullcap

HODL, “hold” typed very fast, as if in a panic.

this is better than the "hold on for dear life" apocryphal backronym

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35150781)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 12:20 AM
Author: overrated lettuce

"but his main hobbies were reading 4chan and buying vintage pornography, passions that exposed him to cryptocurrency. "

remember you earned your dollars through hard work! damn entitled kids!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35151006)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 12:06 PM
Author: Lake Rough-skinned Shitlib



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35152992)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 12:25 PM
Author: Nubile Contagious Pit

yeah, the 'vintage' pornography that requires anonymity is all crypto is really good for

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35153142)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 1:30 PM
Author: sapphire mad-dog skullcap



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35153655)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 12:31 PM
Author: Hilarious arousing macaca heaven



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35153188)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 12:29 PM
Author: Chestnut Big-titted Cuckold

This reminds me of my friends that did RE during the housing bubble. Hoping fellow xoers cash out before the pop.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35153168)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 12:31 PM
Author: Hilarious arousing macaca heaven

Didn’t u lose ur life savings on circuit city stock ;)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35153183)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 1:04 PM
Author: Chestnut Big-titted Cuckold

Not life savings. It was about $5k, which was a lot to me back then as a broke student but not now. It serves as a reminder that things are sometimes cheap for a good reason.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35153451)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 1:11 PM
Author: Hilarious arousing macaca heaven

cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35153493)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 1:40 PM
Author: Chestnut Big-titted Cuckold

R u Myprolecalledlife, bother?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35153736)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 1:31 PM
Author: Hairless puppy black woman

The goal may be decentralization, but the money is extremely concentrated. Coinbase has more than 13 million accounts that own cryptocurrencies. Data suggests that about 94 percent of the Bitcoin wealth is held by men, and some estimate that 95 percent of the wealth is held by 4 percent of the owners.

The goal may be decentralization, but the money is extremely concentrated. Coinbase has more than 13 million accounts that own cryptocurrencies. Data suggests that about 94 percent of the Bitcoin wealth is held by men, and some estimate that 95 percent of the wealth is held by 4 percent of the owners.

The goal may be decentralization, but the money is extremely concentrated. Coinbase has more than 13 million accounts that own cryptocurrencies. Data suggests that about 94 percent of the Bitcoin wealth is held by men, and some estimate that 95 percent of the wealth is held by 4 percent of the owners.

The goal may be decentralization, but the money is extremely concentrated. Coinbase has more than 13 million accounts that own cryptocurrencies. Data suggests that about 94 percent of the Bitcoin wealth is held by men, and some estimate that 95 percent of the wealth is held by 4 percent of the owners.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35153665)



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Date: January 14th, 2018 8:31 PM
Author: stimulating walnut circlehead

Wait until they figure out the connection with a racist law board. Prepare your anus

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35156794)



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Date: January 16th, 2018 9:27 AM
Author: Rusted hairraiser death wish roommate

these people are fucking insane

"“When I meet people in the normal world now, I get bored,” Mr. Hummer said. “It’s just a different level of consciousness.”

The tone turns somber.

“Sometimes I think about what would happen to the future if a bomb went off at one of our meetings,” Mr. Buttram said.

Mr. Hummer said, “A bomb would set back civilization for years.”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3858787&forum_id=2#35166877)