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What do people think about Bitcoin?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Spooner, Jan 25, 2014.

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What is the fate of Bitcoin?

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    dude keeps saying 250 years is the expiration of a superpower

    i'm not sure he understands the US was not a superpower until like 1950
     
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    AI art is like the art in those crappy church pamphlets that told stories. Five-year-old me was not impressed.
     
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    Sajan posted it so it had to be dumb
     
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    Is bitcoin still good? I haven't looked or wanted to look in many moons.
     
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    Bitcoin adjacent. More water is still wet.


    53% of Crypto Tokens Launched Since 2021 Have Failed, Most in 2025

    The study looked at token listings on GeckoTerminal between mid-2021 and the end of 2025. Of the nearly 20.2 million tokens that entered the market during that period, 53.2% are no longer actively traded. A staggering 11.6 million of those failures happened in 2025 alone — accounting for 86.3% of all token deaths over the past five years.
     
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    100% of crypto tokens launched since Bitcoin have failed... when measured against Bitcoin.
     
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    Depends on what you mean by 'good'.

    The protocol hasn't changed. The network is still robust and secure. It's still the hardest money ever.

    So, in that sense, yeah, we good.
     
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    The Disclosure of Aliens Could Cause a Bitcoin Rush, Former Bank of England Analyst Says
    She warned of "extreme price volatility in financial markets due to catastrophising or euphoria, and a collapse in confidence."
     
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    "catastrophising"

    I didn't know this was a real word that people took seriously.
     
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    Weird.... one would have thought BTC would have been this safe haven with the rush to gold and silver.
     
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    People don't usually pile into bitcoin during times of crisis or chaos. Typically the opposite. That is golds territory.

    Bitcoin, as the hardest asset and great liquidity absorber, doesn't run til 3-6 months after the money printer kicks in.

    Money printer hasn't kicked in yet. Coincidentally, the money printer usually follows a crisis. So, stay tuned.
     
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    Still in denial I c
     
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    Still can't explain what you put your money I C....

     
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    Ah the black box theory of BTC..... not good for a crisis and chaos despite being billed as the ultimate hard asset.... I guess Gold is still king there.

    Interesting you mention the "money printer"....So BTC does well when money is cheap and risk appetite is higher?
     
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    Bitcoin was born in 2009.

    Gold has about a 5000+ year head start in terms of ingraining itself as a safe haven asset.

    Walk up to any random human and ask them whether they would rather own BTC or gold in a time of great upheaval/uncertainty, chances are you know what answer you're likely to get.

    That said, just because Joe Blow and the market at-large doesn't understand how resilient and secure Bitcoin is, doesn't mean that it lacks the qualities that actually make it resilient and secure.

    The trend that's been established is that gold moves and then bitcoin lags 6+ months behind. Gold responds to crisis fast because of its long history and wide adoption. Liquidity usually follows a crisis, and Bitcoin absorbs liquidity way more efficiently and effectively than gold.
     
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