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RE: Very Disappointed in Bitcoin
The way you feel about Bitcoin, I kind of feel like for Jeff Berwick. He gets idolized and praised here on steemit but whenever I bring up the allegations of fraud, nobody wants to discuss it, they just want to upvote his posts and leave positive comments on his blog.
I don't know enough about bitcoin to comment on it, but have heard more people who are disappointed with it lately.
Thanks for sharing these resources and well-written article. Nice work.
I don't know about those allegations but he is a good icon in the liberty movement so I respect him for that.
Regarding Bitcoin, well the stuff is just obvious, what is it now, like 20$ transaction fees? Are you kidding me, I make like that on Steemit/day. And I live in a rich place, then what about the 3rd worders, you know like how 80% of new bitcoin users are from India, Indonesia, Philipines and China....
Bitcoin is totally skrewed, and it's going down in my opinion.
I'm cautious about Jeff Berwick as some of the stuff that he's done or said a couple years ago looks suspect. However, people can change. And it looks like Jeff has been doing a lot of changing lately. Quitting smoking is a big deal, as he used to smoke without stopping though his video interviews. If he's stopped smoking, it could be an indicator of other changes too.
What kind of argument is that? So if a guy smokes, he is potentially more crony?
My life experience has been that the people I regularly interact with who smoke are generally less trustworthy than those people who do not smoke.
I totally get that we have the freedom to make our own decisions and that smoking is not that bad compared to other things. Individual freedoms to matter and I'm fine with people deciding to smoke. I'm also fine with making judgements about them based on if they smoke or not.
There is also a correlation between ice cream sales and murder rates. Correlation is not necessarily causation.
Smoking is like one of those pitcher plants that attracts its prey and before they realize it, it is too late to escape. The addiction is on par with using heroin and it grabs you while you are young and dumb.
I have mad respect for someone that quits smoking. It is no small feat for that person, but outside looking in, it is. It is strange.
Very true. I definitely understand that correlation is not the same as causation.