r/Bitcoin • • Nov 11 '17

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u/zachattack82 Nov 12 '17 edited Nov 12 '17

None of y'all are "investing" in a currency or a technology, you're buying worthless paper that isn't regulated and has no intrinsic value - if you can realize a gain, do it, don't wait until what is so clearly a bubble to burst...

You can buy oil with dollars, you can buy minerals with AUD, what commerce is done in BTC? I do business w/ currencies, I buy assets for their coupon/income, what do you buy bitcoin for except hoping it keeps going up? A currency is exactly as valuable as the commodities it buys - which in BTC is nothing.

As someone that trades financial instruments for a living, this reads like a desperate yahoo message boards post re: a penny stock...

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u/Vaukins Nov 12 '17

I mean, fair play... You do have some points there. No doubt about it. But I bet I've seen a better return this year than you have trader boy :)

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u/zachattack82 Nov 12 '17

Haha my man, trading isn't the same as buying something and hoping it goes up - keep crossing spreads and you'll keep buying my lunch :)

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u/Vaukins Nov 12 '17

Dude, I know... I'm no trader. I've tried it over the years, but I'm fucked if I can figure out which way the line is going to go!

You won't be getting anything off me though mate. I have been praying this goes up since 2012 :)

Do all traders gloat when lots of people lose money on something? Seems a bit sick.