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Offline Spike The Hike Shady

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« Reply #30 on: January 11, 2022, 06:34:44 pm »
I certainly don't want to discourage you from investing in it.  ;)
You can’t, yours is not an informed opinion.

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« Reply #31 on: January 11, 2022, 10:11:15 pm »
Btw, if anyone is interested, https://decentraland.org/

Isn't this just, like, Second Life?

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« Reply #32 on: January 12, 2022, 09:16:25 am »
You can’t, yours is not an informed opinion.

But - WHAT IS THE INFORMATION ?

What makes something a better bet than something else ?

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« Reply #33 on: January 12, 2022, 09:46:58 am »
Isn't this just, like, Second Life?
Sort of, yes.  Except you can do real world things in it.  Facebook is doing something similar.

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« Reply #34 on: January 12, 2022, 10:47:46 am »
But - WHAT IS THE INFORMATION ?

What makes something a better bet than something else ?
The reasons vary.  But some if it has to do with gas fees, which refers to the unit that measures the amount of computational effort required to execute specific operations on a particular network, like Ethereum.  Some of it has to do with projects that they're associated with.  Like Mana for instance, being associated with Decentraland.org and being used in Facebook's metaverse.  However, some of it like anything is speculation.
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« Reply #35 on: January 12, 2022, 11:08:50 am »
Sort of, yes.  Except you can do real world things in it.  Facebook is doing something similar.

Why would you want to?

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« Reply #36 on: January 12, 2022, 12:33:54 pm »
The reasons vary.  But some if it has to do with gas fees, which refers to the unit that measures the amount of computational effort required to execute specific operations on a particular network, like Ethereum.  Some of it has to do with projects that they're associated with.  Like Mana for instance, being associated with Decentraland.org and being used in Facebook's metaverse.  However, some of it like anything is speculation.

So - betting on their networks and uptick as well as how efficient they are at generating the juice ?


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« Reply #37 on: January 12, 2022, 12:41:12 pm »
Why would you want to?
To be free from banks.

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« Reply #38 on: January 12, 2022, 12:43:10 pm »
So - betting on their networks and uptick as well as how efficient they are at generating the juice ?
Yes, pretty much.  There's still a lot of it that can be risky, but the general rule is you only invest as much as you're comfortable losing.  The easiest way is to use the WealthSimple app.  It's nice because you can invest in crypto or you can invest in regular stock in the Dow or Nasdaq.

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« Reply #39 on: January 12, 2022, 12:47:39 pm »
I’m up 5% in the last 24 hours!

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« Reply #40 on: January 12, 2022, 09:10:00 pm »
Imagine trying to bet on one of these babies out of the gate

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« Reply #41 on: January 12, 2022, 09:38:22 pm »
Imagine trying to bet on one of these babies out of the gate


Definitely.  Obviously Amazon and Yahoo would’ve yielded great results.  Netscape would have if Microsoft didn’t put them out of business.

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« Reply #42 on: January 12, 2022, 09:57:49 pm »
Imagine trying to bet on one of these babies out of the gate

I remember there was an insane flurry of speculative investing during the dotcom boom in the late 90's, and then it all crashed.  Reminds me exactly of crypto.  I wouldn't touch it with a 100-ft pole.  Over-speculation almost always ends in disaster.
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« Reply #43 on: January 13, 2022, 07:36:17 am »
I remember there was an insane flurry of speculative investing during the dotcom boom in the late 90's, and then it all crashed.  Reminds me exactly of crypto.  I wouldn't touch it with a 100-ft pole.  Over-speculation almost always ends in disaster.

The hype is all about FOMO. People who just got in, need more people to adopt or their investment isn't worth it.

Typical pyramid scheme. At least with Real Estate, Art or Gold, you have something for your efforts.
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« Reply #44 on: January 13, 2022, 08:11:25 am »
I remember there was an insane flurry of speculative investing during the dotcom boom in the late 90's, and then it all crashed.  Reminds me exactly of crypto.  I wouldn't touch it with a 100-ft pole.  Over-speculation almost always ends in disaster.
Yes, but crypto, like Bitcoin has been around for over 10 years.  It’s not like the dot com boom.
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