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		aw3c2 on Dec 1, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bitcoins: The Second Biggest Ponzi Scheme in Histo... If you buy Bitcoin at $1,000 and it drops to $70 ... and then to $50 per Bitcoin value if it fluctuates $4 per day, that's really volatile.

loceng on Dec 1, 2013 [–]

Right, and so that depends on adoption and acceptance rates, and so making it as attractive of an alternate currency as possible should be the goal of the ecosystem - which includes making it secure.

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