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2. Yes, a scam we were warned about.

Reply to rampartd (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 07:45 AM

Dec 9

Joseph Stiglitz: Bitcoin ought to be outlawed

The World Economic Forum
https://www.weforum.org › stories › 2017/11 › joseph-...
Nov 30, 2017 — Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has said the cryptocurrency 'doesn't serve any useful function'.

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Economic Policy/ Pick Your Financial Crash [View all] Passages Dec 9 OP

the "bitcoin reserve" will become worthless as soon as trump pays his buddies trillions for their digital nothingness rampartd Dec 9 #1

Yes, a scam we were warned about. Passages Dec 9 #2

Add to this lack of transparency and corruption, markodochartaigh Dec 9 #3

Yes and the frustrating aspect is that this could be avoided. Passages Dec 9 #4

I would say that "could have been avoided" markodochartaigh Dec 9 #5

I agree! Passages Dec 9 #6