The Bitcoin mempool has been overloaded for a bit. Fees out the wazoo, lotta blocks in the chain.
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I keep hearing these people in control of the financial system saying they want to make us poorer, so I might as well play with the magic beans while it’s still legal.
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Average redditor economic literacy
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Did you see this? https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/26/bank-of-englands-huw-pill-says-brits-need-to-accept-were-all-worse-off-.html
I’m not throwing in every cent in BTC but I’m hedging a bit because BTC isn’t controlled by people actively trying to make me worse off.
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No one tell him about how corrupt crypto exchanges are.
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It's not even worth engaging with cryptards lmfao
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The /r/Buttcoin users are truly the heights of economic literacy.
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Reddit tier thought process
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no u
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The only crypto holders I can respect are the ones that actually use it to make purchases (usually drugs), people who use it as an investment, hedge, and/or store of value... less so.
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I used Monero in the past for drugs (rip /r/DarknetMarkets) but drugs are pretty gay past 20yo.
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Once the btc reaches my wallet I’m not too concerned about the exchange part?
A total collapse of various exchanges is worrisome for the overall price, but btc survived Mt. Gox just as well.
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I'm so happy in the Congolain 1yr ago #4122879 spent 0 currency on pingsOmg is this a conspiracy by the lizard ppl elites!?!
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Do you think central bankers are your friends?
The leftoids have a pretty straight through-line of what is to be done w/r/t Capitalism.
What is the rightoid response when a bureaucrat says you should lie down and take it?
But sure, I’m clearly a conspiritard
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I'm so happy in the Congolain 1yr ago #4123067 spent 0 currency on pingsSome of my best friends are central bankers.
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actually funny, sorry for srs posting on the gay cat website
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I did listen to that guy but my pc was shit and i made about a nickel before calling it r-slurred and giving up.
Worth about $50 now.
Anyway he's a train now and sold at like $200 so barely ended up with a semester of community college out of it
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The only two people in my high school who are trans now were gangly antisocial dorks.
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I know one person who hasn’t ever had a job (24) and I’m 50:50 if he takes the pink pill in the next year or so.
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Yup pretty similar.
I have posts about hacking around with in in ‘12. My father still kicks himself for not taking me seriously.
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