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Adding some more thought to this — if anything I think Bitcoin is running too hot. Crypto-currency in general has the potential to be a big deal. Ethereum especially. BTC as a mechanism of exchange is probably dead right now. It could recover, but it will require a lot for it to become more than a speculator’s wet dream. Ethereum, on the other hand, is a hacker’s wet dream. But it seems to have more long-term potential from my perspective...

In general, as compared to the Internet bubble, this year might be Bitcoin’s 1995 (the year Netscape went public and suddenly the Internet went from being something you read about in a magazine to something that could make you rich). The next 5 years were pretty crazy, and Bitcoin has a long way to go to equal it. But maybe it will get there. The only thing is, I think this might be 1995 and 2001 all rolled up together, and I don’t think that will be good for Bitcoin specifically, and maybe crypto currency in general.



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