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They Weren't the Only Ones Wrong
βI donβt know where it will end or how it will end, but it will end. And when it ends, it will be ugly because there will be nothing there.β
β Stephen Isaacs
$55,685
βFirst, blockchain is not a bubble, but Bitcoin is a bubble.β
β Jack Ma
$6,248
βBitcoin isn't cyberpunk fantasy and it isn't a Thomas Pynchon novel. It's dull. The thrill is gone. And that's why people are so mad.β
β Andrew Leonard
$626
βThere can be little doubt that Bitcoin is madness.β
β Josh Williams
$35,671
βBitcoin is bovine excrement.β
β Nicholas Weaver
$3,970
β(...) Bitcoin is dead.β
β Rafi Farber
$61,322
βI regard the bitcoin craze as totally asinine.β
β Charlie Munger
$9,875
βBitcoin looks like it really is a bubble in multiple senses.β
β Paul Krugman
$285
βMeanwhile bitcoin and the like will quickly fade into financial history, just as tulipmania did, serving solely to remind future generations of the folly of gambling on illusions of value.β
β Bert Ely
$14,691
βBitcoin is a fad, just like bimetallism before it...β
β Robert Shiller
$5,731
βBitcoin, I think we can say, is dead. There is no traction, no one is using bitcoin. The bitcoin experiment, I think we can say, is over.β
β Taavet Hinrikus
$428
βBitcoin is deadβ
β Pascal Bouvier
$238
βI donβt know where it will end or how it will end, but it will end. And when it ends, it will be ugly because there will be nothing there.β
β Stephen Isaacs
$55,685
βFirst, blockchain is not a bubble, but Bitcoin is a bubble.β
β Jack Ma
$6,248
βBitcoin isn't cyberpunk fantasy and it isn't a Thomas Pynchon novel. It's dull. The thrill is gone. And that's why people are so mad.β
β Andrew Leonard
$626
βThere can be little doubt that Bitcoin is madness.β
β Josh Williams
$35,671
βBitcoin is bovine excrement.β
β Nicholas Weaver
$3,970
β(...) Bitcoin is dead.β
β Rafi Farber
$61,322
βI regard the bitcoin craze as totally asinine.β
β Charlie Munger
$9,875
βBitcoin looks like it really is a bubble in multiple senses.β
β Paul Krugman
$285
βMeanwhile bitcoin and the like will quickly fade into financial history, just as tulipmania did, serving solely to remind future generations of the folly of gambling on illusions of value.β
β Bert Ely
$14,691
βBitcoin is a fad, just like bimetallism before it...β
β Robert Shiller
$5,731
βBitcoin, I think we can say, is dead. There is no traction, no one is using bitcoin. The bitcoin experiment, I think we can say, is over.β
β Taavet Hinrikus
$428
βBitcoin is deadβ
β Pascal Bouvier
$238
βI donβt know where it will end or how it will end, but it will end. And when it ends, it will be ugly because there will be nothing there.β
β Stephen Isaacs
$55,685
βFirst, blockchain is not a bubble, but Bitcoin is a bubble.β
β Jack Ma
$6,248
βBitcoin isn't cyberpunk fantasy and it isn't a Thomas Pynchon novel. It's dull. The thrill is gone. And that's why people are so mad.β
β Andrew Leonard
$626
βThere can be little doubt that Bitcoin is madness.β
β Josh Williams
$35,671
βBitcoin is bovine excrement.β
β Nicholas Weaver
$3,970
β(...) Bitcoin is dead.β
β Rafi Farber
$61,322
βI regard the bitcoin craze as totally asinine.β
β Charlie Munger
$9,875
βBitcoin looks like it really is a bubble in multiple senses.β
β Paul Krugman
$285
βMeanwhile bitcoin and the like will quickly fade into financial history, just as tulipmania did, serving solely to remind future generations of the folly of gambling on illusions of value.β
β Bert Ely
$14,691
βBitcoin is a fad, just like bimetallism before it...β
β Robert Shiller
$5,731
βBitcoin, I think we can say, is dead. There is no traction, no one is using bitcoin. The bitcoin experiment, I think we can say, is over.β
β Taavet Hinrikus
$428
βBitcoin is deadβ
β Pascal Bouvier
$238
βI donβt know where it will end or how it will end, but it will end. And when it ends, it will be ugly because there will be nothing there.β
β Stephen Isaacs
$55,685
βFirst, blockchain is not a bubble, but Bitcoin is a bubble.β
β Jack Ma
$6,248
βBitcoin isn't cyberpunk fantasy and it isn't a Thomas Pynchon novel. It's dull. The thrill is gone. And that's why people are so mad.β
β Andrew Leonard
$626
βThere can be little doubt that Bitcoin is madness.β
β Josh Williams
$35,671
βBitcoin is bovine excrement.β
β Nicholas Weaver
$3,970
β(...) Bitcoin is dead.β
β Rafi Farber
$61,322
βI regard the bitcoin craze as totally asinine.β
β Charlie Munger
$9,875
βBitcoin looks like it really is a bubble in multiple senses.β
β Paul Krugman
$285
βMeanwhile bitcoin and the like will quickly fade into financial history, just as tulipmania did, serving solely to remind future generations of the folly of gambling on illusions of value.β
β Bert Ely
$14,691
βBitcoin is a fad, just like bimetallism before it...β
β Robert Shiller
$5,731
βBitcoin, I think we can say, is dead. There is no traction, no one is using bitcoin. The bitcoin experiment, I think we can say, is over.β
β Taavet Hinrikus
$428
βBitcoin is deadβ
β Pascal Bouvier
$238
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