“Bitcoin is a detector of imbeciles. But it’s not a currency, not a store of value, and not a medium of exchange.”
$30,838·
3 wrong calls across 1 years of denial. 3 framed for posterity. No signs of stopping.
The Greatest Misses
“These gimmicks, you have bitcoin today. You may have another one tomorrow. They come and go, and there’s no systematic link between them and the claims they make.”
$51,125·
They Weren't the Only Ones Wrong
“I’d say Bitcoin is doomed in the medium-term future. Farrell is right: it can be a bit of a curiosity, but if it ever enjoys wider success, that very success will kill it.”
— Kevin Drum
$311
“Mining (they even borrowed the word!) bitcoins is pointless busywork that produces nothing of real value.”
— Avery Pennarun
$4
“One of the lures of bitcoin is the idea of taking power away from the people in power.”
— Avery Pennarun
$4
“Bitcoin is Evil.”
— Paul Krugman
$728
“I agree I would short it if there was an easy way to do it.”
— Bill Gates
$8,451
“Mr. Bitcoin is about to go down big.”
— Jim Cramer
$26,872
“There is no real demand for bitcoin.”
— Peter Schiff
$26,838
“It’s a fraud and honestly I’m just shocked anyone can’t see it for what it is.”
— Jamie Dimon
$4,161
“Bitcoin is a 'speculative self-fulfilling bubble”
— Nouriel Roubini
$24,703
““Stay away from Bitcoin. It's a mirage.””
— Warren Buffett
$629
“First, blockchain is not a bubble, but Bitcoin is a bubble.”
— Jack Ma
$6,248
“It’s got a magic to it and people have attached magic to lots of things.”
— Warren Buffett
$37,649
“I’d say Bitcoin is doomed in the medium-term future. Farrell is right: it can be a bit of a curiosity, but if it ever enjoys wider success, that very success will kill it.”
— Kevin Drum
$311
“Mining (they even borrowed the word!) bitcoins is pointless busywork that produces nothing of real value.”
— Avery Pennarun
$4
“One of the lures of bitcoin is the idea of taking power away from the people in power.”
— Avery Pennarun
$4
“Bitcoin is Evil.”
— Paul Krugman
$728
“I agree I would short it if there was an easy way to do it.”
— Bill Gates
$8,451
“Mr. Bitcoin is about to go down big.”
— Jim Cramer
$26,872
“There is no real demand for bitcoin.”
— Peter Schiff
$26,838
“It’s a fraud and honestly I’m just shocked anyone can’t see it for what it is.”
— Jamie Dimon
$4,161
“Bitcoin is a 'speculative self-fulfilling bubble”
— Nouriel Roubini
$24,703
““Stay away from Bitcoin. It's a mirage.””
— Warren Buffett
$629
“First, blockchain is not a bubble, but Bitcoin is a bubble.”
— Jack Ma
$6,248
“It’s got a magic to it and people have attached magic to lots of things.”
— Warren Buffett
$37,649
“I’d say Bitcoin is doomed in the medium-term future. Farrell is right: it can be a bit of a curiosity, but if it ever enjoys wider success, that very success will kill it.”
— Kevin Drum
$311
“Mining (they even borrowed the word!) bitcoins is pointless busywork that produces nothing of real value.”
— Avery Pennarun
$4
“One of the lures of bitcoin is the idea of taking power away from the people in power.”
— Avery Pennarun
$4
“Bitcoin is Evil.”
— Paul Krugman
$728
“I agree I would short it if there was an easy way to do it.”
— Bill Gates
$8,451
“Mr. Bitcoin is about to go down big.”
— Jim Cramer
$26,872
“There is no real demand for bitcoin.”
— Peter Schiff
$26,838
“It’s a fraud and honestly I’m just shocked anyone can’t see it for what it is.”
— Jamie Dimon
$4,161
“Bitcoin is a 'speculative self-fulfilling bubble”
— Nouriel Roubini
$24,703
““Stay away from Bitcoin. It's a mirage.””
— Warren Buffett
$629
“First, blockchain is not a bubble, but Bitcoin is a bubble.”
— Jack Ma
$6,248
“It’s got a magic to it and people have attached magic to lots of things.”
— Warren Buffett
$37,649
“I’d say Bitcoin is doomed in the medium-term future. Farrell is right: it can be a bit of a curiosity, but if it ever enjoys wider success, that very success will kill it.”
— Kevin Drum
$311
“Mining (they even borrowed the word!) bitcoins is pointless busywork that produces nothing of real value.”
— Avery Pennarun
$4
“One of the lures of bitcoin is the idea of taking power away from the people in power.”
— Avery Pennarun
$4
“Bitcoin is Evil.”
— Paul Krugman
$728
“I agree I would short it if there was an easy way to do it.”
— Bill Gates
$8,451
“Mr. Bitcoin is about to go down big.”
— Jim Cramer
$26,872
“There is no real demand for bitcoin.”
— Peter Schiff
$26,838
“It’s a fraud and honestly I’m just shocked anyone can’t see it for what it is.”
— Jamie Dimon
$4,161
“Bitcoin is a 'speculative self-fulfilling bubble”
— Nouriel Roubini
$24,703
““Stay away from Bitcoin. It's a mirage.””
— Warren Buffett
$629
“First, blockchain is not a bubble, but Bitcoin is a bubble.”
— Jack Ma
$6,248
“It’s got a magic to it and people have attached magic to lots of things.”
— Warren Buffett
$37,649
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