"Detector of Imbeciles" — Nassim Nicholas Taleb, 2021. Bitcoin prediction poster (BTC $30,838 at the time).
    “Detector of Imbeciles” — Nassim Nicholas Taleb, 2021. Poster by Buttcoiners.

    “Bitcoin is a detector of imbeciles. But it’s not a currency, not a store of value, and not a medium of exchange.”

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