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Bitcoin - Part 2

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Belz... said:
My point is that even if person A says it's not a currency and it's terrible, and person B says it's the worst currency doesn't mean A's argument is inconsistent.
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Of course it is! It makes no sense to compare bitcoin to a currency if it isn't a currency (and this thread has had many a passionate argument about this) so, let's suddenly start calling it a currency.
 
psionl0 said:
Of course it is! It makes no sense to compare bitcoin to a currency if it isn't a currency (and this thread has had many a passionate argument about this) so, let's suddenly start calling it a currency.
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You do realise that you are saying that one person's argument is invalid because of another person's argument, which you also disagree with, right ?
 
Belz... said:
You do realise that you are saying that one person's argument is invalid because of another person's argument, which you also disagree with, right ?
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I have no idea what you are talking about.

There is no question that bitcoin had a bad year pricewise and even buyers of the Russian Rouble would have fared better (although the Rouble has never enjoyed the spectacular gains of bitcoin the year before).

I just find it ironic that bitcoin opponents who argue themselves blue in the face that "BITCOIN IS NOT A CURRENCY!!!!" suddenly describe it as a currency because it suits their agenda.
 
psionl0 said:
I just find it ironic that bitcoin opponents who argue themselves blue in the face that "BITCOIN IS NOT A CURRENCY!!!!" suddenly describe it as a currency because it suits their agenda.
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Who did that?
 
Belz... said:
Amazing. I confirmed it with you, and you agreed, and now you don't understand.

Well, go back and read the last few posts.
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I still don't see it. It must be my poor communication skills. Let me try again:
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if (isCurrency(BTC)) {
   ****Happens(BTC);
} else {
   ****Happens(BTC);
}

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Edited to properly mask profanity. Please see Rule 10.
 
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psionl0 said:
I still don't see it. It must be my poor communication skills. Let me try again:
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No, it's your poor reading skills.

The person saying it's a bad currency isn't the same person saying it's not a currency. How one can be used as an argument against the other boggles the mind.
 
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Why?
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Maybe you guys should take it to PMs--I don't think either of you understand what the other is saying. :D ;)

ETA: Which I think says something about Bitcoin...
 
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psionl0 said:
Why?
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I have already explained it to you, but I'll try again: someone on the internet says that BTC is the worst currency. That doesn't mean that someone else, who says it's not a currency, is wrong. It sure doesn't mean that they are being inconsistent, since they are not the same person.
 
Belz... said:
I have already explained it to you, but I'll try again: someone on the internet says that BTC is the worst currency. That doesn't mean that someone else, who says it's not a currency, is wrong. It sure doesn't mean that they are being inconsistent, since they are not the same person.
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The irony is that someone who says that bitcoin is not a currency is quoting somebody who says that bitcoin is a currency (albeit the "worst" one).

I know that remirol has already implied that he always believed that bitcoin is a currency but you can be sure that jhunter1163 has never argued that bitcoin is a currency.
 
psionl0 said:
The irony is that someone who says that bitcoin is not a currency is quoting somebody who says that bitcoin is a currency (albeit the "worst" one).

I know that remirol has already implied that he always believed that bitcoin is a currency but you can be sure that jhunter1163 has never argued that bitcoin is a currency.
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It's certainly not a currency in any practical sense. A theoretical argument might be made, but down here in the real world it's not what most people think of when they think of "currency".
 
psionl0 said:
The irony is that someone who says that bitcoin is not a currency is quoting somebody who says that bitcoin is a currency (albeit the "worst" one).
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Not "quoting" -- "is linking to an article which says".

I don't see the problem here. I don't consider it a currency; I consider it a commodity. The article-writer chose to call it a currency. I don't agree with his terminology, but he's definitely right that if you measure it as a currency, it was a big pile of **** over 2014.

All you have to do is read the words and respond to those, instead of the ones you hear inside your mind.
 
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