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I wish people would refer to crypto as a service and not an investment. The goal of these alt coins is to enable services. People are doing a disservice to the industry by referring to them or using them as an investment.



ideally that would be true, but 95% of the people i know who have bought cryptocurrency have bought it for the investment.


And do you not see why this is a problem?


Why? It helps preserve and stabilize the value of the currencies.


True. That's the role of speculators in any market. They buy stuff that nobody wants, this way preventing the price from falling too hard. I always buy my T-shirts in the winter. They're cheaper.


The market makes up its own mind




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