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75 sats \ 5 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 14h \ on: Bitcoin is Cumbersome and Expensive and a Tulip Bubble (FT, Tim Harford) econ
Either that guy didn’t do his homework, or someone’s paying him to talk that kind of nonsense.
Tulips? Hahaha, that bubble lasted like six months!
And they weren’t even the months when tulips were trading
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growing/out of the ground*
(it was winter, bulbs in the ground)
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My recollection from your piece is that it was mostly a bunch of drunk idiots scribbling outlandish offers on napkins for pretend tulips.
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yes that's right!
(Because during the winter months, the onions are in the ground -- nobody could physically trade them until unearthed in the spring)
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Yeah! It’s insane how ridiculous these people make themselves look.
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