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		xxxxxxx12 on April 27, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cryptocurrency Is an Abject Disaster > yet it shows no similar characteristics to preexisting inflation hedges Is that because, so far, if you were to measure since its inception, it's outperformed any other hedge against inflation?

CRConrad on April 29, 2021 [–]

So did tulip bulbs, for a while.

xxxxxxx12 on May 3, 2021 | [–]

tulip bulbs aren't a gargantuan decentralized computer network

CRConrad on May 3, 2021 | | [–]

Non sequitur. That wasn't what I was replying to.

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