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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Prime Mover, post: 2911982, member: 38783&quot;]I&#039;ll start by saying the following disclaimer.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hold a more-than-nominal amount of Bitcoin and other crypto &quot;assets&quot; (I won&#039;t call them currencies).&nbsp; I am bullish on the idea of crypto, and think that it has found a place in modern digital age usage.&nbsp; I made my initial bitcoin by mining them, and I have a zero-sum game right now, where I&#039;ve cleared my initial spend and anything I do now is a net positive - so the only stake I have in it, I can not &quot;lose&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The crypto environment is interesting.&nbsp; There are plenty of scams to be found, plenty of pump-and-dump &quot;coins&quot;, plenty of shady &quot;ICO&quot;s.&nbsp; There are plenty of ways to lose your money, quickly.&nbsp; Although I think some of the posts in this thread are a little over the top and made from an angle of fear - what you don&#039;t know or understand is usually met with skepticism - there is truth to some of those statements, at least from my view, so it does pay to be cautious if you do want to put a toe in the water.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I do believe that, like anything else, if you do your homework and spend time learning about the ecosystem, it&#039;s not as concerning.&nbsp; I also believe that in general, crypto is here for the longer term, and learning about it and embracing it could be profitable.&nbsp; It certainly has been for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not a blind disciple.&nbsp; I&#039;m a proponent, so I will be biased, but I can see the other side and realize it&#039;s not all roses.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ask away, and I&#039;ll be happy to give you my viewpoints on any topic.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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