Bitcoin splits in two amid feud

[Orrex]

https://www.cnet.com/news/bitcoin-cash-splits-in-two-in-blockchain-feud/

The upshot is that you can still by Boardwalk with Bitcoin, but not Park Place.

[PoliticAverse]

1. Trying to split a balloon into 2 parts usually isn't successful. n/t

[Orrex]

3. LOL. That's pretty great.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. I seem to recall when bitcoin first showed up,

reading all over the interwebs that every other currency would soon fade away.

Or that the surest way to get rich was to invest in bitcoins.

Oddly enough, they are still not in my life. Cash is. And my credit cards. And my debit card. Plus the odd check. Still no bitcoins.

[Orrex]

4. Most (not all, but most) of the people I've seen cheerleading for Bitcoin...

Are Ayn Rand-style Libertarians.

Since the only difference between "Libertarian" and "asshole" is the spelling, I'm not surprised.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. Yes. And while I don't pretend to understand bitcoin

completely, it strikes me that the constantly changing valuation is its least attractive aspects.

Plus, the supposed absolute limit on the number of them eventually created will be a huge deterrent to common usage.

[gratuitous]

6. The "tell" is when the investors want everyone in on the deal

A few years ago when Glenn (the extra "n" is for "knowledge&quot Beck was hawking gold to his gullible listeners. If you're in some investment and making a killing, you don't want everyone else in on it.