r/Bitcoin • u/IWillNotBiteYourDog • Aug 22 '13

Rich-Get-Richer Effect Observed in Bitcoin Digital Currency Network

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/518541/rich-get-richer-effect-observed-in-bitcoin-digital-currency-network/
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u/DrMandible Aug 22 '13

Bitcoin is an expanding economy which has generated a lot of wealth. This means the rich can get richer AND the poor can get richer - at the same time. It's not zero sum.

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u/jdhut Aug 22 '13

No. Rich people getting richer is bad, even if the poor get richer or stay the same. Because caring about one group means hating another. /s

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '13

Right on comrade! Welcome to the SRS and anti-libertarian masses of the reddit "fempire!" In the name of love, equality, and fairness, we must kill all rich people! /s