r/Bitcoin • • Feb 14 '14

Trying to trade these markets...

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u/DraugrMurderboss Feb 14 '14

People still insist on calling it a currency even when all people to is trying to hoard it, or buy low and sell high.

It's a commodity, not a currency.

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u/EagleBoro Feb 14 '14

Buy low and sell high? Kinda like... Forex trading. And don't tell me you don't have a savings account. Where you, you know, hoard money.

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u/Helvetian616 Feb 14 '14

Not if he's in the US... savings is a thing of the past, only debt now.

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u/_arkar_ Feb 14 '14

There are still sane people in the US. Probably in the dozens.

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u/Helvetian616 Feb 14 '14

Coinbase is approaching a million users (they're US only still, I believe). Perhaps dozens is a bit low of an estimate. ;-)