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May 14, 2022Liked by Dominic Frisby

If you’re still on the btc sidelines now is a great time to read a book called Bitcoin by some bloke with a beard. Highly entertaining and informative at the same time and may just change your life.

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May 14, 2022Liked by Dominic Frisby

I love the idea of Bitcoin. You, and Robert Breedlove have espoused many of its humanitarian values and yet I stand on the sidelines because I am fearful of investing my hard-earned, lifetime's earnings against the behemoth Goliath that is the <1%. Their manipulation of the >99% mean this is a mammoth task to get people out of the 'debt is money' thinking, especially when Governments are as corrupt as they are.

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May 14, 2022Liked by Dominic Frisby

The only reason I buy ETH & BTC is in the hope that one day, when I'm not here, my kids think I'm a genius and I've sorted their future. What will 0.01 BTC be worth in 2040 I wonder?

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May 14, 2022Liked by Dominic Frisby

Great chat, thanks very much! I am unconvinced by Bitcoin, but remain open to persuasion! :) Might you consider the adage 'Safe as houses' (notwithstanding your observations on a house price crash in c 2025, and precis on land taxes as opposed to income taxes) as a topic of your examination and considerations in the light of the volatility in global non-property assets. Does the adage stack up, is my query. I think it does, but again within a diverse portfolio of assets. Perhaps you said it best today: if you have quality assets and do not require liquidity, do not sell!

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May 16, 2022Liked by Dominic Frisby

Great article.

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My concern with Bitcoin, as with all our current internet systems, is the advent of quantum quantum computing.

When dear old Satoshi Nakamoto developed Bitcoin he/she/nominate used the then cutting edge hardware/software.

Are Bitcoin and our existing security systems capable of dealing with hardware that is currently 3 million times faster (one additional qubit doubles the speed) than that which we are used to. I find it had to conceive on just what that speed and power is. Granted I'm an old fart but 3 million time faster would, I think, be a complete game changer.

As a old fart, give me something tangible, fungible which I can hold in my hand.

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May 14, 2022Liked by Dominic Frisby

Probably better to hedge with physicals and the 5000 years of history that have proved their worth.

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May 14, 2022·edited May 14, 2022Liked by Dominic Frisby

Yes, sympathies to those losing 6-7-8 figure fortunes. As a Doge maxi I had this all last year. And discovered leverage just in time for the September 6th correction. I was fairly opposed to stock trading as a means of accumulating wealth and a teen and have now wasted almost 2 years on it.

It was too tempting to stay value based when 20 years of speculation was working for others, and the world was going nuts in many other realms as far as I was concerned.

Oh well, back to the wheel of pain, the rat run, ...or actually being involved in valuable goods and services to your fellow humans.

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