Hey I don't have the energy to write a long thread on why this current Bitcoin "rally," is not a real rally, so I'm going to lazily do this in one post:
* BTC is still a failed currency. No one buys anything with it. It's still slow and bad.
* The trading patterns are still weird. More whale and exchange nonsense.
* Anyone telling you to buy BTC now, probably lost a ton of money on NFTs, FTX, Luna/Terra, Axie, DAOs, or all of the above. Their judgement is bad.
Here's the thing, folks.
is 99% of cryptocurrency uninformed and/or scammy bullshit? Yes.
But the tech *provably* works, and I've learned to ALWAYS bet on tech in the long run.
And alternative currencies are going to look better and better given this economy.
Get educated and consider trying it out. It ain't going away.
This is such a weird take because it's provably false today.
You may not *like* what it definitely already accomplishes, but you can't just say it's not functional; it's like saying "guns don't fire bullets"
I agree with everything you've said here, with the possible note that -- that "etc." in your post is working overtime. :)
Yup, cryptoCURRENCY isn't a great name for what we have here. But it's *already* something signficant.
mekka okereke 
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