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The Wealthy Are Hoarding $10 Billion of Bitcoin in Bunkers [Bloomberg Link Only]
Bloomberg [Link in Body] ^ | May 9, 2018 | Tom Metcalf

Posted on 05/09/2018 12:29:44 PM PDT by C19fan

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: bitcoin; preppers
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Really??? What is the use of bitcoin if the SHTF.
1 posted on 05/09/2018 12:29:44 PM PDT by C19fan
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Someone claiming this doesn’t know what bitcoin is. It’s not something you can put into a bunker.


2 posted on 05/09/2018 12:32:03 PM PDT by CodeToad (The Democrats haven't been this pissed off since the Republicans took their slaves away.)
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SHTF is not mentioned in the article.


3 posted on 05/09/2018 12:33:34 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1)
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The claim is the block chain is on a computer disconnected from the internet located in a bunker.


4 posted on 05/09/2018 12:33:44 PM PDT by C19fan
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How many million in bitcoin can I haul in a F-150 truck?


5 posted on 05/09/2018 12:36:14 PM PDT by BipolarBob (All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.)
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There’s a bunker with a lot of 1’s and 0’s in it somewhere?....................


6 posted on 05/09/2018 12:37:21 PM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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The Wealthy Are Hoarding $10 Billion of Bitcoin in Bunkers [Bloomberg Link Only]

Good. Bitcoins are the modern equivalent of "tulips", and they are in fact worthless. Let wealthy idiots buy them.

7 posted on 05/09/2018 12:38:16 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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So?

5.56mm


8 posted on 05/09/2018 12:39:01 PM PDT by M Kehoe (THIS SPACE FOR RENT)
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If I pour Gasoline into that bunker how many bitcoins would they give me for my lighter?


9 posted on 05/09/2018 12:42:56 PM PDT by The Toll
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When things go south, and they will, food, ammo, hand tools and shelter will be the currency.

Those who trust in the God of Israel will have one other thing: peace in their hearts.


10 posted on 05/09/2018 12:43:59 PM PDT by lurk
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The claim is the block chain is on a computer disconnected from the internet located in a bunker.

Yeah, I'm calling BS on this one.

One of the things that makes bitcoin work is that everyone has a copy of the block chain. Think of it as a public ledger with all the transactions.

If the computer is isolated, it's not exactly public.

IMHO that is...

11 posted on 05/09/2018 12:45:36 PM PDT by MAexile (Bats left, votes rights)
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You can’t hoard bitcoin. It’s not tangible. Its conversion rate varies.

If a lot of people convert their holdings to money all at one time, the conversion rate will drop.

So, it’s stupid to talk about $10 B.


12 posted on 05/09/2018 12:46:18 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Liberalism, like insanity, is the denial of reality.)
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I have ten trillion in Monopoly money, and a thousand Park Places and Boardwalks!


13 posted on 05/09/2018 12:47:09 PM PDT by heights
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The Wealthy Are Hoarding $10 Billion of Bitcoin in Bunkers [Bloomberg Link Only]

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Quite unlikely. Unless of course they paid out $30 Billion in US cash to get that $10 Billion in Bitcoin.


14 posted on 05/09/2018 12:47:44 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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If true, what of it? All who can should safeguard their assets regardless of what they are.

Headline could just as easily have read Fish Swim in Water.

15 posted on 05/09/2018 12:48:33 PM PDT by DakotaGator (Weep for the lost Republic! And keep your powder dry!!)
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You can’t eat bitcoin.


16 posted on 05/09/2018 12:51:08 PM PDT by Arm_Bears (Hey, Rocky--Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!)
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17 posted on 05/09/2018 12:51:42 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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I confess not even knowing what it is, and not caring much either.

Fads irritate the hell out of me.

18 posted on 05/09/2018 12:52:24 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Give me the liberty to take care of my own security..........)
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There is absolutely Nothing backing Bit-Coin, not even a cupcake, nada, zilch, zero.


19 posted on 05/09/2018 12:53:24 PM PDT by heights
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How many million in bitcoin can I haul in a F-150 truck?

All of them.

20 posted on 05/09/2018 12:56:46 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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