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Issue #1244: People often miss nuance

When the price drops many people let their emotions get the best of them and become blinded to the fundamentals that have been building for thirteen years and are accelerating today.

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Issue #1244: People often miss nuance
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Your Uncle Marty has been in a bit of a troll-ish mood on the bird app. It's fun to intentionally ruffle some feathers in a benign fashion from time to time. Does this make me immature? Possibly. However, I do think there is power in the art of trolling. Particularly in its ability to drive people to question narratives and explore why people believe them to be true. One conversation that has boiled up in the wake of the precipitous price crash over the first half of this year has been; is bitcoin an inflation hedge?

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