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> Even if scumbags are infatuated with something,

Nobody is taking about infatuation except you.

Obviously the comment is talking about the incentive for people to try to drive the value of their holdings up.

The scumbags are the ones who do this dishonestly.

> And the comment’s wrong too… the scumbags probably want to cash their gains out to traditional currencies, they’re least likely to be in it as technology true believers.

No. Anyone can be a scumbag. It has nothing to do with being in it for a quick buck or being a true believer or not. It’s simply about what methods one is willing to use.

So yes, Hodlers, and crypto-utopians can be scumbags too.



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