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Orrex

(67,163 posts) Mon Mar 3, 2014, 12:06 PM Mar 2014

Is Bitcoin any different from the gold pieces that my 9th-level Ranger collected? [View all]

Granted, that was 20 years ago, and the value of a gold piece has risen since then, but how does the pretend money known as Bitcoin differ from the pretend money that my Ranger scooped up after routing a nest of kobolds?

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Is Bitcoin any different from the gold pieces that my 9th-level Ranger collected? [View all] Orrex Mar 2014 OP

Not really. TreasonousBastard Mar 2014 #1

No. They may actually be the gold pieces your Ranger collected. I think it's one of the greatest msanthrope Mar 2014 #2

I don't think so... DetlefK Mar 2014 #3

Bitcoins are for those who think they can get something for nothing. randome Mar 2014 #4

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