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ceejayoz on Sept 6, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: PayPal Freezes Mailpile Campaign Funds

> Past performance is a way to show what haters are losing every year...

... said real estate agents in the early 2000s.

Folks who bought in April at $260 are out more than a hundred bucks per Bitcoin. It's just as easy to lose your shirt as it is to get rich.

jafaku on Sept 6, 2013 [–]

Folks who bought in April will be early adopters and will see incredible profits too if they don't panic sell. It's a matter of logic. Like I said, it can go to 0 or +inf.

ceejayoz on Sept 6, 2013 | [–]

If it can go to zero, why do you say "will see"? "Might see" is accurate, as is "might see incredible losses".

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