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Hugin

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3. It's the old, "Pssst. Hey, buddy. Wanna buy a gold mine?" con.

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 24, 2024, 07:35 AM

Dec 24

All the mark ends up with is a hole in the ground. If they’re lucky. All legal like.

The only new thing about it is the digital trappings that make it look, oh, so techy.

It would appear that the Fart of the Deal is falling for it hook, line, and sinker.

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A Looming Threat to Bitcoin: The Risk of a Quantum Hack [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Dec 23 OP

And the incoming Administration wants to sell a chunk of the U.S. gold reserves no_hypocrisy Dec 23 #1

It's the old, "Pssst. Hey, buddy. Wanna buy a gold mine?" con. Hugin Dec 24 #3

Bitcoin seems to me to be anciano Dec 23 #2