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 meanwhile there are murmurs about Ripple doing an IPO 
 Disgusting.

Did you know that ripple (I guess the company) is older than BTC?  
 wait what? is this true? 
 Yeah look it up, I needed to check myself because it sounds so wack 
 brb, gonna incognito this, don’t want to have shitcoin ads following me 
 monero is good aktully 
 Ripple itself launched in 2012.. ripple labs was founded in 2012 also. What are you talking about? 
 numerous different sources giving me 2012 also, sure you meant ripple? 🤔 
 Nothing was before #bitcoin as far as cryptocurrency is concerned.  There were plenty of attempts at all types of things that failed.. so I’m unsure also 
 Wrong. Bitcoin was an iteration of earlier ideas and projects that actually existed but didn't make it. 
 hashcash, eCash, digicash etc 
 Yes,  #Bitcoin was 40 years in the making and pulled from many things.. to me, #Bitcoin is the only real money that ever existed. Therefore everything else should be categorized as fake that came before it.  Not real. 
 Proof of work is why #Bitcoin is #Bitcoin.  If it doesn’t have proof of work.  It doesn’t exist.  Nothing existed before #Bitcoin as far as I’m concerned. 
 An IPO 😂