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 The Halving but it’s PeterSchiff’s reputation that gets cut in half every 4 years. #Bitcoin 
 Schiff knows he would be living his life is obscurity if he weren’t so well known as the “anti-bitcoin guy”. So he keeps it up, knowing very well the flaws in his own arguments. 
 Happy Halvening to those who celebrate. 
 Speculation and prediction can be fun, but is generally an unproductive waste of time. 

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 Yes. If one  looks at buying bitcoin as just a way to preserve the purchasing power of one’s savings, outside of the central banking system, it works well.  And you are buying this preservation with a free deep out of the money put option on your local currency. 
 It’s like the Durant-Dort Carraige company suing Ford Motor Company and Henry Ford in 1908. 
 A couple months ago I had a discussion with the head of digital assets at a multi-trillion AUM fi... 
 I think bitcoin will become a risk off asset over time, gradually, then suddenly. 
 #Bitcoin is the only liquid asset that trades 24/7 and sometimes pays the price for this during w... 
 It is ironic that those investors, in times of uncertainty, are selling an asset with such a certain supply, for their local currencies that have such an uncertain supply. 
 Hello #Nostr !!