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Sleeping beauty Bitcoin wallets wake up after 14 years to the tune of $2B

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191 points aorloff | 2 comments | 04 Jul 25 18:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.413s | source
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Synaesthesia ◴[05 Jul 25 05:50 UTC] No.44470362[source]▶
I was also around when bitcoin just started out. Many people wanted it to be a global revolution in finance.

But instead it turned into a game of "hodl" to get rich.

Scams were openly perpetrated in the forums.

I became completely disillusioned. What exactly does bitcoin offer the world today?

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1. adultorata ◴[05 Jul 25 06:41 UTC] No.44470582[source]▶
You can move $2 billion worth of capital PERMISSIONLESS with a click of a button, the only thing you need is the private key, are you being disingenuous on purpose or what?
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2. Synaesthesia ◴[05 Jul 25 07:48 UTC] No.44470874[source]▶
Yeah that is awesome, it's great technology but it's still not anywhere close to a revolution.