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We live in the future! (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I too, ran across Bitcoin in the VERY early days, when it was pennies. I thought it was a scam and probably illegal, I mean "people can't just set up their own currency, can they?" It didn't help that I first found it when I was poking around in Tor, wondering what the "dark web" was all about.

[–] grendel84@tiny.tilde.website 1 points 3 weeks ago

@DarrinBrunner
I found it at $50 and knew it was for sketchy things but still tried (unsuccessfully) to convince my parents to let me give them my cash to use their debt card to buy some.

I could have paid off their house 😆
@rizzothesmall