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Not parody. Although all these breathless stories pretending this is unprecedented sure are.

>These are kidnappings that, obviously, wouldn't exist if the crypto hadn't existed at all.

And would Frank Sinatra, Jr. never have been kidnapped if money didn't exist?

>It's essentially been a wealth transfer from stupid people to opportunistic people.

This is not entirely wrong. But it also describes the stock market. We allow the stock market because of it's obvious usefulness. The same is true for a non-centralized currency like bitcoin in a fractured world where nationstates keep going rogue and breaking down.



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