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The Macbook costs $2500. Oh, it is a Scam.

Just because something is expensive, doesn't make it a scam. It is also important to note that Bitcoin is a free market. Unlike Apple which sets the prices of a Macbook, demand set the price for the bitcoin blockchain space.

Why did you assume that bitcoin transactions are free? or should be free?

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Don't blame him for Bitcoins ridiculous fees. Hard to pitch a peer to peer electronic cash system that costs $5. And don't blame him for buying into the online hype. Reading around, if you're not careful, one might even think LN is usable.

> Hard to pitch a peer to peer electronic cash system that costs $5.

Eh, maybe it means the p2p electronic cash doesn't need pitching. It is already there and successful.

People talk about bitcoin like it needs to be cheap, solve a problem, be non-volatile. The truth is, the crypto market is $100bn+ big and doesn't seem to care much.

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