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Sure, these things aren't ponzis. What about art and stamp collecting, though? How are they not ponzis under this definition?

They have value as tax evasion schemes

And bitcoin has value to some people who wish to avoid local hyper-inflation or who wish to do transactions not allowed by financial institutions.

And money laundering, right? Transferring $1M by buying a painting