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Me at $24 by accident (stupid misclick on Mt. Gox, and didn't think paying the trade fee again would be worth it). Wanted to wait till $27, then the socks I bought would have been free. Free, as in, I earned them back.

I do wonder from whom I stole though; these socks cost labor but I did pay the laborer. Then the price rose and I got an equal amount of euros back as I put in. Who did I steal from, the Bitcoin community in general?

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it's the same with stock price. say there's a giant correction. the value disappears. it wasn't stolen from anyone. the same way the global economy has grown over thousands of years, and people are much wealthier - that isn't because they stole from anyone but the total value of the entire economy grew and "everyone" became wealthier.

Hmm I think I understand. It's hard to wrap my head around though: I gained socks (and didn't loose money), the sock maker gained money but lost time and resources, but nobody's money was stolen.

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