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antocv on Nov 29, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: I'm the guy who bought 259684 Bitcoins for under $...

The bitcoin exchanges and trade platforms are a scam.

Its a worse market than wallstreet.

Read Kevins post without your bitcoin-glasses on for reasons why.

josu on Nov 29, 2013 [–]

I wouldn't say it's a scam per se, but it could become one really fast. Right now there are 15 bitstamp employees, what's stopping any of them from taking the money and running?

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