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The article doesn't mention SSC directly, but I think it's pretty obvious where this guy is getting his ideas

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[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 22 points 7 months ago

“Last year, he lost $1 million in a public bet after wrongly predicting a massive surge in the price of Bitcoin.”

Tells you all you need to know about this “genius”. 🙄

[-] gerikson@awful.systems 16 points 7 months ago

ahem technically he was betting on the dollar hyperinflating. He still lost though.

Receipts here: https://gerikson.com/btcticker/index.html#balajis

[-] Soyweiser@awful.systems 8 points 7 months ago

The current difference between that target and the price now is USD -936,852.77. (the number in red)

lol.

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