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The DotCom Bubble/scam led to investor losses in excess of $5 trillion.


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yeah, but the 7.7B is only the scam part - I'd suspect the bubble part of cryptocurrencies and NFTs will be much higher

I guess that's from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-com_bubble ?

That's reported as a drop from the peak. But it doesn't necessarily reflect the real losses, in terms of initial investment. It's a number larger than the total amount of "real" M0 money in 2000, for example! Feels more like "an unrealized gain that never materialized" than "loss".

I remember that time, it was just after I graduated. There was a lot of business craziness on a scale that defi is yet to reach, although it's already hit some of my peak markers like "rename a stadium".


So it seems like you are saying DotComs were a scam? Which is obviously insane. I believe we are seeing something similar in crypto. Yes to bubble, and yes there are scams, but wow it seems like there are a lot of people here that think the entire thing is a scam. There are a lot of insanely smart people working on this that are obviously not doing scams, maybe you should take a deeper look?

Agreed. Super-smart people made these systems possible. Sad to see many people associate crypto with scams and illegal stuff. Well, I've bought a tshirt with Ether and VPN subscription to access Wikipedia and YouTube, from a country that blocks many common VPNs. Super, illegal.

Let them keep saying crypto is scam, people who believe in it will win in the long run anyway.


Are you telling me that you're committing crime by using a VPN?

Nope. It was sarcasm.

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