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0 pointsSQueeeeeL5y ago0 comments

Sounds like magic the gathering card econ. Which is super fun! But personally, I definitely don't consider specing into Embercleave a meaningful societal mover

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jand5y ago

Funny detail: Magic the gathering hits very close to home by accident.

One of the (back then) dominating bitcoin exchanges used the domain mtgox.com which was an acronym for "magic the gathering online exchange".

SkyMarshal5y ago

Yeah, it was previously a Magic The Gathering exchange, and then converted to a Bitcoin exchange.

They learned the hard way you need a higher standard of engineering for a financial exchange.

ptd5y ago

Wasn’t it an inside job? Or Arles the heavily speculated?

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arcadeparade5y ago

"defi" is an interesting concept that gained a lot of traction over the summer. Over $10 billion in crypto assets has been deposited in various protocols such as Aave which is like a decentralised bank operating on ethereum.

dfxm125y ago

Sounds like magic the gathering card econ.

Does this mean you can only make real money if you got in at the very beginning?

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