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0 pointstheli0nheart5mo ago0 comments

Backed by what?

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aurareturn5mo ago

Ownership in a company.

kaptainscarlet5mo ago

Compute resources.

w3ll_w3ll_w3ll5mo ago

So like Bitcoin?

denismenace5mo ago

Not the same, since if you buy Bitcoin, you don't have partial ownership of the machines used to mine and also these machines being used for a singular purpose which you cannot change.

rvba5mo ago

It is backed by AMD stockholders, whose stock just got diluted.

It's like in that movie "Social network"

vel0city5mo ago

And high end networking gear will always have a buyer, right Nortel?

dsr_5mo ago

Lucent agrees: even used, the product will retain 90% of list price because the market has an infinite number of VC-backed buyers.

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