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Board Long-term offers
Re: How to Identify a Ponzi
by
dust
on 15/08/2012, 05:10:22 UTC
Ponzi Indicators
1. High rate of return
Explanation: ponzi schemes typically offer very high rates of return that are not possible.  Anything that is > 50%/year APR is suspicious.  Anything > 500% APR is very suspicious.  Ponzis can offer lower rates as well (see Maddoff - 10% APR), but these are less common.


So basically what you're saying is nearly every single Bitcoin investment/loan/offer is a ponzi, because I don't think there are many at all that offer less than 50% a year
These indicators are just things to look out for when investing.  Investments that fit multiple indicators have an increased risk of being a ponzi.