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Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion
by
bitconerian
on 11/06/2016, 12:55:13 UTC
Damn I sure hope you are right. I have 106 BTC more or less.....It would be nice to see what kinda 'ass' I would be with that kinda action. Smiley

In Wall Observer or around friends?

Jabroni Friends (before) - "You're stupid man, going to lose all your money.  Can't believe you're buying into a scam (crypto-currency) scratch tickets!"
Jabroni Friends (after) - "Man... I wish I got as lucky as this guy!  You better sell not spend all your winnings on scratch tickets before you're sorry and thank God for that miracle!"

FTFY. Buying scratch tickets doesn't become the best investment ever if you win Smiley


It's arguably a +EV (expected value) "scratch ticket".
Same could be said for every shitcoin currently trading, and every ponzi scheme that hasn't collapsed Undecided
In nine parallel universes, it goes to $0.  In the tenth, it achieves ubiquity and goes to $10,000+.  A bet that usually doesn't pay off doesn't make it a bad bet.  An EV calculation simply takes into account the probabilities of different outcomes.  
That's typical Longshot Charlie reasoning: "I only gotta win once, and all this will be worth it." The thing about calculating EV is it can't be done in shell games and crypto, for the same reason: the game is rigged, you are basing your EV calculations on a faulty model, it doesn't work like you think it does Smiley