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so perhaps the trading price will just random walk between say, $5 and $40.
now what?
buy at $6 and sell at $39?
yep. and as more speculators enter the equation, the margins get more narrow. that's a good thing. it means a BTC merchant can price his goods with relative confidence. I look forward to lots and lots of speculators with lots and lots of bots operating on the thinnest margins possible.