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comment by ecib
ecib  ·  4730 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The rise and fall(?) of Bitcoin
I was kind of amazed how far they shot up due to speculation. Some people could have cashed out and become millionaires. And then I think of the speculation that goes on in the real world commodities markets. With a majority of the people on the globe being poor and middle class at best, essentials like food and fuel have their prices driven up further. There has got to be some sort of solution or mitigation for that...