PayPal co-founder CEO: Bitcoin is a Scam of unprecedented proportions
Source:In mid-March, Peter Thiel, the topic of Bitcoin. According to the businessman, coin has the potential to replace gold and turning its equivalent. Not all former members of PayPal are good for cryptocurrency. A colleague of Thiel called Bitcoin the greatest Scam in the history of mankind.
theBitcoin a hoax?
Thoughts about the main cryptocurrency world bill Harris has shared the article called "Bitcoin the biggest Scam in history of mankind." The publication was issued on the resource Recode. To the opinion of Harris listen due to the fact that at the time he was CEO of Intuit and Paypal. It is reported .
The arguments of the author against cryptocurrency go in three directions: the meaninglessness of Bitcoin as a means of payment, it incredible volatility and lack of inner values.
According to Harris, "most" regular buyers of coins constantly violates the laws and evade taxes.
The Most active users of Bitcoins are criminals.
In Addition, he remembered the constant attention of hackers and the dark side fraudulent ICO. The latter from the Bitcoin for some reason he did not separate.
The announcement coincided with the subsidence of the market. Bitcoin now returned to the rate of 8800 dollars, and market capitalization is of $ 394 billion. What is happening is the same with yesterday . According to him, the correction is possible because of high growth last week.
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