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47 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 14h \ parent \ on: Bitcoin is Cumbersome and Expensive and a Tulip Bubble (FT, Tim Harford) econ
And they weren’t even the months when tulips were trading
growing/out of the ground*
(it was winter, bulbs in the ground)
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My recollection from your piece is that it was mostly a bunch of drunk idiots scribbling outlandish offers on napkins for pretend tulips.
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yes that's right!
(Because during the winter months, the onions are in the ground -- nobody could physically trade them until unearthed in the spring)
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Yeah! It’s insane how ridiculous these people make themselves look.
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