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64 sats \ 2 replies \ @denlillaapan OP 9h \ parent \ on: Bitcoin is Cumbersome and Expensive and a Tulip Bubble (FT, Tim Harford) econ
growing/out of the ground*
(it was winter, bulbs in the ground)
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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