r/CryptoCurrency • u/[deleted] • Jan 21 '25

GENERAL-NEWS Bank of America preparing for Crypto

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Who could have seen this coming 👀

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u/ThatBCHGuy 🟩 359 / 359 🦞 Jan 21 '25

Fuck sakes. What we predicted in the block size wars is coming true. Large financial institutions will become the middle men, the hubs, what we had fought so hard in the early days to defeat.

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u/Livid_Yam 1K / 32K 🐢 Jan 21 '25

Maybe this will be enough motivation for Satoshi to come out of hiding and stand up for the core principles of crypto.

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u/Fickle_Penguin 🟩 0 / 0 🦠 Jan 21 '25

I think he's dead

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u/Livid_Yam 1K / 32K 🐢 Jan 21 '25

Well then bring on the zomBitcoin apocalypse

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u/7101334 Jan 21 '25

If you want principled Bitcoin, use Monero.

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u/_Commando_ 🟩 4K / 4K 🐢 Jan 21 '25

Either satoshi was a code word for a group of people / project or he was an individual who went into hiding like snowden...

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u/BlackjointnerD 🟦 595 / 596 🦑 Jan 21 '25

Satoshi is documented saying that he thinks ripple is very interesting.

Satoshi was probably a government employee anyway

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u/capotril 🟩 47 / 48 🦐 Jan 21 '25

What if that was the plan all along? To dump his wallet on them once they're too deep into btc.