Even if Bitcoin=Ponzi, I think you're incorrect. The "acceptor" can immediately get cash, and he will know exactly how much.
Whoever had it originally is the one who is the speculator/risk taker/investor/trader, and was subject to any wild fluctuations in value. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 9, 2013, at 4:39 AM, "winfield...@yahoo.com," <winfield...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Bitcoin = Ponzi, even if you can buy a Tesla, an EV. To answer your question, > who's the sucker? The acceptor of "wildly fluctuating" in value currency > (See examples of out of control inflation) > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: David Chapman <iasimov...@yahoo.com> > Date:12/08/2013 10:42 PM (GMT-05:00) > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <ev@lists.evdl.org> > Subject: Re: [EVDL] Used Tesla-S bought using Bitcoin from a Lamborghini > dealership > > So who is the sucker? The fellow that spent his bitcoins (that he may have > mined or traded for profitably) or the lambo dealership that took them and > most likely immediately cash converted them and got a shitload of free or > cheap publicity? I agree that Bitcoin is not for everyone and is rather > volatile but... I remember back when I was one of the very early adopters of > some flakey new internet money service - IIRC it was called "Pay Pal" and > thinking "this is awful weird so I won't risk much" and now the guy I helped > make it work builds high end electric cars. Dach. > > > "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are" - Theodore Roosevelt > > > > On Sunday, December 8, 2013 4:01 AM, "winfield...@yahoo.com," > <winfield...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Bitcoin "there's a sucker born every minute" > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: brucedp5 <bruce...@operamail.com> > Date:12/06/2013 10:52 AM (GMT-05:00) > To: ev@lists.evdl.org > Subject: [EVDL] EVLN: Used Tesla-S bought using Bitcoin from a Lamborghini > dealership > > > > http://www.bayoubuzz.com/top-stories/item/562053-electric-sale-someone-used-bitcoins-to-buy-a-tesla > Electric sale: Someone used bitcoins to buy a Tesla > by Mike Blake / Reuters 05 December 2013 > > [image > http://www.bayoubuzz.com/media/k2/items/cache/3ee9b427bad998cf326e61a48296b9d0_L.jpg > ] > > A customer bought a Tesla Model S electric car like this one using Bitcoin. > > Add a brand new Tesla Model S to the growing list of items you can buy with > bitcoins. > > An auto dealership in Newport Beach, Calif., revealed Wednesday that it sold > its first vehicle with the virtual currency as legal tender. > > “Bitcoin, a fully encrypted and fully digital currency, has been used by a > recent client of ours to pay for a Tesla Model S Performance we had in our > inventory. That's right, an electronic _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
