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I've got a few using my revolut account, ones sitting where it was when I bought it, the other 2 are all now up although bitcoin plummeted as soon as I bought it

Only a tenner each so not setting any records.


What I still don't get, what are they actually for? Where , in Edinburgh for example, can I go and buy something with them?
Are they actually usable anywhere?
I don’t know, lol. If you have Amazon Prime then “Cryptopia” seems a good and modern documentary as a starting point.

Money in general is a border-line abstract concept. It’s not real. It’s a construct of human imagination. It requires us all to trust and believe in it and crypto just seems the same but cuts out the middlemen with some computing I’ll happily admit to not understanding. I could be wrong, economics has always been beyond me. In part because I don’t think it’s real. It’s a faith system. Isn’t it?

I’m actually planning investing some money I can afford to lose to play about with because I’m starting to think it’s here for the long term. What Facebook announced today is equally beyond me but seems likely to also require crypto of some sort?

A brave new world is dawning. You’re better men than me if you understand it. Does anyone? I’ve a gut feeling everybody’s guessing.