Many casual investors don't have physical bitcoin assets on their possession and it's traded electronically, so the wallet and gold analogy is pretty weak. The value is driven by speculation, not actual value, and everyone is sitting on unrealized gains. In other words, they're only worth something if you actually sell them. I have no doubt a lot of people have made a lot of money, but not by any actual increase in value (Google the difference in price and value, if interested). Do I wish I made money? Of course... but I'm not a fan of putting my money in something that is so susceptible to currency manipulation. Anyone who was pissed about the mortgage crisis and pro bitcoin has incongruous beliefs, in my opionion.
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"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth