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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Realistically I'm sure I'd end up using it for financial gain either way.

Future Self: What's the next Nvidia stock?

Past self has more monkey paw possibilities, but I think I'd go with something like, "Buy all the surplus compute you can to generate bitcoin in 2009 and hold it until $64,000."

[–] DaddleDew 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

That's too much work. Just buy $1000 worth of bitcoin in 2010 and sell it all at 50k, which means you can cash it in 2 years earlier and still make WAY more than you'll ever be able to spend.

At that point you will be affecting the entire market though. So things might become unpredictable.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Dogecoin would be funnier. Buy 1K USD when it’s like 0.000001 and sell when it’s at .20USD