Bitcoin: The World’s Biggest Hustle

And what the fuck is a bitcoin, anyway?

William Mersey

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Ever since first hearing about Bitcoin, I’ve taken a dim view of a coin you can’t hold in your hand. I mean…what the fuck is that?

I have a friend who is a bitcoin specialist. He has 1001 accounting degrees and clearly knows his shit. After he explained bitcoin to me, guess what! I still didn’t know what a bitcoin is. It just sounded like so much bullshit, I decided that’s exactly what it is: a bull’s turd!

I gotta love the news tidbits I’ve been reading on Yahoo. Apparently, bitcoin “yahoos” are out $240 million because they lost their passwords or discarded their hard drives which contained those coins. Answer me this: How do you fit a coin on a hard drive?

It occurs to me that we need to change the name of a bitcoin to something like “bit shit.” Or “bit hustle.” Ya know…something that describes the commodity more accurately.

I have a problem with something that’s worth a fortune — but has no intrinsic value. Show me a rubber and I know it’s worth something. It will keep me from getting a disease and prevent the girl from getting pregnant. Voila! Value!

Show me a bitcoin and…wait a minute. You can’t show me a bitcoin. It doesn't exist. It’s like God. A leap of faith. And yet, “investors”…

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William Mersey

Loser with a capital L. Convicted felon. Daily Beast, NY Daily News, Daily Mail, Independent contributor. I've been around the block. Google me for the proof!