@brinnbelyea@fosstodon.org Why do they value crypto? Who cares! Fact is they do value it for whatever reason, and there you go.
Why do people value super bowl tickets or VHS recordings of old Seinfeld episodes?
People are weird. But that's just how people are.
@volkris @brinnbelyea @josemurilo
If you want to scam people with a pump-and-dump scheme using a speculative asset, it would be far more efficient to sell them shares in Dutch tulip bulbs, not pointless math problems that consume 2% of all electricity generated in the US.