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I don't think very many people (if any) are arguing that Bitcoin should go away, or that it's inherently bad. People are just saying that the likelihood of Bitcoin actually gaining large scale adoption as a currency is incredibly low, because of its nature.

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I think you're right, but Paul Krugman is a notable exception to this. He outright said it was inherently bad and that it should go away.

I met a lot of people who say it is a "Ponzi scheme" and bad for the environment because of the required energy.

I can't imagine people calling Bitcoin a Ponzi scheme are worse for its image than all of the Ponzi schemes

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