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		lr4444lr on Feb 11, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “We already store data. In a database. It works w... Wow, never thought I'd hear such a good defense of short-selling, but you're right.

eru on Feb 12, 2020 [–]

Thanks for the compliment. It's pretty much the orthodox standard argument, so no stroke of genius from me.

Orthodox economics is severely underrated.

Oh, and bitcoin got a decent short-selling facility with the futures trading a while back.

(No clue why you are getting downvoted.)

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