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muyuu
on Feb 3, 2015
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Reddit has shut down its nascent cryptocurrency pr...
Because they are a for-profit company. Generally investing in stuff and then scraping it immediately before it could possibly work, is not a very good idea.
lazyjones
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Generally investing in stuff and then scraping it immediately before it could possibly work, is not a very good idea.
Seems to work for Google... and Microsoft.
muyuu
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It doesn't, they just can afford to bleed cash all over the place do that thanks to their monopoly money, which is virtually an endless resource.
diminoten
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How do you know if it's a good idea or not? Were you in the meetings? Did you get to hear the exact details about why it was scrapped?
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