Could someone explain this to me like I'm 5 years old?
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Everything is good for bitcoin.
He’s betting bitcoin will be over $1M usd in 90 days. If he’s right, he wins a bitcoin. If he’s wrong, he pays $1M.
He is opening the bet to two people.
My guess is, it’s a marketing move and he kind of wins either way. He’s a billionaire known to have thousands of bitcoin. So this will certainly get a lot of free media attention and in Silicon Valley, where is he quite revered, influence a lot of rich folks to buy some bitcoin just in case.
In the likely event he loses the bet, he still comes out ahead as the pump he induces will inflate his bags substantially more than the $2M usd he pays out.
In the end, this is good for bitcoin. It will draw more attention to bitcoin and the crappy fiat system. It will bring more ppl into bitcoin. And hopefully more people will self custody when they understand the ramifications of what Balaji is predicting happens.
#bitcoin will not reach $1M in 90 days but as history shows it could reach $340k within 937 days.
#hodloncomrades don't trade #bitcoin #[0]
There are societies in the world where this bet might actually pay off.
Probably not in America yet, but it’s much less absurd than some people seem to think it is. I personally think it’ll be closer to 5 years, but anything is possible.
