Erm, Nic is a venture capitalist. It's literally their job to make asymmetric bets in pursuit of outsized gains.

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…And venture capitalism dies under a bitcoin standard. Why take risk to generate high returns when you can just buy and hold bitcoin to generate high(er) returns with much less risk?

high time preference

And then go on Twitter and shit allover Bitcoin:/

That’s how you make asymmetric bets now. Maximize your exit liquidity by dumping on confused retail investors.

VCs have forgotten that they are supposed to play long games and actually help build real businesses.