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    Cryptocurrency Daily Discussion - April 27, 2021 (GMT+0)


    Daily Discussion - April 27, 2021 (GMT+0)

    Posted: 26 Apr 2021 05:00 PM PDT

    Welcome to the Daily Discussion. Please read the disclaimer, guidelines, and rules before participating.


    Disclaimer:

    Though karma rules still apply, moderation is less stringent on this thread than on the rest of the sub. Therefore, consider all information posted here with several liberal heaps of salt, and always cross check any information you may read on this thread with known sources. Any trade information posted in this open thread may be highly misleading, and could be an attempt to manipulate new readers by known "pump and dump (PnD) groups" for their own profit. BEWARE of such practices and exercise utmost caution before acting on any trade tip mentioned here.

    Please be careful about what information you share and the actions you take. Do not share the amounts of your portfolios (why not just share percentage?). Do not share your private keys or wallet seed. Use strong, non-SMS 2FA if possible. Beware of scammers and be smart. Do not invest more than you can afford to lose, and do not fall for pyramid schemes, promises of unrealistic returns (get-rich-quick schemes), and other common scams.


    Rules:

    • All sub rules apply in this thread. The prior exemption for karma and age requirements is no longer in effect.
    • Discussion topics must be related to cryptocurrency.
    • Behave with civility and politeness. Do not use offensive, racist or homophobic language.
    • Comments will be sorted by newest first.

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    This subreddit cannot be trusted in any way shape of form anymore due to moon farming

    Posted: 27 Apr 2021 12:59 AM PDT

    Every single post here is suspect to be a lie, jsut to farm moons, especially those sob stories where people lose something and they dont really seem to care about it and post about it on reddit.

    Moons are ruining this subreddit, every post, every comment has a potential agenda..

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    Unpopular opinion: The predictions feature adds no substance to this sub

    Posted: 27 Apr 2021 01:43 AM PDT

    Yes, some people will think it is cool that you can vote on what you think the price will do. However, the predictions are just low-quality posts that ask what you think a certain coin will go in a week. If someone was to post a poll with options on where the price of BTC will go in a couple of days they would get taken down for a low-quality post. It is pointless and has little to do with actually educating the community on crypto.

    Edit: Someone made the point that it also is bad for newbies, could lead to them following the predictions and losing money

    Edit: instead of low quality predictions instead put some thought behind it. Not mad at predictions just frustrated with how they implemented it

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    How much will the price of Bitcoin move by Monday, May 3rd?

    Posted: 26 Apr 2021 10:23 AM PDT

    Reference price: $53,693.29

    Data will be sourced from CoinGecko

    FILTERING CRITERIA: 1w, USD, Linear Chart, Close Chart

    Winning results will be based on the price at 12 pm PDT on May 3rd. Results of the prediction will be revealed between 11:59 AM PDT and 11:59 PM PDT the day after the prediction date.

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    I'm not a fan of these prediction polls flooding the front page of the sub

    Posted: 26 Apr 2021 12:47 PM PDT

    Generally speaking, I don't care much for them. And even then, it seems like an easy way to lead people down the wrong path.

    Not only does nobody have a clue what any coin will do, people are then just taking random guesses.

    This is dangerous as users (especially newbies) will get the wrong idea and further confirmation bias. This already happens in the comments, sure... but nobody even has to put any DD or reasoning. They can just click a button.

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    JP Morgan: “Bitcoin is worse than tulip bulbs. It won’t end well.” Also JP Morgan: “We will be offering a bitcoin fund to our clients.”

    Posted: 26 Apr 2021 08:16 PM PDT

    1. Kevin O'Leary from Shark Tank once said "Grown men will weep" and he now has a 3% weighting between both Bitcoin and Ethereum in his total investment portfolio.

    2. Michael Saylor once said "#Bitcoin days are numbered. It seems like just a matter of time before it suffers the same fate as online gambling" but as of 4/26/2022 his company Microstrategy owns $4.45 Billion worth of BTC (90,859 Bitcoin). Credit to u/pinoygs

    I feel like we should create a comprehensive list of past Bitcoin skeptics who've become crypto HODLers. This will help the community with talking points and whatnot.

    Do you know of any other skeptics who became HODLers? Post their name in the comments with 2 links (before/after) so we can turn this into a comprehensive list and keep expanding on it as time goes on.

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    How much will the price of Ethereum move by Monday, May 3rd?

    Posted: 26 Apr 2021 10:23 AM PDT

    Reference price: $2,509.37

    Data will be sourced from CoinGecko

    FILTERING CRITERIA: 1w, USD, Linear Chart, Close Chart

    Winning results will be based on the price at 12 pm PDT on May 3rd. Results of the prediction will be revealed between 11:59 AM PDT and 11:59 PM PDT the day after the prediction date.

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    How much will the price of Dogecoin move by Monday, May 3rd?

    Posted: 26 Apr 2021 10:40 AM PDT

    Reference price: $0.270820

    Data will be sourced from CoinGecko

    FILTERING CRITERIA: 1w, USD, Linear Chart, Close Chart

    Winning results will be based on the price at 12 pm PDT on May 3rd. Results of the prediction will be revealed between 11:59 AM PDT and 11:59 PM PDT the day after the prediction date.

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    Most people don't realize how bullish it is that Tesla sold some of its Bitcoin

    Posted: 27 Apr 2021 12:36 AM PDT

    Those who got reactively mad at Tesla for selling Bitcoin totally missed the point that it was to prove that it can actually bring profits to a company. Tesla didn't purchase Bitcoin that cheap yet they were able to make $100 million in profit while still maintaining the strong majority of their holdings.

    This is likely to create FOMO both in individuals and especially other companies.

    In other words: Bullish!

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    How much will the price of Cardano move by Monday, May 3rd?

    Posted: 26 Apr 2021 10:38 AM PDT

    Reference price: $1.24

    Data will be sourced from CoinGecko

    FILTERING CRITERIA: 1w, USD, Linear Chart, Close Chart

    Winning results will be based on the price at 12 pm PDT on May 3rd. Results of the prediction will be revealed between 11:59 AM PDT and 11:59 PM PDT the day after the prediction date.

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    Woke up this morning to $60K worth of crypto stolen from my MetaMask

    Posted: 26 Apr 2021 03:03 PM PDT

    Hi guys,

    I woke up this morning to find my MetaMask wallet was empty. Overnight, someone withdrew 22 ETH worth over $60K (My life saving pretty much, I'm 27 and was aiming for a small apartment to live in)

    My wallet (Account 1) address https://etherscan.io/address/0x374d51543db6c697eed85fe7fd9fa485201f34a9

    It seems to end up on the an Exchange named FixedFloat, you can track the transfers and final deposit here

    https://etherscan.io/address/0x4e5b2e1dc63f6b91cb6cd759936495434c7e972f

    About 4 days ago, I downloaded a software called LimitSwap to purchase a new token the moment it is listed. This company is run buy a man who goes by the name Crypto Gnome. His trading software requires you to input your private key so it can execute trades. I asked about this in the telegram group and a bunch of people immediately reassured me this is normal, the bot only runs on my computer and needs the key to make trades. The developers would never have access to the key. My computer has never been compromised before, only in the few days since I inputted my key into his software. Basically the amount of people who claimed to be fellow customers reassuring me gained my trust. Looking back, this was incredibly gullible of me. https://www.limitswap.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5qWpyoWPMk&ab_channel=LimitSwap

    I contacted him but he his is not very helpful at all. He is accusing me of lying and never using his software, even though you can trace the token I had to buy to use his program named $LIMIT

    0x0C18E6072890e12bFe228f5979B1c92708D9F7C7

    Any ideas how to proceed from here would be greatly appreciated.

    For anyone reading this, please go buy a cold wallet right now. Also never share your private key with anyone, even your grandmother. I was way too relaxed about my crypto and there are people at every corner with plans already hatched on how to steal your assets. Be careful out there don't trust anyone or any software claiming to need your private key.

    I made this from nothing so I guess I'll just have to start again. Not the end of the world but a very expensive lesson.

    EDIT: Someone mentioned to offer a reward for whoever can trace the crypto and get it frozen. I am 100% willing to give a large finders fee to whoever can help. Shoot me a DM.

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    How much will the price of XRP move by Monday, May 3rd?

    Posted: 26 Apr 2021 10:35 AM PDT

    Reference price: $1.29

    Data will be sourced from CoinGecko

    FILTERING CRITERIA: 1w, USD, Linear Chart, Close Chart

    Winning results will be based on the price at 12 pm PDT on May 3rd. Results of the prediction will be revealed between 11:59 AM PDT and 11:59 PM PDT the day after the prediction date.

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    Guide to Staking Proof-of-Stake Coins

    Posted: 26 Apr 2021 09:41 PM PDT

    Hi everyone,

    I've been seeing more people asking how to stake certain cryptocurrencies in the daily threads and I thought I'd compile together a list of helpful/useful links that would direct you on how to begin staking your favourite Proof-of-Stake coins using software wallets - some of the cryptocurrencies in the list may also be staked using a hardware wallet such as the Ledger for example. I will list the more popular ones and continue to edit this post.

    Here is a very useful article of what staking is for the newer folks who are just getting started:

    What is Staking?

    Proof of Stake List:

    Algorand (ALGO):

    How to stake ALGO using Exodus

    How to stake ALGO using the Atomic Wallet

    Staking ALGO with MyALGO web wallet

    Official Algorand Wallet to get started with staking

    Ankr (ANKR):

    Ankr Staking

    Binance (BNB):

    How to stake BNB in the BNB Vault on Binance

    How to stake BNB using the Trust Wallet

    Cardano (ADA):

    How to stake ADA using Daedalus Wallet

    How to stake ADA using the Yoroi Wallet

    How to stake ADA using the Atomic Wallet

    Cosmos (ATOM):

    How to stake ATOM using the Atomic Wallet

    How to stake ATOM using the Keplr Wallet

    How to stake ATOM using the Cosmostation mobile wallet

    Ethereum (ETH):

    How to stake ETH on Binance (for 2.0)

    How to stake ETH on Coinbase (for 2.0)

    How to stake ETH on Kraken (for 2.0)

    How to stake ETH on Rocketpool (for 2.0) - decentralized staking - to be updated when mainnet launches.

    Harmony (ONE):

    How to stake ONE using the Trust Wallet through Frontier

    How to stake ONE using Everstake

    ICON (ICX):

    How to stake ICX using the Atomic Wallet

    How to stake ICX using the official ICX wallet

    How to stake ICX using Iconex

    Matic/Polygon (MATIC):

    How to stake MATIC on MATIC Mainnet

    Neo (NEO):

    How to stake NEO using Exodus

    How to stake NEO using NEON wallet

    Stake NEO using the Atomic Wallet

    Qtum (QTUM):

    How to stake QTUM using the QTUM Web Wallet

    Stake QTUM using the Atomic Wallet

    Secret Network (SCRT):

    How to stake SCRT using the Keplr Wallet

    Tezos (XTZ):

    How to stake XTZ using the Trust Wallet

    How to stake XTZ using the Atomic Wallet

    How to stake XTZ using Magma Wallet

    Vechain (VET):

    How to stake VET using Exodus

    How to stake VET using Vechainthor wallet

    Waves (WAVES):

    How to stake WAVES on Waves Exchange

    Zilliqa (ZIL):

    How to stake ZIL using Moonlet

    How to stake ZIL using the Atomic Wallet

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    How much will the price of BNB move by Monday, May 3rd?

    Posted: 26 Apr 2021 10:23 AM PDT

    Reference price: $538.07

    Data will be sourced from CoinGecko

    FILTERING CRITERIA: 1w, USD, Linear Chart, Close Chart

    Winning results will be based on the price at 12 pm PDT on May 3rd. Results of the prediction will be revealed between 11:59 AM PDT and 11:59 PM PDT the day after the prediction date.

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    How much will the price of Polkadot move by Monday, May 3rd?

    Posted: 26 Apr 2021 10:43 AM PDT

    Reference price: $33.00

    Data will be sourced from CoinGecko

    FILTERING CRITERIA: 1w, USD, Linear Chart, Close Chart

    Winning results will be based on the price at 12 pm PDT on May 3rd. Results of the prediction will be revealed between 11:59 AM PDT and 11:59 PM PDT the day after the prediction date.

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    submitted by /u/nanooverbtc
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    How much will the price of UNI move by Monday, May 3rd?

    Posted: 26 Apr 2021 10:45 AM PDT

    Reference price: $36.20

    Data will be sourced from CoinGecko

    FILTERING CRITERIA: 1w, USD, Linear Chart, Close Chart

    Winning results will be based on the price at 12 pm PDT on May 3rd. Results of the prediction will be revealed between 11:59 AM PDT and 11:59 PM PDT the day after the prediction date.

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    Gaining the confidence to be your own bank PART #1: things you NEED to do when you first receive your hardware wallet

    Posted: 26 Apr 2021 11:21 PM PDT

    There has been a lot of recent discussion talking about how exchanges are possibly a safer place to store your crypto than hardware wallets.

    The biggest argument for solely using exchanges is that people feel too scared or uneducated in managing their own tokens.

    If there is interest, I will turn this into a series of confidence building posts aiming to educate newer crypto users in becoming their own bank.

    Becoming your own bank is one of the core aspects of crypto, and if too many people prefer centralized options, it will take significantly more time for adoption to take place.


    Part 1: things you NEED to do when you first receive your hardware wallet

    I have posed this advice before, but I'm hoping this time around many people on the fence can see that you just need to take a few precautions to keep your tokens safe.

    If you fully understand the below there is no reason not to trust you or your device to keep everything safe.

    Legitimate devices

    In 99%+ of cases (99% is a low estimate) you will receive a legitimate hardware wallet. However, there have been cases of fake Ledger/Trezor wallets, or even wallets already set up (more on this below).

    How to ensure your Ledger is genuine.

    How to ensure your Trezor is genuine.

    These steps are particularly important if you buy from places like Amazon where there is very little individual stock quality control.

    Your seed

    When setting up your hardware wallet for the first time, you will be generating a BRAND NEW SEED. If you did not do this step during the setup, it's possible that someone has set it up, hoping you don't notice.

    They then monitor your wallet for transactions and drain your wallet.

    Every wallet has a process of generating your seed, then displaying it for you to record. This applies to every type of wallet, so if this isn't something you did you should investigate ASAP as your funds may be at risk.

    Factory reset

    After you have properly set up your new wallet and have noted down your seed, it's time to wipe your device. Yes, this is necessary.

    Before sending a single transaction to your new address, factory reset your device and recover it using your seed. This ensures you have noted down your seed correctly and you are capable of restoring your wallet if it gets damaged or stolen.

    I personally know people who had no trouble setting up their wallet, but needed a lot of help recovering it. Practicing this with a zero-balance wallet is an extremely valuable exercise.

    This is such an important step that too many people don't do. Always practice disaster recovery as hardware devices will always eventually fail. It may be 15 years from now, but hardware doesn't last the test of time.

    Also worth noting - your seed can be used to recover your wallet across another medium. For example, the seed from your Trezor can be put into a desktop wallet like Exodus and you will be able to access everything.

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    Ethereum is an Infinite Canvas for Infinite Ideas

    Posted: 26 Apr 2021 11:09 AM PDT

    Ethereum is an Infinite Canvas for Infinite Ideas

    TLDR at the bottom.

    I started investing in Ethereum early this year, and the more I understood ETH, the more of a no-brainer it was as an investment. I'll be breaking down ETH for the newcomers, and also for the people already in crypto that hasn't had much opportunity to look into Ethereum, to show you how ETH has the potential to surpass BTC, because of its endless utility. Please be advised, this is just based on what I have learned so far since I started dabbling in the crypto space, if there are any inaccuracies, please feel free to point them out.

    Disclaimer: We are in the middle of a bull market right now, prices may fluctuate so always do your own research before buying. This is not investment advice, merely an explanation of what Ethereum is, and why I decided to invest in it.

    Utility as a Commodity

    On the Ethereum platform, Ether (ETH) is the native token used — meaning ETH is used to process any transaction and changes on the Ethereum blockchain. To power applications and transactions, users and developers use ETH as "gas", also known as the fee, in order to "fuel" the applications that run on Ethereum. Miners that validate transactions are rewarded through earning the "gas" fees.

    Gas prices for transactions vary depending on the difficulty of computation. The more complex the transaction, the more expensive it'll be. For example, sending ETH from one wallet to another is not as much compared to doing a loan on DEX liquidity pools to take advantage of an arbitrage gain. Since ETH is the network's gas, it has utility rather than just being a pure store of value like Bitcoin.

    As the Ethereum network expands and more developers come into the ecosystem, ETH's demand will increase. The Ethereum network is also constantly breaking ATHs in terms of network traffic and transactions, another sign that utility and demand increase relative to time. Think of it like ETH being oil in the real world. Society needs machinery and vehicles to function, oil powers it, thus, more and more people would want oil in a society where oil is heavily demanded.

    Breaking ATHs in daily transactions

    Breaking ATHs in gas used daily

    Utility in Applications

    Other than functioning as the network's gas, ETH has a lot of purpose in decentralized finance applications ('dapps' or 'DeFi apps' for short). An example of this is Maker. Maker allows users to use ETH as collateral, allowing you to generate a stablecoin, pegged to the US dollar, called DAI. Other dapps like AAVE or COMP allow users to use DAI or ETH as collateral to take out loans. Users can then put their loans into a "savings account", earning a nice APY %. If I were to dive into the Defi use cases of ETH, this post will be super long, so I will keep this part short.

    ETH, in short, can be considered a yield-barring asset, allowing users to explore a whole new financial world, and gain access to more capital in the decentralized finance world. As of today, over $50 billion is locked in DeFi apps, and this amount is also rising. Developers are also flocking to the network, finding new ways to innovate using the network. This already gives ETH so much upside. Unlike a lot of current cryptocurrencies out there, where users are simply holding, buying, and selling them, you can use ETH and in very very real ways with tangible benefits.

    Total value locked is increasing, relative to time

    Utility as a Base Pair

    Back in 2017, a large reason for Bitcoin's boom was because it was the only base pair with other altcoins. This meant that people looking to buy altcoins had to first buy Bitcoin, and then swap it with the altcoins they were buying.

    Looking into the DeFi space, we currently have Decentralized Exchanges (DEX for short), like Uniswap and Sushiswap, that use ETH as the main trading pair for ERC20 tokens/altcoins. This means that anyone who wants to purchase new coins and fund projects that are not yet out on centralized exchanges like Coinbase or Binance has to own some ETH before they are able to swap. This gives ETH utility as a base pair and is the "big boss" of the DeFi ecosystem.

    Utility as a Store of Value

    Ultimately, like any other cryptocurrency, and with the increased exposure cryptocurrencies, in general, are getting, ETH will continue to see a gradual increase in its price. There are upcoming projects to improve ETH, like reducing the gas fees on the network.

    People would see Ether as an attractive store-of-value investment in order to capitalize on the potential growth of the Ethereum platform.

    Over the past weeks, in the midst of this bull run, we've seen ETH ETFs raise hundreds of millions of dollars of capital — with big institutions and investment firms getting involved. Like Bitcoin, institutional investors and retail investors will want to get involved with an asset that can act as a hedge towards fiat. Long-term investors can also stake their ETH, generating more ETH over time. Pair that with the gradual increase in the price of ETH, the passive income one can generate through ETH is a lot more than with traditional fiat currency.

    Conclusion

    To conclude, Ethereum is an asset like no other. It is money, a commodity, and a yield-bearing asset all in one. Owning ETH is like owning programmable money, and quite frankly, that is why I invested in ETH. I'm not in it for a quick buck, I just see it as a whole different type of digital asset that I will be involved with over the next decade or two.

    TLDR: Wanted to create a post that newcomers can read and understand more about ETH. ETH has incredible utility as a currency, commodity, base pair, and a store of value.

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    Biden’s proposed capital gains tax rise will hit only richest 0.3% - I can't believe people fell for this FUD

    Posted: 26 Apr 2021 02:16 PM PDT

    The best way to avoid capital gains taxes is to hodl until the IRS collapses. It really is that simple.

    Posted: 26 Apr 2021 03:36 PM PDT

    Hear me out for a second: has any fiat currency from any point in history ever stood the test of time? Assyria and Babylon once ruled the world, but nobody uses their currency anymore. Same with Rome. Same with Greece. Same with every empire that ever ruled the world that had an economy based on fiat and tax collectors. Therefore, I shall HODL until the IRS collapses because my history book said this is the way. Not financial advice.

    "I may be early, but I'm not wrong."

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    The first ever Bitcoin post on reddit got downvoted 10-years ago.

    Posted: 26 Apr 2021 01:12 PM PDT

    Ethereum Will Be Bigger Than Bitcoin and More Valuable Than Gold

    Posted: 26 Apr 2021 05:27 PM PDT

    Unpopular Opinion: I upvote users that reply to me, even if I don't agree

    Posted: 27 Apr 2021 04:11 AM PDT

    It can be frustrating when you have a controversial opinion and get downvoted to hell.

    I see loads of deleted posts on here because a legitimate comment is not the "accepted" or "popular" opinion, and the commenter is scared of losing their karma.

    I'm not talking about downvoting people who say "such and such shit coin is fast, fee-less and the future". This isn't useful in any way, its just lazy shilling.

    I'm talking about when you downvote someone who says "I think this shit coin is one to watch, because while having the qualities of this other shit coin that is fast and fee-less, this article shows that the developers are working on smart contracts that are expected to be completed within 2 weeks. Looking at the history of the coins goals, this is realistic as they have always achieved their goals early."

    Next time you disagree with someone's comment, if it's constructive, consider upvoting them to thank them for taking part. Maybe even mention in your reply that you have, and you might get an upvote back!

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    Can we all take a moment and give glory to the r/Cryptocurrency Mods who have grinded through the explosive growth of this subreddit so you can get free moons just for contributing and learning? Thank you.

    Posted: 26 Apr 2021 11:17 PM PDT

    Hands down, r/Cryptocurrency is the best subbredit on this entire site. Hell, even the automod has my love. I can't wait to see what this community is going to look like in 1 year, 5 years, and 10+ years. Keep doing a great job. They once said the sky was the limit, but we landed on the damn moon.

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    Tesla is taking profits, something that is completely normal and wise to do in business and investing.

    Posted: 26 Apr 2021 09:09 PM PDT

    This "diamond hands" crypto cult culture is not the best advice. It has worked well so far in hindsight, and it might work out in the future, but Tesla taking profits on a massive investment is not a sign of concern. It's what many of you should probably be doing. 10% is a small portion of the original investment and they've made a huge return. Yes, they're going to secure some of those profits.

    Maybe some of you who criticize anyone who even thinks of selling a portion of their crypto need to learn from this. You praised Elon as a crypto leader when he bought, so maybe you should learn a thing or two from how he deals with profits.

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