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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>John Grigg via extropy-chat<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] Fwd: Bitcoin el salvador?<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>>…<a href="https://email.mg1.substack.com/c/eJxNUMuOhSAM_ZrL7hpAHrpgMZv5DYNQlYwC4THGvx-8biZp2qav03OMLrCGdKkYckG3m8oVQXk48w6lQEI1Q5qcVRyLQUpkFZbUyBm5PC0J4NBuVyjWeXdGFxf8PcuYJCNBm-qpMCMhi53lLIeRi97SvjmxWCysIA-krtaBN6DgF9IVPKBdbaXE_Oq_XvS72XmeXanJ-dVsNZmtM-Fo5Qgh7tCS57n36uruwjsml01ATlFMCR4xJ5hjJjrS9VJLpgUxIEbNOQhqGWGzFrAMFBb5YvhYSZfrnIs2PzcMSuo523rrzfZTbISnFo_qXbkm8HrewaqSKqDyiPlRZlrBQ2oi20kXRUSPh37ETHI2PNRvsfBI-SAJaqg2tC2v_lP9A_ydi-4" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1A1A1A'>Giulio</span></a>, I had no idea you had been so involved with Bitcoin! It was through the MTA that I was first exposed to it in April of 2010. But I unfortunately did not see outside the box, and grok the financial potential. On my future deathbed I will still be kicking myself about that... John</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>No John, we call have our own butts to kick for that. We had Hal Finney himself right here among us, inventing the idea right before our eyes, and yet… most of us didn’t buy into the notion.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you want to feel better, just be glad you aren’t this guy:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/06/18/the-man-who-lost-265-million/#:~:text=Many%20years%20ago%20Stefan%20Thomas,can't%20find%20his%20password.&text=Taylor%20Carmichael%20is%20a%20former%20attorney%20and%20filmmaker">https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/06/18/the-man-who-lost-265-million/#:~:text=Many%20years%20ago%20Stefan%20Thomas,can't%20find%20his%20password.&text=Taylor%20Carmichael%20is%20a%20former%20attorney%20and%20filmmaker</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>