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UCLA Faculty Voice: Bitcoin Is An Energy-Wasting Ponzi Scheme

UCLA
October 24, 2017
"Digital currencies, in their current form, should be prohibited by law. And not because they are a Ponzi scheme (which they are), and not because they can help facilitate criminal activity (which they do), but because they incur colossal social waste…."
Ivo Welch
Professor, UCLA
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