awt_akris[asciilifeform]: $ticker btc usd
busybot: Current BTC price in USD: $48715.29
asciilifeform: $ticker btc usd
busybot: Current BTC price in USD: $45903.47
asciilifeform: heat engine working correctly on both strokes of piston, eh
bitbot[asciilifeform]: (asciilifeform) 2021-04-23 asciilifeform: a major moving part behind the price swings are the people who run this heat engine -- 1) spread fud re bitcoin 2) 'buy the dip' 3) drum up enthusiasm among morons 4) sell dear 5) goto 1, nao w/ moar coin, extracted from morons on both strokes of the engine piston
asciilifeform: ( see e.g. )
asciilifeform: meanwhile, in misc. old stuff by misc. old lurkers.