[2020-06-01] McAfee backs down from wild Bitcoin $1 million price prediction - page 2.

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Quote from: bbc.reporter on June 01, 2020, 09:51:58 PM

@Lucius. When did he make that statement mentioned in the article, however? He never admitted that it was a joke only an idiot would believe until I read the article.
Also, do you reckon that it was only a joke from the beginning? It appeared to me that he thought his own rubbish would become real hehehe.

Well he actually admitted it, unless someone wants to interpret it differently - but for me personally everything is said in this tweet :

https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/1213839069681205254

I have already commented in some thread about him on what the word "ruse" means -> a trick intended to deceive someone..

We can say that it was a joke, but at the expense of all those who believed in it - while on the other hand McAfee earned a pile of money promoting various shitcoins on his social networks.

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@Lucius. When did he make that statement mentioned in the article, however? He never admitted that it was a joke only an idiot would believe until I read the article.

Also, do you reckon that it was only a joke from the beginning? It appeared to me that he thought his own rubbish would become real hehehe.

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Quote from: Darker45 on May 31, 2020, 10:54:25 PM

Isn't this old news already?

Of course, this is old news which was the subject of debate a few months ago, but I am already personally accustomed to this kind of news being recycled from time to time. That way he gets free PR, people visit his Twitter, and the purpose of it all is ultimately the profit he makes from it.

The only new thing that can be somewhat interesting is the fact that a film about his life is being prepared, which might have some success given the loyal army of followers on social media. People are attracted to controversial people, and McAfee is definitely one of those. Just check one of his latest tweets (from article) and you will see that he is currently focused on weapons, and gives advice on the subject - bring your weapon even to bed, for a safer sleep Roll Eyes

https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/1266816546602704902

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Isn't this old news already? I guess he made his infamous u-turn around half a year ago.

From aggressively shilling Bitcoin to criticizing it for being an "ancient technology," "worthless," "least used," and so on, this man has proven himself to be more of an unstable joker.

At 74, the old man is still trying hard to gain attention.

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I am skeptical that this is what he thought while he was making his prediction. He was also declaring that it was based on his own math calculation that he created hehehe.

He believed in his own nonsense and he is angry at himself and at everyone who believed him.

Zac Efron to star in John Mcafee movie, King of the Jungle

It turns out that John McAfee, the eccentric billionaire who made his money from anti-virus software, was having us on all along when he predicted in 2018 that Bitcoin would reach $1 million by the end of this year. He has long maintained that, "if not, I will eat my dick on national television."

What idiot could believe such nonsense?” tweeted the 74-year-old yesterday about his lofty prediction. Who on Earth would believe that “Bitcoin, the most crippled crypto-tech,” would rise to the high price of $1 million?

McAfee, who has doubled down on his claim several times, was pulling our leg. “Wake up!” he wrote in his tweet. “If Bitcoin ever hit $1 mil, it's market cap would be greater than the GDP of the entire North American Continent.”

Read in full https://decrypt.co/30728/mcafee-bitcoin-million-price-prediction

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