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Ethereum
Ethereum is a cryptoasset that extends the bitcoin model to allow the execution of smart contracts.
Properties
Ethereum is not a currency.
Ethereum is a speculative investment.
Ethereum is deflationary.
Ethereum has no fundamental value.
Ethereum has no use-value.
Ethereum has no income-cashflows.
Ethereum has a present-value of zero.
Ethereum has a terminal-value of zero.
Ethereum is a greater-fool-theory asset.
Ethereum is a form of gambling.
Ethereum is a non-productive investment.
Ethereum has a negative expected-return.
Ethereum is a security.
Ethereum is a bubble.
Ethereum investing is a negative-sum game.
Ethereum has a narrative economics based on technosolutionism, libertarianism, regulatory-arbitrage and aspirations of [private-money](private money.md).
Ethereum shares a payout structure similar to a Ponzi scheme.
Ethereum is based on an environmentally destructive consensus algorithm known as Proof of Work mining.