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I was a pre-sale investor in Ethereum, have been in Bitcoin since it was < $2 per BTC. Your casual dismissal of my statement indicates you have no idea what you are talking about - no one is going to seriously use this. Just like no one serious keeps their balances on Coinbase Pro/Prime. They are a fine trading desk if you face them OTC, but to think they are going to become a state of the art "crypto cloud provider" is hilarious.

Next up, Coinbase NFT verification services (Sotheby's of the future!). My sides are sore.



You bought some crypto currencies early, congrats. None of those statements demonstrate purchasing power for a cloud product…


> None of those statements demonstrate purchasing power for a cloud product…

What does this even mean? Are you trying to say I don't have enough money for the offering? Maybe so :)

I am indicting Coinbase for what they are - their lack of support, lack of useful options even for well-moneyed players in the market, lack of useful crypto products. Their API is fine, but that is standard.

And now they want to be the new Infura/Alchemy? I mean, why? They already don't provide a great product. My Uber driver yesterday was asking me if they should buy Avalanche after I casually mentioned crypto. Yeah, democratizing finance for sure.

Use it if you want, you seem axed on the product. Hope it works out for you!


To be fair an early investor in Bitcoin and Ethereum from pre-2015 could have the same ‘spending power’ as a successful IPO founder, which isn’t trivial!




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