2026-01-19 21:23:14

Remember that wild April in 2020? Bitcoin was trading around $6,331, Ethereum hanging out at $132—prices that feel like ancient history now. Yet somehow, the rarest commodity on the planet wasn't any digital asset. Nope. It was toilet paper.

The irony hit different back then. While the crypto community was doing its thing, the real shortage wasn't happening on exchanges or blockchain networks. It was happening at your local supermarket. That period perfectly captured how chaotic markets can get when the world stops. Fast forward today, and we're still talking about those old price points, wondering how much has changed in the crypto landscape since then. Wild times.

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FancyResearchLab

· 3h ago

Haha, back in 2020, we were still figuring out how to write smart contracts. Turns out, the truly scarce resources are not on the chain—now we're experts, and markets and supermarkets are just like casinos.

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DancingCandles

· 20h ago

Haha, I'm dying of laughter. Back then, Bitcoin was only 6331, and now any random surge multiplies it several times. Yet, toilet paper is still more expensive than coins... Such irony.

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ColdWalletGuardian

· 01-21 08:26

Haha, those days were truly surreal. The whole world was scrambling for paper money, but nobody wanted it. LOL

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BearMarketSurvivor

· 01-21 03:36

Back then, it was really crazy—toilet paper was worth more than Bitcoin haha

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BlockchainTalker

· 01-19 21:53

actually, the toilet paper shortage being the *real* market failure while we're all obsessing over btc lows—that's peak ecosystem dynamics right there. fundamentally speaking, it just proves how divorced crypto discourse gets from actual supply chain chaos. like we're debating blockchain scalability while people can't even secure basics, you know?

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pumpamentalist

· 01-19 21:50

Haha, this comparison is hilarious. Crypto people are still trading coins, while in real life, people are fighting over toilet paper... It's so ironic.

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0xSleepDeprived

· 01-19 21:39

Haha, back then I really couldn't hold it together; those stacking coins hadn't even stacked paper yet.

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GhostInTheChain

· 01-19 21:38

Haha, it's really ironic. While we were looking at the candlestick chart, others were grabbing toilet paper.

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