Maybe it is easier that way because it's value appears so volatile.
Not that I know much about cryptocurrency, it just seems like I keep hearing it's value is going up, then it is going down.
I am beginning to wonder if the skyrocketing price of electricity in Australia is related in some way to all this mining of cryptocurrency (our bills have skyrocketed in 10 years - offset with a good solar system, it was around $150, but now over $600 a quarter even though we now try to use less).
Some people have taken extraordinary measures to save on electricity costs - recently one group of employees were sprung using the government department of meteorology's computers to mine cryptocurrency.
I always find it funny how we value crypto currency in terms of dollar. I mean we never say win $1000 worth of euros, or yen.