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the engagement on these posts is insane relative to everything else on here. Seems without heavy moderation Hn would be Crypto-News. Everyone is afraid to say
by lsmarigo 9y ago
the engagement on these posts is insane relative to everything else on here. Seems without heavy moderation Hn would be Crypto-News.
Everyone is afraid to say what they think. The core concept of BTC is fundamentally flawed and unbelievably naive. The value is rising based on hype and speculation alone, no value is being generated in-fact it's being consumed to 'mine' and transact the coins. Those claiming they're spending their BTC on regular purchases are either not being honest or beyond stupid.
- psyc 9y agoConsidering that 2017 has been an unprecedented, huge year for all things crypto (whether for very good innovation reasons, or for frothy fraudulent ones), Hacker News barely talks about it at all. Conspicuously avoids it, in fact.
- ringaroundthetx 9y agoyour false dilemma is hype OR regular purchases are you intentionally leaving out additional uses or are you unaware? Also do you know how commodities work? Commodities don't decrease in price when something is not functioning well and easily accessible, and right now there are $205,000,000 worth of the was-trading bitcoin supply that are stuck off the market.