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Another classic in this genre, though more focused on world impact, is Charlie Stross's "Why I want Bitcoin to die in a fire" (2013) http://www.antipope.org/ch

by avivo 8y ago

Another classic in this genre, though more focused on world impact, is Charlie Stross's "Why I want Bitcoin to die in a fire" (2013) http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2013/12/why-i-want-bitcoin-to-die-in-a.html http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2013/12/why-i-wa... I may not be quite as strident as either of these takes, but I agree that the proponents are significantly overselling on a variety of axes... (while also believing that distributed append-only systems with consensus mechanisms can sometimes have value)

splintercell 8y ago
I don't see why you think this article is a case against Bitcoin. The article is saying "I don't want Bitcoin to exist", but nearly everything else is listing you reasons to invest in it (even if you dislike the reasons, it's like buying stocks in a company who will be bailed out, even though you don't agree with the bailout).