> Cryptocurrency is programmable money. Is it that hard to understand why this is special? [...] the number one thing is that Bitcoin is a native internet curre

> Cryptocurrency is programmable money. Is it that hard to understand why this is special? [...] the number one thing is that Bitcoin is a native internet currency, and that’s an incredible innovation. The hate, for me at least, comes directly from that expectation (being a native internet currency), and from the fact that bitcoin completely fails at it - instead it's become an unregulated stock exchange / gambling / get rich quick scheme.