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Ask HN: Is the Blockchain Hype Ended?

bitxbitxbitcoin 6y ago
Based on the number of git activity that's publicly viewable (not to mention the actual on-chain transactions which are viewable across the hundreds of different blockchains), I'm going to say no.
spraveenitpro 6y ago
Blockchain is again a buzz word.
codegeek 6y ago
Not yet I think. I still see a lot of people trying to use BlockChain to start a company that could totally be done without blockchain and their primary aim is to use blockchain than solving the problem. Personally met 1 guy and see many on reddit etc.
companyhen 6y ago
https://defipulse.com https://defipulse.com is the new hype. The ICO hype has turned into DeFi hype. Plus NFT's and decentralized storage hype around the corner. Reddit also added ETH-based coins to some subreddits this year and is doing an ETH scaling competition - https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/hbjx25/the_great_reddit_scaling_bakeoff/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/hbjx25/the_great_... https://www.reddit.com/community-points https://www.reddit.com/community-points
GoldenMonkey 6y ago
Definitely not over. A lot of investment going into the sector.
krrishd 6y ago
I think this is an interesting question because HN is relatively quiet relative to the bigger events deep in crypto land (eg. new protocols / markets / etc), whereas for everything else tech, speculative or not, you usually see HN activity. So I think the hype is still on its way up (looking at things like DeFi), but I think the overlap between the crowd that's hyped + HN readers is slowly decreasing (even as a lot of that crowd reads HN today).
indianmouse 6y ago
In my personal opinion, it is just getting started. There are people from many countries who are looking at crypto as a means to do their living and blockchain is getting more and more visibility. There are govts. trying to block the blockchain developments because of the traceability and immutability properties.

Based on the number of git activity that's publicly viewable (not to mention the actual on-chain transactions which are viewable across the hundreds of different blockchains), I'm going to say no.

spraveenitpro 6y ago

Blockchain is again a buzz word.

codegeek 6y ago

Not yet I think. I still see a lot of people trying to use BlockChain to start a company that could totally be done without blockchain and their primary aim is to use blockchain than solving the problem. Personally met 1 guy and see many on reddit etc.

companyhen 6y ago

https://defipulse.com https://defipulse.com is the new hype. The ICO hype has turned into DeFi hype. Plus NFT's and decentralized storage hype around the corner. Reddit also added ETH-based coins to some subreddits this year and is doing an ETH scaling competition - https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/hbjx25/the_great_reddit_scaling_bakeoff/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/hbjx25/the_great_... https://www.reddit.com/community-points https://www.reddit.com/community-points

GoldenMonkey 6y ago

Definitely not over. A lot of investment going into the sector.

krrishd 6y ago

I think this is an interesting question because HN is relatively quiet relative to the bigger events deep in crypto land (eg. new protocols / markets / etc), whereas for everything else tech, speculative or not, you usually see HN activity. So I think the hype is still on its way up (looking at things like DeFi), but I think the overlap between the crowd that's hyped + HN readers is slowly decreasing (even as a lot of that crowd reads HN today).

indianmouse 6y ago

In my personal opinion, it is just getting started. There are people from many countries who are looking at crypto as a means to do their living and blockchain is getting more and more visibility. There are govts. trying to block the blockchain developments because of the traceability and immutability properties.