I don't think that's true at all. The original post was a cogent, if brief, explanation that about currency and the challenges for bitcoin. The last quote is mo

I don't think that's true at all. The original post was a cogent, if brief, explanation that about currency and the challenges for bitcoin. The last quote is most certainly meant to be sarcastic. He most certainly is trying to tweak people who are all worked up into a lather about bitcoin as a serious replacement for currencies. Just because he's provocative, doesn't make him a troll. It appears a lot of HN readers like you took his comment too literally and killed the post. It's a shame because he makes some good points worthy of discussion. I'm not certain I agree with all of them, but there's certainly plenty of substance there. In contrast, this "rebuttal" adds little.