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I wonder if we will ever see a pro-Bitcoin article on HN

• sanderjd 6y ago
  There were lots of them a decade ago when it seemed possible that it might be an interesting and useful technology.
  • washedup 6y ago
    Seemed possible? It is... based on it's 100 million users. But, probably not used as expected ten years ago. Things change?
    • sanderjd 6y ago
      It isn't "used" by ~100 million "users", it is speculated on by ~100 million speculators. You could literally create a derivative contract unlinked to any asset, and "use" it in the same way, if you could market it. So yes, it has been a marketing success, but not a technological one.
      • washedup 6y ago
        It's speculated on by everyone, yourself included. How can you not define people who hold or spend or trade bitcoin as users?
        • sanderjd 6y ago
          That's a silly way to think about speculation. I'm not speculating on where the ball is going to land on some arbitrary roulette table at an arbitrary casino in Vegas; I'm just not playing the game. The people who spend it are users, but the people who hold and trade it are just speculators. I'm not a user of the target retirement fund in my 401k, I'm just speculating that it's a well balanced way to grow retirement funds.
• redis_mlc 6y ago
  As soon as we see pro-tulip articles. Oh wait ...