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> bitcoin is not about payments It is called bit-coin, not bit-gold. The designers of bitcoin intended it to be used for commerce.
by bostonsre 6y ago
> bitcoin is not about payments
It is called bit-coin, not bit-gold. The designers of bitcoin intended it to be used for commerce.
- fwiwm2c 6y agoHaha - based on all your comments, you seem to the saltiest of the lot. Also, it doesn't matter what the founders intended. What matters is how it is being used.
- dang 6y agoPlease stop perpetuating this tedious flamewar. Crossing into personal attack is particularly not allowed. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Edit: actually you've been breaking the site guidelines so shockingly and so frequently that I've banned this account. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.