2009: "Well this is an exceptionally cute idea, but there is absolutely no way that anyone is going to have any faith in this currency." <https://news.ycombinat

2009: "Well this is an exceptionally cute idea, but there is absolutely no way that anyone is going to have any faith in this currency." <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=599852 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=599852> 2010: "if this is a serious virtual currency implementation by people who understand the security implications of such, I'm unable to find strong evidence of that fact. And, so, I worry about dealing with it." <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1998144 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1998144> 2010: "at the current exchange rate they'll be worth about $12.50 USD. That's very little value for a year's worth of computation, and they're still quite rare. As more are created the exchange rate is going to drop unless they become very widely accepted, but there probably won't be enough of them to support a large economy." <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1998144 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1998144>