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It's really fucking good at building ponzi/pyramid style scams, and padding your resume.
by stephenr 5y ago
It's really fucking good at building ponzi/pyramid style scams, and padding your resume.
- bigbizisverywyz 5y agoSo quite a short list so far. For a technology that occupies such a big presence in people's minds, and has billions of peoples' money invested in, and hundreds of companies chasing their tails trying to find practical uses for it - it's a really short list.
- stephenr 5y agoI don't think it does occupy a big presence in most people's minds. For the relatively small group that are either (a) happy to be the 'early' guy in an obvious ponzi/pyramid scheme or (b) convinced that despite all the evidence, it isn't in fact a scam, I'm sure it does occupy a big presence in their minds.
- meiraleal 5y agoAnd bash is also a great way to get upvotes on HN.
- ceilingcorner 5y agoIt is so tiresome.
- Shosty123 5y agoIt's not really surprising. HN loathes any technology with a ton of hype surrounding it. 14 years in currency trading/quant/FinTech. Regardless of the tech, if you don't own at least some BTC/ETH at this point, I don't know what to tell you.
- stephenr 5y agoI don't think that's justified. I think HN generally loathes over hyped technology. > if you don't own at least some BTC/ETH at this point, I don't know what to tell you. Nobody asked you to "tell us" anything. The constant "you just need to get on board" schtick really doesn't help any argument that it's not a scam. That joke about vegans applies equally well to crypto-'currency' fans: How do you know someone is a <vegan/crypto fan>? Don't worry, they'll be sure to fucking tell you.
- Shosty123 5y agoYeah, yeah, it's the same shtick from HN technologists about anything new whether it's blockchain, JavaScript frameworks, or even Docker way back when. I stopped heeding the tech elitists here a long time ago and have nothing but benefited from it.