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Seeing that the team behind Nim is accepting Bitcoin is not a good sign.

• girvo 5y ago
  Why’s that?
  • k__ 5y ago
    Just the general disdain for crypto here at HN.
    • WesolyKubeczek 5y ago
      I still see more crypto/blockchain adoration here than disdain, although the tables might be turning slowly now. HN users are much like magpies: once an idea shoots up, you can't swing a cat without hitting a zealot. If you are ambivalent or skeptic, you'll be furiously explained into the corner. Then, when the fad fizzes out and its inevitable drawbacks are publicized by more and more sources, the "told you so" camp starts merrily chasing the dwindling numbers of zealots around, while some former zealots get depressed from their high hopes being squandered and the resulting dopamine deficiency. A new shiny comes in (say, "rewrite everything in Rust"), the cycle repeats.
      • k__ 5y ago
        In the web3/blockchain space, HN is known as a prime example of a place you should go to ground yourself, because HN hates it with passion.
        • WesolyKubeczek 5y ago
          You say "web3/blockchain", I hear "homeopathy", "astrology", and "bioenergetic therapy". The HN crowd might be fad-gullible, but stupid-gullible? I don't think so.
          • octet1 5y ago
            Do you think it has no genuine use cases?
          • k__ 5y ago
            q.e.d.
• bronze 5y ago
  Seeing as one of the main users of nim is developing an ethereum client (https://nimbus.team/ https://nimbus.team/) I don't see why it's a bad thing to accept BTC too.
• jetsetgo 5y ago
  tin foil hat andy right here
• dom96 5y ago
  We accept Euro, Pound Sterling and Dollars too. Any denomination really.