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They were pretty popular on HN, always been. I know because I participated in a lot of discussions the past years here about all the stupidity going around the
by piva00 4y ago
They were pretty popular on HN, always been. I know because I participated in a lot of discussions the past years here about all the stupidity going around the cryptocurrency space.
Don't let your biases write your comments.
- sshine 4y agoCryptocurrency criticism was prevalent for years on HN, yes. But the popularity of the criticism is increasing with its recent price drop.
- rsynnott 4y agoThat seems... expected? Magical internet money is more on peoples' minds than usual at the moment, so it's natural that stuff about it would get more engagement.
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago> the popularity of the criticism is increasing with its recent price drop This is how theories are proposed, vetted and adopted [1]. Bitcoin was proposed as a solution to a set of problems. Over time, the null hypothesis was refined. We're now seeing, with the tide going out, strong evidence to support it. So people are switching sides, or taking a side for the first time. In Kuhn's words, a paradigm shift was experimented with and appears to be in the process of being rejected. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Structure_of_Scientific_Revolutions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Structure_of_Scientific_Re...