I assume it's on the front page of YC because it's an good summary of an interesting topic, which is more than you can say about most stories. I don't use Bitc

I assume it's on the front page of YC because it's an good summary of an interesting topic, which is more than you can say about most stories. I don't use Bitcoin or care whether it succeeds but I upvoted the submission because it got me to spend ten minutes thinking about this interesting problem with the protocol.