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Ask HN: Where to find Bitcoin and crypto tech discussion without the hype?
I would like to keep up to date on technological the achievements and upgrades to Bitcoin and, to a lesser degree, other cryptocurrency technology. Ideally a place that dives into the hairy details, mainly targeted at builders and engineers. Example: diving into the Lightning protocol, Schorr signatures, Taproot, Taro, etc.
I do not care about the HODL, the Bitcoin personalities and the wishful thinking, nor the obsessive focus on the price and us vs them thinking.
Where would I find such a resource? Ideally a news website or a forum, I do not use Twitter, and very rarely Mastodon. (No, Stacker News ain't what I'm looking for)
- edent 3y agoI think you've identified a key problem with the scene. Without the hype, there is no product.
- BulgarianIdiot 3y agoThere is, kinda. Bitcoin is excellent for tax avoidance, bribery, digital blackmail (crypto malware), racketeering, drug trade and other trade of illegal services and products (say sex trafficking, or ordering a hit on someone). The trick is that Bitcoin is a tool for trade in all these examples. Not a tool for investment. The "investors" are just the product. Their purpose is to provide liquidity and mask the illegal activity.
- sph 3y agoCheers lads, very helpful and on topic. I am now cured from Bitcoin-itis.
- tromp 3y agoBitcointalk's Bitcoin Development & Technical Discussion forum [1] is your best bet. For the most popular altcoin, there's [2]. [1] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=6.0 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=6.0 [2] https://ethresear.ch/ https://ethresear.ch/