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Does there seriously need a Bitcoin article on HN every single day?

by verroq 13y ago

Avalaxy 13y ago
Yes. It's one of the biggest online revolutions going on at the moment.
- baddox 13y ago
  The biggest by far, I would argue.
dmacedo 13y ago
Maybe not as much, but I have to say that in regards to bitcoin, this is the most HN worthy link so far.
jafaku 13y ago
You don't like programmable money? Ok, I'll try to post more CSS tricks and startups drama to make you feel more comfortable.
- logn 13y ago
  Don't forget psychology experiments and motivational advice. BTC is the most interesting thing since the Internet, IMO. Yeah, I'm tired of speculative 'is BTC going to fail' posts, but I love reading about all the new developments.
rfnslyr 13y ago
Absolutely yes. Bitcoin is huge. If you don't like it, don't click it.
mrb 13y ago
Many people may not perceive the importance of Bitcoin, hence the need to educate the public about it. Decentralized digital currency really has the potential to profoundly change society, on the same scale as the Internet changed it. As Jeremy Allaire [1] put it: "global digital currency represents one of the most important technical and economic innovations of our time". [1] Multi-millionaire, creator of ColdFusion, CTO at Macromedia, now founded a $9 million-backed startup on Bitcoin (http://circle.com http://circle.com)
nilkn 13y ago
Bitcoin has the potential to be an innovation on the level of email. Fortunes will be created and destroyed. Companies will rise and fall. Whatever happens at the end, even if bitcoin itself fails, the world is unlikely to be the same. At the same time, it's fascinating from a purely technical perspective as well. I think as a topic it's a gold mine for interesting conversation, because it touches programming, economics, mathematics, and human psychology all so deeply.
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maaku 13y ago
Imagine you were on a BBS or walled garden in the early nineties, and every day keep seeing news articles about this HTML-based Internet. Is the correct response to ignore it and make trite "get off my lawn" responses?
smtddr 13y ago
As oppose to what? "Blah in X lines of javascript" "Is college worth it?" http://bradconte.com/files/misc/HackerNewsParodyThread/

Does there seriously need a Bitcoin article on HN every single day?

by verroq 13y ago

Does there seriously need a Bitcoin article on HN every single day?

Avalaxy 13y ago

Yes. It's one of the biggest online revolutions going on at the moment.

baddox 13y ago
The biggest by far, I would argue.

dmacedo 13y ago

Maybe not as much, but I have to say that in regards to bitcoin, this is the most HN worthy link so far.

jafaku 13y ago

You don't like programmable money? Ok, I'll try to post more CSS tricks and startups drama to make you feel more comfortable.

logn 13y ago
Don't forget psychology experiments and motivational advice. BTC is the most interesting thing since the Internet, IMO. Yeah, I'm tired of speculative 'is BTC going to fail' posts, but I love reading about all the new developments.

rfnslyr 13y ago

Absolutely yes. Bitcoin is huge. If you don't like it, don't click it.

mrb 13y ago

Many people may not perceive the importance of Bitcoin, hence the need to educate the public about it. Decentralized digital currency really has the potential to profoundly change society, on the same scale as the Internet changed it. As Jeremy Allaire [1] put it: "global digital currency represents one of the most important technical and economic innovations of our time". [1] Multi-millionaire, creator of ColdFusion, CTO at Macromedia, now founded a $9 million-backed startup on Bitcoin (http://circle.com http://circle.com)

nilkn 13y ago

Bitcoin has the potential to be an innovation on the level of email. Fortunes will be created and destroyed. Companies will rise and fall. Whatever happens at the end, even if bitcoin itself fails, the world is unlikely to be the same. At the same time, it's fascinating from a purely technical perspective as well. I think as a topic it's a gold mine for interesting conversation, because it touches programming, economics, mathematics, and human psychology all so deeply.

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maaku 13y ago

Imagine you were on a BBS or walled garden in the early nineties, and every day keep seeing news articles about this HTML-based Internet. Is the correct response to ignore it and make trite "get off my lawn" responses?

smtddr 13y ago

As oppose to what? "Blah in X lines of javascript" "Is college worth it?" http://bradconte.com/files/misc/HackerNewsParodyThread/