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This is great news. One quick suggestion: I recommend dropping the material on Bitcoin's unsuitability as a store of value or unit of account, or at least softe
by mhartl 13y ago
This is great news. One quick suggestion: I recommend dropping the material on Bitcoin's unsuitability as a store of value or unit of account, or at least softening the language to sound less certain. It's possible that these views, which are shared by most mainstream economists, will prove to be true, but Bitcoin's design is a test of the contrary position. It seems reasonable to concede that there's some uncertainty in the matter.
- cperciva 13y agoBlog posts are opinion pieces. I write my opinion, which is that bitcoin is a great medium of exchange despite its other shortcomings.
- gburt 13y agoFor what it's worth, my opinion on that is the exact opposite. Colin's blog post was enlightening and clearly just his own opinion.
- cperciva 13y agoThanks! I do my best to put the "news" at the top of posts and the "rambling thoughts" later in case people aren't interested in my opinions.
- mhartl 13y agoI'm disappointed that the parent comment, which offers constructive criticism, has been downvoted at least five times (though, to be fair, upvoted at least twice). Please don't downvote comments just because you disagree with them. In the context of the OP, I felt that several opinions about Bitcoin were expressed as fact, but I appreciate cperciva's polite replies and have upvoted them accordingly. This is because I believe that all polite and constructive comments (even when critical) deserve to be upvoted, or at least not downvoted. I hope in future other HN readers will extend me the same courtesy.