Ask HN: Cryptocurrencies that you think have a bright future? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Cryptocurrencies that you think have a bright future?

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Post by randomopining » Thu, Feb 18, 2021, 4:42 AM UTC

keiferski wrote: post #14

Probably one that is created by a reliable, trusted entity. If Apple created a crypto currency, for example, I could see it being pretty popular.

What’s the point then?

Re: Ask HN: Cryptocurrencies that you think have a bright future?

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Post by keiferski » Thu, Feb 18, 2021, 7:29 AM UTC

randomopining wrote: post #21

keiferski wrote: post #14

Probably one that is created by a reliable, trusted entity. If Apple created a crypto currency, for example, I could see it being pretty popular.

What’s the point then?

The point of what?

Re: Ask HN: Cryptocurrencies that you think have a bright future?

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Post by notomorrow » Thu, Feb 18, 2021, 9:38 AM UTC

yigitcakar wrote: post #10

I don't think bitcoin will be a functional currency in its current state since your currency can't be more volatile than the prices of the goods you are using it to buy.

Did you just plagarize Nassim Taleb's tweets?

Re: Ask HN: Cryptocurrencies that you think have a bright future?

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Post by gge » Thu, Feb 18, 2021, 12:14 PM UTC

gt565k wrote: post #16

Surprised I'm not seeing Cardano mentioned here. It has a network of academics working on protocols and R&D and even one of the founders of the Haskell programming language. IOHK is the company building cardano https://iohk.io/en/team/philip-wadler https://iohk.io/team/ PoS consensus protocol https://cardano.org/ouroboros/ They are also one of the few blockchains to use nixos in production Cardano was founded by Ethe…

Imagine being a HN reader and shilling Cardano. Do you know anything about technology?

Re: Ask HN: Cryptocurrencies that you think have a bright future?

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Feb 18, 2021, 12:15 PM UTC

nikivi wrote: post #2

There's lots of dislike about nano in HN and outside for some reason but on paper it does seem to do well as a currency. https://nano.org

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Re: Ask HN: Cryptocurrencies that you think have a bright future?

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Post by tome » Thu, Feb 18, 2021, 12:37 PM UTC

gge wrote: post #24

gt565k wrote: post #16

Surprised I'm not seeing Cardano mentioned here. It has a network of academics working on protocols and R&D and even one of the founders of the Haskell programming language. IOHK is the company building cardano https://iohk.io/en/team/philip-wadler https://iohk.io/team/ PoS consensus protocol https://cardano.org/ouroboros/ They are also one of the few blockchains to use nixos in production Cardano was founded by Ethe…

Imagine being a HN reader and shilling Cardano. Do you know anything about technology?

Hmm, can you expand?

Re: Ask HN: Cryptocurrencies that you think have a bright future?

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Post by yigitcakar » Thu, Feb 18, 2021, 5:32 PM UTC

notomorrow wrote: post #23

yigitcakar wrote: post #10

I don't think bitcoin will be a functional currency in its current state since your currency can't be more volatile than the prices of the goods you are using it to buy.

Did you just plagarize Nassim Taleb's tweets?

I just studied economics.

Re: Ask HN: Cryptocurrencies that you think have a bright future?

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Post by gge » Thu, Feb 18, 2021, 9:37 PM UTC

tome wrote: post #26

gge wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Imagine being a HN reader and shilling Cardano. Do you know anything about technology?

Hmm, can you expand?

Cardano is obviously a shitcoin. This should be immediately obvious to anyone in tech

Re: Ask HN: Cryptocurrencies that you think have a bright future?

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Post by gt565k » Thu, Feb 18, 2021, 9:57 PM UTC

gge wrote: post #28

tome wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hmm, can you expand?

Cardano is obviously a shitcoin. This should be immediately obvious to anyone in tech

It's #4 / #5 by market cap, how is it shitcoin? Please elaborate.

It's about to take over ethereum's market share once smart contracts are released later this or next month.

It's built from scratch with some strong academics in the CS field working on R&D.

Re: Ask HN: Cryptocurrencies that you think have a bright future?

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Feb 19, 2021, 12:30 AM UTC

gt565k wrote: post #29

gge wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Cardano is obviously a shitcoin. This should be immediately obvious to anyone in tech

It's #4 / #5 by market cap, how is it shitcoin? Please elaborate. It's about to take over ethereum's market share once smart contracts are released later this or next month. It's built from scratch with some strong academics in the CS field working on R&D.

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