Rekt.news. Where else can you find this elite level of forensic analysis combined with wild speculation. Exploits will prove far more interesting historically than funding rounds in these still nascent days of early BTC adoption ;)
Ask HN: What is the HN of Cryptocurrency?
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Re: Ask HN: What is the HN of Cryptocurrency?
#42HN is extremely skeptical about everything , because being skeptical about unproven things is a pretty important part of being an engineer
To be fair, I remember HN being initially pretty positive on Bitcoin and blockchains. That’s when crypto discussions were mostly centered around the potential of the tech. But once Bitcoin became a speculative trading darling, the distance between the hype (remember when everyone wanted to use blockchain for everything?) and the reality of what the tech could do grew bigger and bigger. I think that’s when opinions soured and you started seeing more skepticism on HN.
So yes, the HN crowd as a group aren’t cheerleaders for crypto, but IMHO it’s for good reason.
Re: Ask HN: What is the HN of Cryptocurrency?
#43HN is extremely skeptical about everything , because being skeptical about unproven things is a pretty important part of being an engineer
I've had a lot of interesting debates in the comment section and I fully agree with the OP. He's calling it skeptical, but I'd say HN is an order of magnitude more skeptical about blockchain than any other topic. I'd pick a much harsher word.
As a blockchain / crypto enthusiast I'm actually unable to have a meaningful discussion on HN. It's gotten to the point where I can't even bother to share my views in the comments as it's not worth it. People are so dismissive and set that blockchain is a scam, that every debate becomes so heated with people reiterating the same position over and over.
So I fully agree with OP - a HN-like community, where people can discuss the non-price aspect of crypto and BC would be nice. I hate reddit and twitter as most of discussions seem price driven.
Re: Ask HN: What is the HN of Cryptocurrency?
#44Searching for a bubble that reinforces your existing views is probably not the best way to learn more about any given topic.
Maybe, but I'm not learning about STARKs or other interesting proof tech on HN, nor am I seeing anything around protocol design or incentive systems... All interesting topics related to cryptocurrency.
The bias HN has here is fine if that's what the community wants, but don't pretend there aren't valuable discussions that aren't better had elsewhere.
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't understand. How have you determined the anti crypto sentiment is due to pavlovian hate and not rational disagreement?
Because literally every single topic is filled with puerile “Haha, Idiots!” comments immediately. Every single time.
I have not had the same experience. You admit that you don't read them anymore, maybe they have changed?
Re: Ask HN: What is the HN of Cryptocurrency?
#46Features wise, https://cryptopanic.com/ is kind of similar.
Re: Ask HN: What is the HN of Cryptocurrency?
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
Because literally every single topic is filled with puerile “Haha, Idiots!” comments immediately. Every single time.
I have not had the same experience. You admit that you don't read them anymore, maybe they have changed?
It was a figure of speech. I still click on the links and scan the comments. The recent links about Ethereum and the large hack were prime examples. There is an extreme undercurrent of skepticism that only gets somewhat masked by HN’s culture of writing critical comments in a roundabout intellectual way. There are also a huge number of low effort hostile ones that seem like Reddit overflow.
I should add that this is hilarious considering the name of this website.
Re: Ask HN: What is the HN of Cryptocurrency?
#48this love-hate relationship with all new tech is a meme on HN
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224
currently i see it happening with Kubernetes - one league absolutely loves it, another absolutely despises it
Re: Ask HN: What is the HN of Cryptocurrency?
#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ah yes those 280 character tweets lend themselves extremely well to deep thought.
Quite a condemnation that HN can't beat 280 character tweets on this topic, eh?
The topic of cryptocurrency scams? Don't need to a waste a lot of words on that thankfully :-)
Re: Ask HN: What is the HN of Cryptocurrency?
#50Follow the right people on twitter. I would start by following different crypto projects or topics on twitter. And then people that have interesting tweets.. look at their feed and follow.
Here is a bitcoin topic I follow https://twitter.com/i/topics/1007360414114435072