I guess the answer will inevitably depend on how much potential for growth you see in ETH and/or smart contracts.
Ask HN: Is it worth learning Solidity in 2021?
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Re: Ask HN: Is it worth learning Solidity in 2021?
#2Obviously not. A single contract call on Ethereum may cost you up to $120.
Ethereum is no longer practical.
Even so there are better smart contract languages like Vyper[0] & Scilla[1].
Re: Ask HN: Is it worth learning Solidity in 2021?
#3Smart contract Audits and creation is pretty lucrative, with payment for work generally in a currency that's not in a period of 'Transitory Inflation'. I've been learning rust/ substrate tho, ETH is a bit dated by now.
Re: Ask HN: Is it worth learning Solidity in 2021?
#4Obviously not. A single contract call on Ethereum may cost you up to $120. Ethereum is no longer practical. Even so there are better smart contract languages like Vyper[0] & Scilla[1]. [0]: https://vyper.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ [1]: http://scilla-lang.org
> Ethereum is no longer practical.
Oh please, L2 solutions already exist, EIP-1559 in the upcoming months, and Proof of Stake is 1-2 years out.
Re: Ask HN: Is it worth learning Solidity in 2021?
#5Obviously not. A single contract call on Ethereum may cost you up to $120. Ethereum is no longer practical. Even so there are better smart contract languages like Vyper[0] & Scilla[1]. [0]: https://vyper.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ [1]: http://scilla-lang.org
> Ethereum is no longer practical. Oh please, L2 solutions already exist, EIP-1559 in the upcoming months, and Proof of Stake is 1-2 years out.
> > Ethereum is no longer practical.
> Oh please, L2 solutions already exist, EIP-1559 in the upcoming months, and Proof of Stake is 1-2 years out.
Its just one elon musk tweet away for its price to go big bang.
Re: Ask HN: Is it worth learning Solidity in 2021?
#6Smart contract Audits and creation is pretty lucrative, with payment for work generally in a currency that's not in a period of 'Transitory Inflation'. I've been learning rust/ substrate tho, ETH is a bit dated by now.
> payment for work generally in a currency that's not in a period of 'Transitory Inflation'
And instead in a currency that's in a period of 'Transitory Panic Selloff'.
Re: Ask HN: Is it worth learning Solidity in 2021?
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Ethereum is no longer practical. Oh please, L2 solutions already exist, EIP-1559 in the upcoming months, and Proof of Stake is 1-2 years out.
> > Ethereum is no longer practical. > Oh please, L2 solutions already exist, EIP-1559 in the upcoming months, and Proof of Stake is 1-2 years out. Its just one elon musk tweet away for its price to go big bang.
Unfortunately, this is far too accurate.
Re: Ask HN: Is it worth learning Solidity in 2021?
#8Smart contract Audits and creation is pretty lucrative, with payment for work generally in a currency that's not in a period of 'Transitory Inflation'. I've been learning rust/ substrate tho, ETH is a bit dated by now.
> payment for work generally in a currency that's not in a period of 'Transitory Inflation' And instead in a currency that's in a period of 'Transitory Panic Selloff'.
Fiat currencies are manipulated! -> Elon tweets -> Surprised pikachu face.
Re: Ask HN: Is it worth learning Solidity in 2021?
#9Obviously not. A single contract call on Ethereum may cost you up to $120. Ethereum is no longer practical. Even so there are better smart contract languages like Vyper[0] & Scilla[1]. [0]: https://vyper.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ [1]: http://scilla-lang.org
> Ethereum is no longer practical. Oh please, L2 solutions already exist, EIP-1559 in the upcoming months, and Proof of Stake is 1-2 years out.
Your talking about promises not "solutions" that can be used today.
Proof of stake has been coming in 1 year for 4 years now.
L2 Solutions simply don't work.
Exchanges, that would benefit alot from L2 solutions have not implemented any because they know they suck from a security standpoint & other tradeoffs
Re: Ask HN: Is it worth learning Solidity in 2021?
#10Smart contract Audits and creation is pretty lucrative, with payment for work generally in a currency that's not in a period of 'Transitory Inflation'. I've been learning rust/ substrate tho, ETH is a bit dated by now.
You can do any kind of work and once paid convert it to ETH so getting paid in it is no difference (I’d say it is more inconvenient as you need to convert some to fiat and then deal with taxes)