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Re: The first Bitcoin post on HN

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Post by kamjam »

techprotocol wrote: post #6

How many people had the slightest clue that books would be replaced by Kindles, CDs by iPODs, tablets selling as much as laptops. The comments show that people underestimated the impact bitcoin would make. I still believe its just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Bitcoin.

Technically true, but we still have the governments to weigh in and try to crush this. Unless they can monetize from BitCoin, they will find a way to kill it - blaming it on funding organized crime and terrorism. "Real world" currency is just too important for them to loose control of it.

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Post by joosters »

marvin wrote: post #5
lcasela wrote: post #4

>Well this is an exceptionally cute idea, but there is absolutely no way that anyone is going to have any faith in this currency. Hah!

People should be required to place a monetary bet whenever they make a bold claim in public. I think we would see less comments like this one.

For all we know, the comment might be proven right next week/month/year. It's just right now that it's plainly wrong.

How much is your monetary bet then?

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Post by colinbartlett »

shocks wrote: post #2

Hindsight is 20/20 [1]. 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863

Actually, I didn't like Dropbox then and I still don't like it.

I wonder how many people who make bold public statements about things ever change their mind? Or if they just become entrenched in their opinions.

Re: The first Bitcoin post on HN

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Post by sz4kerto »

josephagoss wrote: post #9

It just shows that many people are quick to be negative and for some reason unwilling to consider alternative possibilities. Remember that negative and critical viewpoints are normally perceived to be from the the more intelligent person. Unfortunately people who are more accepting of new and novel ideas can at first seem like the less intelligent of the group. (Probably because they are not quick to dismiss and put…

It just shows that many people think that if somebody won the lottery then his strategy is good, and the others are less clever. If you see what I mean.

(Should I give you a much-much longer list of posts where people expressed their doubt and eventually they were right?)

Re: The first Bitcoin post on HN

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Post by vinhboy »

It's really not fair to dig these things up and call people haters for doubting it.

I bet the list of failed companies and "haters" who called it accurately is much much bigger.

Although I do like the nostalgic value of these posts.

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