where can I get an invite?
You can email me here (and I'll send you an invite): m at block.io
The Hacker News of Cryptocurrency
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Re: The Hacker News of Cryptocurrency
#32Invite?
See below.
Re: The Hacker News of Cryptocurrency
#33It's just another Bitcoin site. "bitcointalk.org" is probably more useful.
If you want to talk about ICO's then maybe.
Re: The Hacker News of Cryptocurrency
#34There was already www.cryptanalys.is and it seems like it never really took off. Personally I'm waiting for a hackernews for cryptography.
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#35I tried to launch something similar a couple of months ago: http://www.thecurrency.io/
Re: The Hacker News of Cryptocurrency
#36Over the years it seems there have been a fair few 'Hacker News for X' (see https://hn.algolia.com/#!/story/forever/prefix/0/hacker%20ne... ). Presumably each time people implement the whole site from scratch (users, commenting, ranking, etc). Have there ever been any open-source attempts at creating a generic Hacker News style site that people could self host for specific topics? The only thing that I can think of i…
Stamplay is a BaaS similar to Firebase (think of it like IFTTT for backend dev). They open-sourced a HN-clone with their service that gets you up and running super quickly: https://github.com/Stamplay/stamplay-hackernews
Re: The Hacker News of Cryptocurrency
#37where can I get an invite?
I got an invite! reply here if you want one. just shared this on there https://bit.ink/s/gmtdyx/fortune_-_cryptocurrency_tracking_f...
Can you email me one at http://scr.im/nikolay please?
Re: The Hacker News of Cryptocurrency
#38I usually use rss to read sites like this. but this site doesn't seem to have rss
Re: The Hacker News of Cryptocurrency
#39there is a "real' hacker news clone called Cryptoanalys.is [1] that posts news items related to cryptocurrencies. what does that tell me -- you didn't do your homework before setting up a rival list. instead of trying to reinvent the wheel, you should be contributing to a list aka community resource that has been in existence for the past year or so. and most of us that are subbed to that list, don't have to reveal o…
I think there's an argument to be made for an invitation only group. There's a psychological advantage of making users feel exclusive and invested in a community, as well as a practical advantage to scaling server hardware and moderation time.
And curious, why hide the fact that you're interested in crypto from your friends / colleagues?
Re: The Hacker News of Cryptocurrency
#40there is a "real' hacker news clone called Cryptoanalys.is [1] that posts news items related to cryptocurrencies. what does that tell me -- you didn't do your homework before setting up a rival list. instead of trying to reinvent the wheel, you should be contributing to a list aka community resource that has been in existence for the past year or so. and most of us that are subbed to that list, don't have to reveal o…
Thanks for the link!
It translated into a good 600 visitors or so from HN.
It's been up and running for about a year now and is starting to gain some traction it seems.