Re:Ask HN: What similarities might the crypto market have wi...
by seibelj on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @12:29AM
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What I see is a phenomenal technology that is excessively ignored and shat on for no obvious reason. For example, the Red programming language decided to focus on blockchain tech, and the most popular comment was “time to ignore Red because they are doing blockchain now”. It’s an opinion that is quite popular here.
I feel the need to write so strongly to counteract the vibe. I guarantee there will be 20 popular comments above mine (which will likely go negative) that all say variations of the same thing, so it’s good to get a different opinion out there.
Re:Ask HN: What similarities might the crypto market have wi...
by goldmouth on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @02:35AM
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What exactly is the phenomenal technology?
Most people on HN understand the Blockchain can be described as a p2p distributed database. It has great use cases, like asset registries, but im still waiting for the killer applications.
Personally, I've only used cryptocurrency for buying drugs on darknet matkets. We were the people actually using btc. Until the transaction fees got crazy and people moved toward better coins.
You seem to be placing a lot of your own emotional baggage onto other people's concerns. Most people talking about Bitcoin and similar just aren't that vested into it (either literally or figuratively). For example this:
> since bitcoin was $1 and missed out on the rise. So now they are actively rooting for it and all cryptos to fail, and ignore the benefits of the blockchain.
The fact you perceive anyone critical of Bitcoin and similar blockchain currencies as jealous is very much deflecting your own baggage.