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Re:Ask HN: What similarities might the crypto market have wi... by seibelj on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @12:29AM (#16013067)
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.

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Re:Ask HN: What similarities might the crypto market have wi... by goldmouth on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @02:35AM (#16013431)
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.

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