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Re:The Haskell Elephant in the Room by burkaman on Thursday July 30, 2020 @01:36PM (#24000869)
Well yes, if the author didn't think cryptocurrencies were a problem, then he probably wouldn't be bothered by crypto currencies influencing the community. There are always going to be large organizations influencing Haskell, like the UK government and Microsoft in the past. I'm guessing this blog post is aimed at people who work with Haskell and know about the crypto companies in the community, but see them like any other organization that funds open source development.

I agree it would be great to have more details about how big this influence is and how it manifests itself.

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Re:The Haskell Elephant in the Room by sukilot on Thursday July 30, 2020 @10:00PM (#24004931)
It's not about "influence". It's about feeling bad that the Haskell libraries are being paid for by the victims of financial scams.
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Re:The Haskell Elephant in the Room by regisg on Sunday August 02, 2020 @09:17AM (#24028516)
Cardano was funded with an ICO in Japan, one of the most restrictive country about crypto-currencies. The amount was 64M$ which is not that much for developing a blockchain for 5 years with almost 100 researchers & devs. It's not a scam.
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