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Re:Ethereum Isn't Fun Anymore by samvher on Monday February 22, 2021 @12:18PM (#26227127)
I feel like the general tendency on HN (and my personal feeling about the subject) is one of interest in the tech and applications, but a feeling that the hype is bigger than the truth.

The ideas that Ethereum is innovative, that there are lots of possibilities in cryptocurrencies/blockchain, that at the moment the scene has major environmental issues, and that the current high valuations are unjustified, to my mind can all be true at the same time.

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Re:Ethereum Isn't Fun Anymore by jcrubino on Monday February 22, 2021 @12:25PM (#26227227)
The key innovation and premise behind Ethereum was to use a virtual machine to enable smart contracts on blockchains. Now virtual machine interpreters for blockchains is common if not standard. Tough to imagine Ethereum failing any promises based on that premise.
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Re:Ethereum Isn't Fun Anymore by trident5000 on Monday February 22, 2021 @01:35PM (#26228396)
Blockchain dapps can potentially threaten HN jobs so its not exactly a hit on here.
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