News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on It's time for us in the tech world to speak out about cryptocurrency. Parent comment

Re:It's time for us in the tech world to speak out about cry... by FourthProtocol on Sunday May 30, 2021 @06:14PM (#27337404)
I never quite understood how that might happen. I kept hearing how it was distributed when it isn't. How the blockchain was going to change the world, when not a single example beyond Bitcoin itself could be given. Healthcare was mentioned, but no application... It's right up there with all the other crazy ideas of the last decade or two (Mongo, agile, Google Glass...)
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:It's time for us in the tech world to speak out about cry... by Clewza313 on Sunday May 30, 2021 @08:10PM (#27338370)
Augmented reality has plenty of potential commercial applications, and Glass is still quietly trying to exploit them.

The problem is that delivering AR with enough fidelity to fool the eye is capital-H Hard. Michael Abrash had a good series of blog posts on this.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:It's time for us in the tech world to speak out about cry... by imtringued on Monday May 31, 2021 @05:26AM (#27342089)
It's the big problem with Bitcoin. The USD dollar exists for the US. Bitcoin only exists for itself.
[ Parent | on HN ]