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Re:Ask HN: What Is the “HN” of “Web3”, Crypto, DeFi, NFT, etc by 0x008 on Sunday November 07, 2021 @11:35AM (#29140876)
bittorrent was not the first protocol and neither will bitcoin be the last blockchain.

only because the first is not viable does not mean that blockchains as a whole is a stupid idea.

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Re:Ask HN: What Is the “HN” of “Web3”, Crypto, DeFi, NFT, etc by alephr on Sunday November 07, 2021 @12:30PM (#29141466)
what were the first protocols? are these really comparable situations in your mind or are you grasping at straws here? genuinely curious if you can make an argument that they're similar
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