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A comment on Ask HN: Why does cryptocurrency subjects on HN lack curious conversations?.

Re:Ask HN: Why does cryptocurrency subjects on HN lack curio... by DrNuke on Sunday November 21, 2021 @05:57AM (#29295414)
> Is there any particular reason cryptocurrencies are so divisive while other subjects are not?

At this day, end 2021, for what concerns the daily life of billion people worldwide, they are still a very small niche for first-world, trading-like unauthorised gambling? From a technical point of view, sufficient progress has been made… it is politics now, geopolitics and environment, if you like, preventing wider, global deployment, maybe?

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Re:Ask HN: Why does cryptocurrency subjects on HN lack curio... by pennaMan on Sunday November 21, 2021 @06:09AM (#29295470)
>From a technical point of view, sufficient progress has been made

The ancient greeks used to think that they have reached the pinnacle of human progress and that there is no use for further developments because of how comfy life has gotten.

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Re:Ask HN: Why does cryptocurrency subjects on HN lack curio... by throwaway554 on Sunday November 21, 2021 @06:04AM (#29295443)
I have a hard time processing this comment. Is it because I'm ESL or is it legitimately incomprehensible?
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