From what I can tell, much of this discussion seems to be characterized by people miscommunicating.
> Considering that _it_ hasn't produced any value of note in 13 years...
What do you mean by "it"? Do you mean (a) Bitcoin in particular; (b) some/many/most/all cryptocurrencies; (c) a distributed self replicating Byzantine tolerant state machine? Or something else?
The comment by tzumby meant (c). Generally, the HN thread was about (b), best I can tell.
> Considering that _it_ hasn't produced any value of note in 13 years...
What do you mean by "it"? Do you mean (a) Bitcoin in particular; (b) some/many/most/all cryptocurrencies; (c) a distributed self replicating Byzantine tolerant state machine? Or something else?
The comment by tzumby meant (c). Generally, the HN thread was about (b), best I can tell.