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by movedx 1598 days ago
I haven't read the article but I can easily answer the question: too much, because the value is higher than 0.

Crypto should only be an experiment at this point in time. Blockchain is another matter entirely as that's a technology that enables all of this and it has other applications. But crypto is a (very) interesting experiment.

The more people realise this and treat crypto as an experiment, the less scams and ruined lives we're going to see.

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Please let's keep this tedious generic flamewar off HN. Whatever one's views on the topic, it's exceedingly repetitive and therefore uninteresting. We want curious conversation here.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

FOMO is a hell of a drug.
Blockchain is completely uninteresting. The beauty of crypto is not in the tech or cryptography itself, really, but the social consensus it is able to create and the very well balanced, self-sustaining incentive systems it creates. Cryptography is just a tool to enforce is but the social awareness is amazing to me.
So 0 should go into any experiment? That doesn't even make sense.
Bitcoin not blockchain. I'm gonna get downvoted like crazy, but the innovation is bitcoin not blockchain. The more people realise this, the less scams and ruined lives we're going to see.