Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by chalst 1522 days ago
Since you cite N N Taleb, you might be interested in his assessment of Bitcoin:

> its current version, in spite of the hype, bitcoin failed to satisfy the notion of "currency without govern- ment" (it proved to not even be a currency at all), can be neither a short nor long term store of value (its expected value is no higher than 0), cannot operate as a reliable inflation hedge, and, worst of all, does not constitute, not even remotely, a safe haven for one’s investments, a shield against government tyranny, or a tail protection vehicle for catastrophic episodes.

https://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/BTC-QF.pdf