[hackerjam]

there is a "real' hacker news clone called Cryptoanalys.is [1] that posts news items related to cryptocurrencies.

what does that tell me -- you didn't do your homework before setting up a rival list.

instead of trying to reinvent the wheel, you should be contributing to a list aka community resource that has been in existence for the past year or so.

and most of us that are subbed to that list, don't have to reveal our identity or tip our hand to our friends and colleagues as to what we're interested in, in order join.

what's next? registering with the feds.

My apologies, i forgot to mention coinspotting, another out of the box, hnc. [2]

[1] https://cryptanalys.is/

[2] http://coinspotting.com/news

[programmarchy]

I think there's an argument to be made for an invitation only group. There's a psychological advantage of making users feel exclusive and invested in a community, as well as a practical advantage to scaling server hardware and moderation time.

And curious, why hide the fact that you're interested in crypto from your friends / colleagues?

[GigabyteCoin]

Thanks for the link!

It translated into a good 600 visitors or so from HN.

It's been up and running for about a year now and is starting to gain some traction it seems.