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I came across my favorite description of crypto just a few days ago on Twitter: "imagine letting your car run idle so it can create solved sudokus that you can
by tenaciousDaniel 5y ago
I came across my favorite description of crypto just a few days ago on Twitter: "imagine letting your car run idle so it can create solved sudokus that you can trade for heroin".
- throw0101a 5y ago> "imagine letting your car run idle so it can create solved sudokus that you can trade for heroin". * https://twitter.com/theophite/status/1030225104234373121 https://twitter.com/theophite/status/1030225104234373121
- _9omd 5y agoHow is this the top comment here! I'd expect better out of HN users. Even if you don't like bitcoin it's ridiculous to attack it with a joke that doesn't actually map to reality. Sure, it's a pretty good joke, but it's a terrible argument against bitcoin.
- tenaciousDaniel 5y agoIt's not an argument at all, it's just a good joke. I'm actually undecided on crypto. Yes we're a professional community and this isn't reddit, but we can have a bit of humor here and there.
- iab 5y agoEmphasis here on “bit”
- _9omd 5y agoOh I get it, I actually think it's a well written/funny joke. I'm just disappointed whenever Bitcoin/crypto comes up on HN that the top comments are usually very shallow critiques of it. It feels like often a lot of people are rallying around a really low effort comment just because it reaffirms their beliefs. Which in general describes social media :), but I usually expect more out of HN discussions.
- iab 5y agoUm, not just heroin, also digital ownership of URLs as well