There are no cryptocurrency investors, because cryptocurrencies are not an investment, they are speculation.
You have started a company to help people lose money.
In the future, kindly use your enthusiasm and skills for something more useful.
You have started a company to help people lose money.
In the future, kindly use your enthusiasm and skills for something more useful.
Please read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and take the spirit of this site to heart. It should work like this: if you have a substantive point to make, make it thoughtfully; if you don't, please don't comment until you do.
I understand that cryptocurrencies are a divisive topic, particularly on HN. Dismissing the hard work of a startup showing off what i believe to be a well-executed marketing page and tool is not only shortsighted, but goes against the very philosophies of Hacker News in general.
Some pretty interesting industries have gotten bootstrapped with speculation though, and we are hopeful that more practical applications will develop in the future.
Same for the Internet.
As you admit yourself, cryptocurrencies are a solution looking for a problem. They do nothing, they provide nothing, they're just—"valuable". It's a scam, thousands of people will lose money, and you will have done your part to help those people lose money.
Could you please stop now? You're a fine HN commenter otherwise. It's fine to be skeptical about cryptocurrencies, as many HN users are—but it's not fine to do flamewars or break the site rules.
In countries that have problems with their fiat currency, non government controlled currencies are quite useful. Especially as crypto cannot be confiscated.