All: don't miss that there are multiple pages of comments. The top few subthreads have become so large that they fill out the first page entirely. You have to click 'More' at the bottom to see the rest, including a lot of the newest posts. Or use these links:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23851275&p=2

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23851275&p=3

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23851275&p=4

Edit: also, there's a related thread tracking the BTC transactions here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23851542.

In general, look for More links at the bottom of big threads. This is a performance workaround that we're hoping to drop before long, but in the meantime there's a limit of 250 or so comments per page.