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I think Bitcoin is genuinely exciting. I know it's not exactly "under-the-radar", but a lot of the discussion on HN is unfortunately only related to the price. It's a bit of a shame, but I can understand it's hard to see through the noise sometimes.

The fact that there isn't more discussion around the cryptography, networking, etc. suggests to me that many are still unfamiliar with the power of the underlying technology.

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yeah I am doing more research on p2p and things like merkle trees. https://www.codementor.io/blog/merkle-trees-5h9arzd3n8

I am pretty excited about Ethereum and related ecosystem.

Don't get too distracted by the shiny. The ethereum ecosystem is a train wreck. What we see today is the reinvention of the same of scum tricks that Wall Street has played on the people for decades. More printing of funny money, tricks on yield, relending and rehypothication. Its is unscalable, and PoS is a insecure trick. I don't think the value proposition of ether can exist in a PoS world. I also think some elements are interesting, but I am far more excited about bitcoin! Bitcoin cannot be inflated, takes mass energy to create it (this is good thing!), censorship resistant and not under any kind of central control. As long as we are careful, this technology can be scaled responsibly.

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