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There's also a lot of work happening in the gaming space for economies and rewards in virtual worlds. Zebedee is one, but there are others.

Bitcoin with Lightning finally makes micro/nano-payments practical and it's going to flip the Internet economy on its head.

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Mod parent up! I don't understand why these comments are being flagged. Too much white-knights in HN in opposition to open innovation.

I sometimes also wonder why are HNers so anti-Bitcoin, which - politics aside - is one of the major innovations built on top of the Internet.

I think it's because the tech has been adopted as the disguise-du-jour of scammers and charlatans. Once the public understands better and the hype goes away then maybe we will actually be able to have some applications built that utilize the actual advantages of blockchain without dealing with the mental overhead of worrying that it's more than likely a scam.

It's very fashionable to dislike cryptocurrencies of any kind, which includes bitcoin. This is the most cogent explanation, as most discussion about it is rehashing the same few problems. Even if those problems have solutions or are not actually problems, nobody is convinced. That is why I'm convinced it's primarily emotional.

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