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It would be interesting to see how the sentiment about crypto changed over time on HN. I'm sure there was time when people saw a lot of potential in crypto technologies. Subjectively, the sentiment has shifted completely towards negativity in the last 1-2 years.

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The first time Bitcoin was posted it received no comments and barely any votes. The second time it received mixed feedback. It took about a year for it to get a decent sized thread.

The third link, I think, is worth revisiting.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=463793

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=599852

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1532670

For what it's worth, my sentiment is that crypto[currencies]/blockchain tech. is essential for the same reasons that I believe Tor and end to end encryption are essential.

I believe that it's also highly likely that like end-to-end encryption, most people will use some form of this technology (or things built on it) very regularly in future.

But it may turn out to be that like Tor, most people don't. That wouldn't make it any less important that it exists.

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