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> Did not expect to find it here […]

Why? The site gets posted often:

* https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=lynalden.com

There is a sizeable population of pro-Bitcoin and pro-gold standard people on HN, and I'm sure Alden's writing is catnip to them.

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Because I believe this is a very pro-take and I find the crowd on HN very green about investing. They love counting their bytes and latencies.

Anecdotally, to me hackernews has seemed more anti-bitcoin than most other places on the internet

Cynicism because "we" like to believe we understand technology and stocks better than the average person. But plenty of HN people both made and lost a lot of money in crypto.

Yes, to understand bitcoin well enough to confidently ride the volatility at this early stage in its growth, not only does it help to be technically minded, but you also need an understanding of what money really is and how fiat money really works.

People with that combination are few and far between. But there's plenty of people on HN who confidently think they know.

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