HN Bitcoin Debate

The cluster focuses on the polarized opinions about Bitcoin within the Hacker News community, including complaints about downvoting, bias against pro-Bitcoin views, and defenses against anti-Bitcoin narratives.

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Sample Comments

nomailing β€’ Mar 8, 2014 β€’ View on HN

what's your problem with bitcoin? maybe you just have to accept that a lot of the HN and crypto audience is interested in bitcoin.

frongpik β€’ Feb 10, 2021 β€’ View on HN

Someone's really serious about pushing the "bitcoin is bad" narrative. Too many articles like that recently. Nevertheless, upvoting because HN should see this.

mgh2 β€’ Apr 8, 2021 β€’ View on HN

Why is this flagged? Because Bitcoin admirers don’t agree on an opinion?

grover_hartmann β€’ Sep 25, 2015 β€’ View on HN

Downvoting me for making a comment about Bitcoin, just goes to show how close minded some people are on Hacker News.

kdsudac β€’ Oct 26, 2013 β€’ View on HN

Can't wait to hear all the bitcoin fanboys explain how this is in fact a good thing for bitcoin. :)

colordrops β€’ Jul 12, 2014 β€’ View on HN

Wait, Bitcoin is something to be hated?

cblconfederate β€’ Apr 27, 2021 β€’ View on HN

.. and then people complain about Bitcoin

tommoor β€’ May 13, 2021 β€’ View on HN

Bitcoin has nothing to do with this news? It seems like you have an unrelated axe to grind.

DonHopkins β€’ Jul 7, 2018 β€’ View on HN

It's not Bitcoin itself, it's just that most people on Hacker News hate fraudsters and charlatans perpetrating get-rich-quick pyramid schemes.

washedup β€’ Feb 24, 2021 β€’ View on HN

I wonder if we will ever see a pro-Bitcoin article on HN