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alecb.me
Personal blog · alecb.me/blogprogrammingmatheconomics
alecb.me is a personal blog at alecb.me about programming, math and economics. Since 2015, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link alecb.me for a short explanation of how Bitcoin works, and for a post on P vs NP, which was linked in the TrackMania NP-completeness thread.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
What Hacker News says?
This is the best (concise + clear) explanation of Bitcoin I've come across: http://alecb.me/blog/how-bitcoin-works/ It's shorter and simpler than the OPs which seems to be a bit more comprehensive.
Comment linking /blog/how-bitcoin-works/
on “How the Bitcoin protocol actually works (2013)”Submitted How Bitcoin Works as a story · 3 points
HN discussionhttp://alecb.me/blog/p-vs-np
Comment linking /blog/p-vs-np
on “TrackMania is NP-complete”Submitted How to sort ratings as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Entropy of Android’s unlock patterns as a story · 1 points
HN discussion