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Allen Farrington
Personal blog · allenfarrington.medium.comeconomicsculture
Allen Farrington writes Stories by allen farrington on Medium, a personal blog at allenfarrington.medium.com about economics and culture. Since 2021, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times, most often “Bitcoin Is Venice”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Allen Farrington's Medium essays on Bitcoin, such as 'Bitcoin is Venice'. One commenter called it a good read at about 30 minutes.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Bitcoin Is Venice2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-02-20
- An Open Letter to Would-Be Bullshitters2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-03-02
What Hacker News says?
Here's another good one (30 min read): Bitcoin is Venice https://allenfarrington.medium.com/bitcoin-is-venice-8414dda...
Comment linking /bitcoin-is-venice-8414dda42070
on “Bitcoin Is Time”Submitted Wittgenstein’s Money as a story · 49 points
HN discussionSubmitted Bitcoin Is Venice as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted An Open Letter to Would-Be Bullshitters as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Gauge Theory Does Not Fix This as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Modeling Bitcoin Value with Vibes. This model has an R² of 0.97 as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Bitcoin Is Venice (2021) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted An Open Letter to Would-Be Bullshitters as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Bitcoin Is Venice as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Anatomy of a Hit Piece as a story · 1 points
HN discussion
