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Antony Lewis
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Antony Lewis writes Bits on Blocks, a personal blog at bitsonblocks.net about economics and startups. Since 2015, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-01-24, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked in a thread defending cryptocurrency, in a post that compares buying a $1 million house with buying $1 million of Microsoft stock. The one comment cites Matt Levine on how stock ownership works through brokers.
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.
Bits on Blocks contains accessible articles on blockchains, bitcoins, distributed ledgers and fintech, in plain English, for business people and students.
What Hacker News says?
The comparison of buying $1 million house or $1 million of Microsoft stock is a bit complicated - because in nearly all of the transactions you don't formally really buy the Microsoft stock. Here is Matt Levine quote: """ Nobody owns stock. What you own is an entitlement to stock held for you by your broker. But your broker doesn't own the stock either. What your broker owns is an entitlement to stock held for it by…
Comment linking /2019/02/07/who-legally-owns-all-the-shares-not-you/
on “In defense of cryptocurrency”Submitted A gentle introduction to smart contracts as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The pros and cons of internal blockchains as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Gentle Introduction to Bitcoin Mining as a story · 1 points
HN discussion