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Bytemaster's Blog

Personal blog · bytemaster.github.ioeconomicspolitics

Bytemaster's Blog is a personal blog at bytemaster.github.io about economics and politics. Since 2014, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 14 times, most often “Bitcoin is 100x less secure than commonly believed”. The last post was in 2016, but the archive is still widely read.

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14mentions?
4HN people?
2014–2017first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 8 in 2014

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link this post for its argument that Bitcoin is highly decentralized. The one comment quotes it while noting that three entities control 95% of hashing power, with no judgment of the post itself.

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.

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Most-linked posts?

  1. Bitcoin is 100x less secure than commonly believed
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2015-09-30

What Hacker News says?

  1. max_ · 2017-05-04
    >But there's no question to me that Bitcoin is by far the most decentralized 3 people control 95% of all hashing power on the network! http://bytemaster.github.io/update/2015/09/29/Bitcoin-is-100...

    Comment linking /update/2015/09/29/Bitcoin-is-100x-less-secure-than-commonly-believed/

    on “Coinbase adds support for Litecoin”
  2. jarsin · 2015-08-09

    Submitted Review of Casper, Ethereum’s Proposed Proof of Stake Algorithm as a story · 10 points

    HN discussion
  3. gregmac · 2015-09-30

    Submitted Bitcoin is 100x less secure than commonly believed as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  4. oco101 · 2015-09-30

    Submitted Bitcoin is 100x less secure than commonly believed as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  5. jarsin · 2014-12-20

    Submitted Aggregate Public Opinion Matters as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  6. oco101 · 2014-12-18

    Submitted What is BitShares? as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  7. jarsin · 2015-12-28

    Submitted BitShares Vision as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  8. oco101 · 2014-12-20

    Submitted How to Create a Free Society as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  9. oco101 · 2014-12-18

    Submitted Why BitShares Is Public Domain as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  10. jarsin · 2015-12-29

    Submitted Why Vision Matters as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  11. oco101 · 2014-12-22

    Submitted What Is Bitshares as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  12. jarsin · 2014-12-21

    Submitted Provably Honest Online Elections Are Possible as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  13. oco101 · 2014-12-20

    Submitted BitShares as a Bank – The origin of the DAC as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  14. oco101 · 2014-12-19

    Submitted The Value of DevShares as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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