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Dan Held

Personal blog · danheld.com/blogeconomicsother

Dan Held's personal blog at danheld.com covers economics. Since 2019, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “Proof of Work Is Efficient”. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.

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8mentions?
8HN people?
2019–2021first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 6 in 2021

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

Why HN links it

The only comment is a bare link in a Bitcoin beginner's guide thread. The URL slug suggests a post arguing that proof of work is efficient.

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.

Dan Held's thoughts on Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, and Blockchain technology

Most-linked posts?

  1. Proof of Work Is Efficient
    7 people · 7 mentions · first linked 2019-06-24

What Hacker News says?

  1. Here you go: https://www.danheld.com/blog/2019/1/5/pow-is-efficent

    Comment linking /blog/2019/1/5/pow-is-efficent

    on “A Beginner’s Guide to Getting Started with Bitcoin”
  2. Submitted Proof of Work Is Efficient as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted Information Theory of Money as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted Proof of Work Is Efficient as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Proof of Work Is Efficient as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted Proof of Work Is Efficient as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted PoW Is Efficient as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted Proof of Work Is Efficient as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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