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Glenn Chan
Personal blog · glennchan.wordpress.comeconomicsbusiness
Glenn Chan's personal blog at glennchan.wordpress.com covers economics and business. Since 2018, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “Blockchain is a useless technology”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-03-30, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for posts on blockchain and cryptocurrency, including a critique of Coinbase. The comments discuss the author's stated views on blockchain and his bets against crypto.
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.
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Most-linked posts?
- Blockchain is a useless technology2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-02-20
What Hacker News says?
The author here is clearly biased, having publicly declared blockchain to be useless [0] and having made bets against crypto [1][2]. It seems like his motivation here is to smear Coinbase for issues incurred by their payment processor. [0] - https://glennchan.wordpress.com/2018/02/20/blockchain-is-a-u... [1] - https://glennchan.wordpress.com/2018/02/09/betting-against-t... [2] - https://glennchan.wordpress.com/2018/…
Comment linking /2018/02/02/some-ways-to-short-bitcoin/
on “Coinbase is a hot mess”Submitted Blockchain is a useless technology as a story · 65 points
HN discussionTo quote an article that was on HN yesterday: A company’s stance on blockchain can also serve as a test of a company’s management. In my view, companies pushing blockchain technology (e.g. IBM, Microsoft, Intel, Oracle) are disconnected from customers’ actual needs and have mediocre management. Companies that don’t talk about blockchain (e.g. Facebook, Amazon, Google, Apple) are more likely to produce sensible techn…
Comment linking /2018/02/20/blockchain-is-a-useless-technology/
on “Ask HN: How do you think Facebook can integrate blockchain into their platform?”Submitted Coinbase is a hot mess as a story · 32 points
HN discussion