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Nick Grossman's personal blog at nickgrossman.is covers economics and startups. Since 2013, 19 different Hacker News readers have linked it 25 times, most often “Cryptonetworks and why tokens are fundamental”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

25mentions?
19HN people?
2013–2020first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 9 in 2018

Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN commenters link Nick Grossman's posts on blockchain hype, including a four-slide case against "blockchain" and a CryptoKitties joke post. The comments cite them without judging the writing.

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.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Cryptonetworks and why tokens are fundamental
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-03-18
  2. Compound interest goes in both directions
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-06-09
  3. /2018/zombies-eating-kitties/
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-04-02

What Hacker News says?

  1. According to USV, the reason is that the underlying technology is really exciting and has lots of potential: > The (original) internet brought us a world where any site could link to any other site, and they could all be accessed from anywhere in the world. This was the first interoperability revolution. The next one will be with data and digital assets. For a long time, data has been the property of platforms — wit…

    Comment linking /2018/zombies-eating-kitties/

    on “Why “blockchain” is BS in 4 slides”
  2. Submitted Cryptonetworks and why tokens are fundamental as a story · 118 points

    HN discussion
  3. You just don't understand the potential. You can buy more than just kitties. You can also buy hats for your kitties. And if you sell the kitty, the new owner can take the hat off. Infinite innovation! https://www.nickgrossman.is/2018/zombies-eating-kitties/

    Comment linking /2018/zombies-eating-kitties/

    on “CryptoKitties sales plummet in popularity”
  4. Submitted A solution to the Uber and Airbnb problems that no one will like as a story · 49 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Regulate the Internet like the real world or the real world like the Internet? as a story · 27 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted Anti-workflow apps as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted Minimum Viable Economy as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted Solving the on-demand economy’s 1099 problem as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted Automated Personal Finance as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted Compound interest goes in both directions as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted Cryptonetworks and Why Tokens Are Fundamental as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted Aligning purpose and strategy: Cloudflare goes nuclear on patent troll as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted Regulating with Data as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted Quackpad – simple collaborative docs for teams using Slack as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  15. Submitted Defending the Open Internet as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  16. Submitted The Great Shift to Video as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  17. Submitted The Friendly Wake-Up Call as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  18. Submitted The Butter Thesis as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  19. Submitted The Utility Infielder as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  20. Submitted Compound interest goes in both directions as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  21. Submitted Cryptonetworks and why tokens are fundamental as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  22. Submitted Learning by doing as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  23. Submitted The freedom to innovate as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  24. Submitted FCC's Response to the VC Open Internet letter as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  25. Submitted Why It’s Expensive to be Poor (And Why It Shouldn’t Be) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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