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Ryan X Charles
Personal blog · ryanxcharlestimes.comeconomicsprogramming
Ryan X Charles's personal blog at ryanxcharlestimes.com covers economics and programming. Since 2015, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters cite this blog's post about Reddit's earlier attempt to add a Bitcoin-based rewards system, using it as background on Reddit's later pledge and community currencies. No comment judges the writing itself.
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.
Explore blockchain through the lens of first-principle thinking. Ryan X Charles Times delivers clear, practical insights on scalable protocols, digital economics, and real-world blockchain utility—without the hype.
Most-linked posts?
- /fix-reddit-with-bitcoin-7da3f85fb9ba2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-07-22
What Hacker News says?
> where I can find the announcement of the death of the pledge The guy who was hired to make it has since left many months ago. Nail in the coffin effectively, they wouldn't announce the death of something they never got off the ground. Just silently brush the remains under the rug. Edit: Found the article I was thinking of https://ryanxcharlestimes.com/fix-reddit-with-bitcoin-7da3f8... > Yishan would resign a month…
Comment linking /fix-reddit-with-bitcoin-7da3f85fb9ba
on “Reddit is still in turmoil”Submitted 10 GB Blocks as a story · 73 points
HN discussionThis isn't the first time Reddit has tried something like this. Back around 2015 they hired a dev called Ryan X Charles to build a Bitcoin based rewards system into Reddit. https://ryanxcharlestimes.com/fix-reddit-with-bitcoin-7da3f8... It proved to be a difficult task because it was right about the time that the Bitcoin core devs started actively discouraging Bitcoin's use in payments. This paired with a new invest…
Comment linking /fix-reddit-with-bitcoin-7da3f85fb9ba
on “Reddit rolls out community currencies on Ethereum”