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The Variable
Personal blog · 0xfoobar.substack.comeconomicssystems
The Variable is a personal blog at 0xfoobar.substack.com about economics and systems. Since 2022, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “Ethereum Proof-of-Stake”. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link The Variable for a technical explainer of how Ethereum proof-of-stake works. It is cited in threads on the Ethereum merge and on how PoS handles transaction attestation under sanctions.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
crypto thoughts.
Most-linked posts?
- Ethereum Proof-of-Stake4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2022-07-07
What Hacker News says?
Another commenter posted an interesting article regarding how PoS works: https://0xfoobar.substack.com/p/ethereum-proof-of-stake
Comment linking /p/ethereum-proof-of-stake
on “The Ethereum merge is done”Submitted Ethereum Proof-of-Stake as a story · 250 points
HN discussionFor those interested in understanding the tech rather than the typical bashing things as beneath them, I wrote up a detailed technical explainer of how Ethereum PoS works: https://0xfoobar.substack.com/p/ethereum-proof-of-stake
Comment linking /p/ethereum-proof-of-stake
on “The Ethereum merge is done”In terms of mining transactions, the Ethereum proof of stake system will financially punish anyone who fails to attest to honest transactions, and there's no escaping that just because "sanctions". See this post for details: https://0xfoobar.substack.com/p/ethereum-proof-of-stake I believe we'll likely see other actions taken by US companies, such as Twitter banning the Tornado Cash account, Microsoft deleting its g…
Comment linking /p/ethereum-proof-of-stake
on “U.S. Treasury sanctions virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash”