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Timothy B. Lee

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Timothy B. Lee writes Bottom-up, a personal blog at timothyblee.com about economics and politics. Since 2009, 13 different Hacker News readers have linked it 17 times, most often “Here’s why Bitcoin-the-network needs Bitcoin-the-currency”. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.

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17mentions?
13HN people?
2009–2016first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 7 in 2011

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

Why HN links it

HN commenters link Timothy B. Lee's posts on the relationship between the Bitcoin protocol and its currency, and on Verisign's domain pricing and whether it counts as rent-seeking.

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. Here’s why Bitcoin-the-network needs Bitcoin-the-currency
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-03-03

What Hacker News says?

  1. hendzen · 2014-03-17
    The protocol and the currency are actually inseparable: http://timothyblee.com/2014/03/01/heres-why-bitcoin-the-netw...

    Comment linking /2014/03/01/heres-why-bitcoin-the-network-needs-bitcoin-the-currency/

    on “Bitcoin and Thoughts from Bill Gates”
  2. mwsherman · 2011-04-19

    Submitted Bitcoin’s Collusion Problem as a story · 74 points

    HN discussion
  3. PhantomGremlin · 2015-12-18
    From that I see this: Wow. It's like we are reading two different articles. If Verisign isn't doing typical rent-seeking, then we might as well delete the Wiki entry, because the concept doesn't exist. Just from paragraph 1: seeking to increase one's share of existing wealth without creating new wealth. Exactly what Verisign is doing. They are supplying infrastructure to the Internet. They're not creating anything,…

    Comment linking /2010/01/22/verisign-angling-for-no-bid-contract-renewal/

    on “Ask HN: ICANN charges only 18¢ per domain name, why am I paying $10?”
  4. edw519 · 2009-09-09

    Submitted Nathan Myhrvold’s Evil Genius as a story · 53 points

    HN discussion
  5. mwsherman · 2011-04-18

    Submitted The Bitcoin Bubble as a story · 33 points

    HN discussion
  6. upstartmafia · 2011-04-27

    Submitted The Great Ephemeralization as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  7. jamesbritt · 2014-06-26

    Submitted Seduced by Data (2010) as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  8. jseliger · 2016-05-09

    Submitted Some thoughts on the end of economic growth as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  9. mathattack · 2014-03-07

    Submitted Why Satoshi Nakamoto worked so hard to hide his identity as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  10. mathattack · 2014-03-03

    Submitted Here’s why Bitcoin-the-network needs Bitcoin-the-currency as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. mwsherman · 2011-06-16

    Submitted A Lost Consensus on Deregulation and Competition as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  12. cwan · 2011-02-15

    Submitted The Innovator’s Dilemma in Higher Education as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  13. robg · 2010-11-16

    Submitted Open User Interfaces Suck as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  14. scott_s · 2011-06-19

    Submitted The Neoclassical Lemonade Stand and Other Confusions as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  15. robg · 2011-01-14

    Submitted Emulation, Simulation, and the Human Brain as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  16. billpg · 2010-09-02

    Submitted The Problem with Seasteading as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  17. zacharypinter · 2010-01-27

    Submitted The Case against the iPad as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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