I came across my favorite description of crypto just a few days ago on Twitter: "imagine letting your car run idle so it can create solved sudokus that you can trade for heroin".
How is this the top comment here! I'd expect better out of HN users. Even if you don't like bitcoin it's ridiculous to attack it with a joke that doesn't actually map to reality. Sure, it's a pretty good joke, but it's a terrible argument against bitcoin.
It's not an argument at all, it's just a good joke. I'm actually undecided on crypto. Yes we're a professional community and this isn't reddit, but we can have a bit of humor here and there.
Oh I get it, I actually think it's a well written/funny joke. I'm just disappointed whenever Bitcoin/crypto comes up on HN that the top comments are usually very shallow critiques of it. It feels like often a lot of people are rallying around a really low effort comment just because it reaffirms their beliefs. Which in general describes social media :), but I usually expect more out of HN discussions.
