Yeah, there's nothing like it. It really blows my mind that more technically minded people are fascinated with it. I think greed clouds people's minds as well as envy of those that got in "early".

kepford

bitcoin

What is the most interesting thing about bitcoin on a technical level to you?

The way it organizes people on a global scale. 

Previously, it has taken empires with lots of weapons and violence. Or it simply hasn't happened. 

But Bitcoin achieves global consensus every ten minutes. Pretty much real time. And it's an open system. Is there anything comparable? 

I guess the internet achieves something similar: at any given point, there is a roughly global state, but it feels much more tenuous and permissioned. 

