I was excited to see the amount of salt in the comments when I saw the title. HN is definitely very skeptical of crypto, which is odd for a tech community.
I can't help but click into Bitcoin-related submissions for the same reason. I always assume the militant cynicism is from techies pissed they missed out on ez wealth or something. It doesn't seem to be skepticism to me because, well, Bitcoin works today.
It's a shame. The concept of digital cash is such a cool concept, it would be nice to discuss it without every convo mired in the same boring non sequiturs.
