lecture · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
Blockchains Are a Bad Idea (James Mickens)
HBS Digital Initiative · 8 HN recommenders · 8 recommendation months
Recommended by 8 Hacker News commenters across 8 months (2018–2023).
SignalTube analysis
Among 4 other lecture videos tagged Cryptography, the mean is 1.5 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 8 distinct HN recommenders, about 5.3× that mean. Recommendations span 8 distinct months, longer than the peer average of 1.5 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
92% of its 13 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2018–2023; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. A verified runtime is not present in the current metadata snapshot. A verified YouTube publication date is not present in the current metadata snapshot.
- Channel / speaker
- HBS Digital Initiative
- Verified runtime
- Not verified in the current YouTube metadata
- YouTube upload date
- Not verified
- Hacker News mention years
- 2018–2023
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other lecture videos in Cryptography. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blockchains Are a Bad Idea (James Mickens)Current video | 8 | 8 | 92% | — | Not verified in the current YouTube metadata | Not verified |
| Lecture 7: Introduction to Galois Fields for the AES by Christof Paarlecture · Introduction to Cryptography by Christof Paar | 3 | 3 | 75% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| 1. Introduction for 15.S12 Blockchain and Money, Fall 2018lecture · MIT OpenCourseWare | 2 | 2 | 50% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| Computer Security 161 Cryptocurrency Lecturelecture · Nicholas C Weaver | 1 | 1 | 20% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Ask HN: Should I Learn Blockchain?”. Its short rationale: Entertaining talk on why blockchain suits few applications.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Web3 is not Decentralisation – it’s a Ploy to put Crypto Bros in Charge”. Its short rationale: Gives several arguments against blockchain systems like Bitcoin.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “An engineer's observations on Web3 and its possibilities”. Its short rationale: Gives several arguments against blockchain systems like Bitcoin.