Because it doesn't take many upvotes to push something to the front page. (I believe at the time of your comment, it had ~20 upvotes.)
To simplify, you have 2 competing philosophies about cryptocurrencies:
1) the idealists about BTC/Ethereum empowering decentralization
2) the skeptics that believe digital currencies are hype
Each side has a group of people submitting stories. And apparently, each side has enough critical mass (e.g. ~20 votes) to constantly push their opposing agendas to the front page.
E.g. for Ethereum... Whether it's a positive story ("Learn to Write Smart Contracts") or a negative story
(schadenfreude about DAO meltdown), both will continue to make the front page for years. I refreshed HN front page an hour ago and it had 3 stories about bitcoin.
Or to look at it another way, BTC stories keep appearing because there are not enough upvotes for other stories unrelated to cryptocurrencies.
Because it doesn't take many upvotes to push something to the front page. (I believe at the time of your comment, it had ~20 upvotes.)
To simplify, you have 2 competing philosophies about cryptocurrencies:
1) the idealists about BTC/Ethereum empowering decentralization
2) the skeptics that believe digital currencies are hype
Each side has a group of people submitting stories. And apparently, each side has enough critical mass (e.g. ~20 votes) to constantly push their opposing agendas to the front page.
E.g. for Ethereum... Whether it's a positive story ("Learn to Write Smart Contracts") or a negative story (schadenfreude about DAO meltdown), both will continue to make the front page for years. I refreshed HN front page an hour ago and it had 3 stories about bitcoin.
Or to look at it another way, BTC stories keep appearing because there are not enough upvotes for other stories unrelated to cryptocurrencies.