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DEPRECATED

DEPRECATED - do not use!!!

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I love the way this idea evolved across threads, to stimulate a great discussion! As this idea attracts attention, the limits of scaling this become clear, as does the need for…

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:03:16 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by week2 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2017-09-02 18:36:45 UTC to 2018-03-24 06:04:25 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.

012017-08-28 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-09-04 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsAug 282017-09-04 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-09-11 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-09-11 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-09-18 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-09-18 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-09-25 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-09-25 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-10-02 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-10-02 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-10-09 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-10-09 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-10-16 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-10-16 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-10-23 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-10-23 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-10-30 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-10-30 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-11-06 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-11-06 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-11-13 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-11-13 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-11-20 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-11-20 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-11-27 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-11-27 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-12-04 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-12-04 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-12-11 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsDec 42017-12-11 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-12-18 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-12-18 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-12-25 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-12-25 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-08 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-01-08 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-15 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-01-15 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-22 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-01-22 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-29 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-01-29 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-02-05 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-02-05 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-02-12 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-02-12 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-02-19 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-02-19 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-02-26 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-02-26 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-03-05 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-03-05 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-03-12 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-03-12 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-03-19 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-03-19 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-03-26 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsMar 19

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Aug 282017-08-28 00:00:00 UTC2017-09-04 00:00:00 UTC110
Sep 42017-09-04 00:00:00 UTC2017-09-11 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 112017-09-11 00:00:00 UTC2017-09-18 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 182017-09-18 00:00:00 UTC2017-09-25 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 252017-09-25 00:00:00 UTC2017-10-02 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 22017-10-02 00:00:00 UTC2017-10-09 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 92017-10-09 00:00:00 UTC2017-10-16 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 162017-10-16 00:00:00 UTC2017-10-23 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 232017-10-23 00:00:00 UTC2017-10-30 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 302017-10-30 00:00:00 UTC2017-11-06 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 62017-11-06 00:00:00 UTC2017-11-13 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 132017-11-13 00:00:00 UTC2017-11-20 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 202017-11-20 00:00:00 UTC2017-11-27 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 272017-11-27 00:00:00 UTC2017-12-04 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 42017-12-04 00:00:00 UTC2017-12-11 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 112017-12-11 00:00:00 UTC2017-12-18 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 182017-12-18 00:00:00 UTC2017-12-25 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 252017-12-25 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 12018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-08 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 82018-01-08 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-15 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 152018-01-15 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-22 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 222018-01-22 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-29 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 292018-01-29 00:00:00 UTC2018-02-05 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 52018-02-05 00:00:00 UTC2018-02-12 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 122018-02-12 00:00:00 UTC2018-02-19 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 192018-02-19 00:00:00 UTC2018-02-26 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 262018-02-26 00:00:00 UTC2018-03-05 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 52018-03-05 00:00:00 UTC2018-03-12 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 122018-03-12 00:00:00 UTC2018-03-19 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 192018-03-19 00:00:00 UTC2018-03-26 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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jonnydubowsky·Mar 24, 2018Recommendation phrase
I love the way this idea evolved across threads, to stimulate a great discussion! As this idea attracts attention, the limits of scaling this become clear, as does the need for well balanced network incentives. This is one of those problems that actually does benefit from a blockchain token, and a few implementations are just emerging. I imagine success with this concept will include Homomorphic Encryption or Zero Knowledge Proofs, in order to prove unique processing took place. Value added services seem to be a natural fit as well. Check out Openmined ( https://github.com/OpenMined/Docs) Cardstack (particularly this recent post “The Tally Protocol: Scaling Ethereum With Untapped GPU Power” @christse https://medium.com/cardstack/the-tally-protocol-scaling-ethe... and Ocean Protocol, and as others mentioned, SONM, iExec, Golem, and all the
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BOINC tokens (pascal coin). I so look forward to this whole niche maturing.
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