frontpage.
newsnewestaskshowjobs

Open Source @Github

fp.

Open in hackernews

Ask HN: What use are the non-major cryptocurrencies?

3•otohp•3h ago
I am curious - what use are the cryptocurrencies/tokens that are not one of the major ones (like USDT, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin) etc? Why would someone buy one of these, or work on those projects? How is it beneficial to do so?

Comments

adrianwaj•1h ago
There are many. A "What are you Working On (crypto only)" would be a good way to see what's happening in this space. Coins are cheap now, capital rotation could easily change this rapidly, but there has to be a reason. But it's not all about building the price, it's also about building the utility and the two are linked. I actually think the upcoming Linux handhelds will open up new use-cases. Get people transacting in the real world. Pay someone, or providing a faucet by scanning their face or taking a palm photo? Ears are unique too. I don't know. Maybe with AI, biometrics could be enhanced somehow and offer more equitable distribution, and wallet security. Private ledgers and networks also important to stop a currency from being debased, perhaps.

Tell HN: Google Search to start locking down search behind a login wall

32•exploraz•7h ago•15 comments

Tell HN: Cloudflare's abuse report form is a blank page

14•basilikum•8h ago•6 comments

Ask HN: What is the state of self-hosting email in 2026?

33•0o777•12h ago•25 comments

Ask HN: What use are the non-major cryptocurrencies?

3•otohp•3h ago•1 comments

Ask HN: What are you working on? (November 2026)

301•david927•5d ago•1081 comments

U.S. October PPI Rises 6.5% YoY, Highest in Nearly Four Years

166•moonypto•16h ago•213 comments

Ask HN: Advice for those who want to build stuff but don't know where to start

5•mjs06•13h ago•8 comments

ChatGPT Desktop forwards your SSH agent to remote machines

220•DenGorbachev•4d ago•79 comments

Ask HN: Do you see a human written book more valuable than an AI written one?

8•znano•21h ago•19 comments

Ask HN: Do you still enjoy coding in C++?

63•hasley•4d ago•89 comments

Google search hides Nvidia stock graph

14•nedx•1d ago•3 comments

Tell HN: Major Microsoft Outlook/Exchange Online/Teams Outage in the Americas

13•wmchen•1d ago•2 comments

Ask HN: Claude – OAuth request failed Temporarily unable to authenticate

4•franze•21h ago•2 comments

Claude OAuth Failures

28•tankenmate•21h ago•24 comments

Ask HN: Why use Jev/decision models at all?

10•niceguy1827•1d ago•8 comments

Ask HN: What % of HN is now AI-generated?

8•simonebrunozzi•1d ago•6 comments

Claude AI Is Down

28•cheptsov•21h ago•7 comments

Ask HN: How did you convince family and friends to join your XMPP/Matrix server?

102•mtlynch•6d ago•97 comments

Outlook still down for anyone else?

7•rsoto2•1d ago•6 comments

Tell HN: Cast('abc' AS INTEGER) returns 0 in SQLite

3•prmph•1d ago•7 comments

Ask HN: What is holding back robots from being deployed everywhere?

7•mjs06•1d ago•20 comments

What are your favorite tools?

15•d675•3d ago•9 comments

Why Is Nvidia Valuable?

3•fraserphysics•1d ago•3 comments

Tell HN: Claude Code Is Down

37•Andugal•21h ago•21 comments

Ask HN: How do you evaluate the skills your AI agents use?

25•enesalatas•4d ago•6 comments

I'm genuinely disappointed in our most visible tech leadership

8•AnneTrotter•1d ago•4 comments

Ask HN: How do you market your consumer product

9•mv4•1d ago•10 comments

Any good ways on how to get into kernel dev?

8•ihms•2d ago•8 comments

Inception's Diffusion LLM API Is Shutting Down

14•_matthew_•1d ago•9 comments

Ask HN: Is lack of human imagination now the bottleneck instead of intelligence?

8•amichail•2d ago•14 comments