sebchris

My expectations surrounding Go were born from my intense admiration for Python, which has grown so much as a language from its humble genesis at Google and proudly stood the test the time. Needless to say, I was beyond disappointed. Barring its concurrency module, which is some half-backed mixture of STM and async, I was astonished at the absurdity of the language. It reminds me of JavaScript, which as I recall was originally written as a sort of joke. So yeah, Go's like a bad joke.

There's a reason we call currencies like the dollar fiat currencies, because they only have the value that we give them. Bitcoin is similarly valued. As for gold, Bitcoin is a currency, not a rock. Have you ever tried to buy a sandwich with gold? No, well no shit because it's not a currency and is useless as a means of exchange. Comparing Bitcoin to gold is silly.