That was really uncalled for (imho), besides there is nothing jingoistic in that comment above yours. What is it? Some kind of feeling of intellectual superiority? What if someone tells you that even HN is just another huge circle jerk? Well, it can be an opinion, or not.

> Bitcoin is a protocol, not a philosophy.

That was the very point of Bitcoin (or rather say "crypto-currencies" from a holistic pov) which you seemed to have missed in its entirety.