The site was originally conceived as a HN version of /r/Bitcoin so that's the reason for the bitcointalk.org karma collection.
If I get more complaints about it I will surely remove it. the site just went live a few days ago and I thought it was a good idea when creating it. So that's why it's there.
My expectations were set by the HN headline: "Hacker News for crypto, security, and privacy." But I see now you didn't submit the item. You might want to consider putting a banner on the site: "Hacker News for Bitcoin". That would make transferring accounts from bitcointalk seem more reasonable.
>You might want to consider putting a banner on the site: "Hacker News for Bitcoin".
That is a great idea.
I had been toying with the idea of some kind of banner for the last few days, either relating to a crypto-contest or karma-contest, but was worried it might detract from the "HN Look" which I had worked so hard to achieve.
Thinking it over now it looks like more of a necessity than a distraction.
If I get more complaints about it I will surely remove it. the site just went live a few days ago and I thought it was a good idea when creating it. So that's why it's there.