Bits about Money by Patrick McKenzie
Shares rank 13 of 26 newsletters by recommenders
People recommend this blog by Patrick McKenzie for clear writing on how payments, banking and KYC work. No critical comments appeared.
People recommend this blog by Patrick McKenzie for clear writing on how payments, banking and KYC work. No critical comments appeared.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Useful background on banking and KYC
“For background on KYC in the banking context @patio11's podcasts and essays are worth consuming”
Comment from 12 Jun 2026 in “A Call to Action: Stop the FCC's KYC Regime” “has some good writing about this”
Comment from 3 Jun 2026 in “Meta workers can opt out of being tracked at work up to 30 min” Good writing, worth reading
“A few of the best reads in my Reader”
Comment from 27 Jan 2026 in “Ask HN: Who do you follow via RSS feed?” “has some good writing about this”
Comment from 3 Jun 2026 in “Meta workers can opt out of being tracked at work up to 30 min”
Other newsletters people recommend
The four most recommended other newsletters, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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| Ed Zitron newsletter | 46 | 42 | 52% | 12 | — | — |
| Simon Willison's blog | 21 | 2 | 91% | 9 | — | Approved |
| SemiAnalysis | 20 | 12 | 63% | 8 | — | — |
| acoup.blog | 19 | 0 | 100% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Bits about Money by Patrick McKenzieThis page | 7 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“For background on KYC in the banking context @patio11's podcasts and essays are worth consuming”
“has some good writing about this”
“gives a lot of info about how payment processing works”
“A few of the best reads in my Reader”
“a great blog to build insight into some of these constructions”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.