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How “coinbase” trended on Hacker News

“Coinbase” was mentioned 18,675 times on Hacker News between 2011 and 2026, peaking in Nov 2017 with 715 that month.

Every month from 2007 to 2026, counting how often “coinbase” appears in Hacker News stories and comments. Each point is a live date-histogram over ~45M items, computed with Upstash Redis Search.

Total mentions
18,675
Peak month
Nov 2017 (715)
First seen
2011
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What the chart shows

Coinbase first appears in 2011 and totals 18,675 lifetime mentions. The curve peaks in November 2017 with 715 mentions, during that year’s crypto run-up.

Discussion spans business and engineering: its DPO debut, an 18% layoff announcement, a warning that bankruptcy could wipe out user funds, reports of selling geolocation data to ICE, and an engineering post on why Kubernetes isn’t in its stack. The term remained active through 2026.

Top Hacker News stories about “coinbase

  1. 1.Coinbase Announces 18% Layoffs 778 points · 593 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
  2. 2.Container technologies at Coinbase: Why Kubernetes is not part of our stack 778 points · 397 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
  3. 3.Coinbase is reportedly selling geolocation data to ICE 769 points · 417 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
  4. 4.Coinbase from YC to DPO 714 points · 845 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
  5. 5.Former Coinbase PM charged in cryptocurrency insider trading tipping scheme 705 points · 421 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
  6. 6.Coinbase warns that bankruptcy could wipe out user funds 696 points · 448 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
  7. 7.I have recordings proving Coinbase knew about breach months before disclosure 685 points · 223 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
  8. 8.Coinbase offers exit package for employees not comfortable with its mission 681 points · 1,258 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
  9. 9.Coinbase S-1 660 points · 706 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
  10. 10.Sent $35,104.11 USD to CoinBase. Never received Bitcoins 658 points · 475 comments · 2013 · discuss on HN
  11. 11.Tell HN: SMS-based two-factor authentication is not secure 628 points · 286 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
  12. 12.Coinbase lays off around 1,100 employees 608 points · 1,020 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN

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