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points · traction gained Oct 30, 16:20 UTC → Oct 31, 15:35 UTC
Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Nov 4, 17:40 UTC).
comments · buzz 0 in latest interval
listed Oct 28, 17:40 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 7points
- Comments
- 2
- Rank in FINT this week
- #3of 30 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #74of 998 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 7.1%2/28 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 5Oct 29, 16:38 UTC
- Last reading
- 7Oct 31, 15:35 UTC
- Readings
- 3over 70h
Grades · each graded against other Finance & Fintech launches from the same source
Momentum
A+1 points
Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Better than 96% · vs 26 still-tracked Finance & Fintech · Show HN launches
Velocity
A0.15 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 91% · vs 80 Finance & Fintech · Show HN launches, last 30 days
Engagement
——
Comments per 10 points
Needs 10+ points; below that the ratio is mostly noise
Staying Power
——
Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading
Needs 10+ points and readings from two runs
Launch-day race · #14 of 157 Show HN launches on 2026-10-28
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- #13Guess what frontier LLMs do in a repeated prisoner's dilemma7 points
- #14OpenTaxRate7 points
- #15Open Source CS2 Skins Marketplace (early stage)6 points
- #16I built a tool that finds reliability bugs in your code6 points
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Data as of Oct 31, 2026, 3:03 PM UTC. Sector comes from keyword rules on the title and tagline and can be wrong. How it works