Gold collapsing. Bitcoin UP.

[freetrader]

Interestingly, he sets up this mix of disinfo and strawman : devs are volunteers.

What about the key devs who are paid by Blockstream to the apparent tune of $40K / month according to Blockstream's own estimates of what a 4 dev x 2 month hard fork effort would cost...

Honesty is not one of his attributes either. At least now it's clear with this particular CEO has avoided being there in person at this important event - he prefers sniping from the sidelines.

His tweets a couple of steps above our friend Chairman Wow, but who knows how quickly he'll reach the same level?

 

[dlareg]

@freetrader Did you catch the guy who replied to that? Hilarious point..

 

[cypherdoc]

i'm almost sure i will receive NA:

[doublepost=1456682610,1456681851][/doublepost]continuing to be ignored on the important questions:

[doublepost=1456683738][/doublepost][doublepost=1456684590][/doublepost]this supports our theory that Blockstream would like to be the leader in LN hub centralization:

The gist is this: In networks where the nodes are competing for being the most well connected because it gives them an advantage over other nodes, phenomena such as “first-mover-advantage,” “fit-get-rich,” and “winner-takes-all” result in network centralization as a minority of nodes eventually capture a significant portion of the network’s links.

http://www.coindesk.com/lightning-technical-challenges-bitcoin-scalability/

 

[Christoph Bergmann]

 

[freetrader]

"modified Hong Kong agreement"

That gives me an uneasy feeling, like a foul compromise coming up.
Is this the right venue to renegotiate that agreement? Methinks not.

"Readiness signaling ... an ability for end-users to include a signal within a transaction that says 'I am ready for the upgrade to _____"

One transaction, one vote? Have another drink, it's good punch.

 

[cypherdoc]

@Bloomie

how do you bookmark a certain post?

 

[Bagatell]

I never thought I'd say it but Go stolfi!

https://www.reddit.com/r/bitcoin_uncensored/comments/484lfw/advice_to_the_lightning_network_designers/

 

[AdrianX]

@Bloomie

how do you bookmark a certain post?

Just click the post # ( bottom right ) load that link and then bookmarks that post.

 

[albin]

On just a straight intuitive level Hill's response confirms that something nefarious is going on. First off, he feels the need to deflect away from the actual Bilderberg connection claim by highlighting the "Straussian" posts and verbally mischaracterizing the Bilderberg group as "Illuminati". All he would ever have to do is say something slimy like "AXA is not the Bilderbergs, that's not how it works" and the majority of folks on social media would be predisposed to immediately believe and/or shill for him themselves because "haha conspiritards". This strongly implies that he can't actually address the substance of the claim.

Also why on earth does he even address the subject at all on twitter? By going out of his way to do damage control like this, his behavior implies to the observer that he's containing something very real.

 

[freetrader]

super3 is the invitee that keeps on giving (thanks for your coverage!)

All participants (as far as I could see) agreed that they would fire anyone who harassed others on social media.

Bitcoin is saved!

Updated: wasn't fluffyponyza this time!

 

[dlareg]

All participants (as far as I could see) agreed that they would fire anyone who harassed others on social media.

Wait... what??? Who will work on Bitcoin? When is Mow's last day?

 

[freetrader]

Who works for whom? After all, you can only fire someone who works for you.

I am surprised they now brought this elephant into the room.
Or is it a a bull in the china shop?

And that's a wrap!
/u/fluffyponyza

I cast my user vote to call this event "Satoshi's Rabbithole"

 

[freetrader]

All participants (as far as I could see) agreed that they would fire anyone who harassed others on social media.

Wait... what??? Who will work on Bitcoin? When is Mow's last day?

Mow wasn't there. They can't fire him. Therefore he is now the CEO of Bitcoin.

 

[cypherdoc]

 

[albin]

This seems to be becoming a more and more popular sentiment everyday.

 

[AdrianX]

and so starts the conflict of interest and the use of power to move people out of bitcoin to add value to their off blockchain proprietary solution. BTCC leading the war on cash moving bitcoin transactions onto Liquid and off blockchain.

 

[molecular]

Yesterday I tried a little slight trolling (for beginners) on /r/bitcoin: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/484c9p/bitcoin_is_so_sloooow/

I usually never troll. I have to say it is kind of fun. I'm no good though and my trolling was detected pretty much right away.

I played dumb user with "transactions are slow" problem (the problem was real, btw and the transactions I listed are not made up).

I think I blew my cover multiple times, it's actually quite hard to play stupid.

Nevertheless I noticed things can become quite clear very fast if you just ask simple questions and let a dialog ensue:
Someone can pick up at the linked post?

 

[dlareg]

@molecular That was a thing of beauty, nice work! I think you struck a really good balance and defended yourself well against bashco, even giving detractors a chance to come in and argue. Points as well for getting the lightning supporters. We should set up some bingo cards so we can play /r/bitcoin troll bingo.

 

[albin]

@molecular
How creepy is it that the mod who has access to personal info from social media sites linked to Bitcoin addresses is asking you for a txid?

 

[agilewalker]

AMA on 8btc.com today might have gone against Blockstream PR's wishes. Not many people joined this conversation on a Monday noon. And quite a few of them are critical about HK's roundtable consensus.
@cnLedger had some coverage. https://twitter.com/cnLedger