A better question would be 'Were you Bold Funding', those documents make it look like he was shut down
That's what I meant, of course.
All we need is for Bruce to Confirm or Deny this.
This IS a Big Deal, I agree with JeffK.
There is no way we can have a notorious scammer at the healm of bitcoin as the spokesperson Bruce has been, if this is true. Not if Bitcoin is going to survive!
I agree. I've got a big enough position in BTC at this point that it is in my personal interest in seeing it eventually succeed...in addition to considering the system to be potentially very valuable to 'humanity.' So, if a fraction of the stuff that SA and friends have dug up is true, I will be officially thankful to this group (who I had never heard of before) whatever their motives.
I cannot help but notice that some investigative work nipped the 'Bitcoin Better Business Bureau headed by an utter clown' thing in the bud. And against considerable resistance. I, for one, am willing to put up with a good bit of nonsense and unpleasantness if it means catching some problems early. If the 'problems' turn out to be false-positives there will be unnecessary damage but it should not be terminal.
It does seem to me that the whole Bitcoin thing is such a hot potato at this point that anyone thinking about setting up shop had better be prepared for the worst. If they cannot stand the heat, they best stay out of the kitchen. The heat has already proven valuable as I see it.
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Come to think of it, everybody should ask themselves 'why am I' and 'why are they' so interested in something like Bitcoin at such an early point in it's life? There are a lot of possible reasons, and a lot of them might have a less than wholesome smell. It might be expected that there would be an extra-ordinary amount of scammyness here for that reason. It's a reality that just needs to be dealt with in whatever ways are effective (as always, IMHO.)
This sums up exactly how I'm feeling about Bitcoin and all of the stuff that's come to light. I signed up around the time the Better Business Bureau (Bitcoin Division) came to light and found the Something Awful guys extremely well informed. They may not like Bitcoins, and I can understand that, but they've certainly helped this community in their own weird way. Bitcoin to me may not be the ultimate solution to our currency problems, but I think it's an important pioneer in the field, so some of their points may ultimately be proven correct, which is a good thing so we can learn from it.
As for this Bruce deal, I can't believe it got moved to off topic since it is very important news. Oh well, the beat marches on and at least it wasn't completely shut down.
