I wanted to post my views about the digging and sock puppet accusations, but just saw the recent posts of BayAreaCoins.
I seriously do hope you die during child birth and really quit libeling me.
This is a self-moderated thread, and I think I'm not the only one who thinks what BAC said above is so over the line that everything he posts in this thread from now on should be deleted. Probably that post should be kept (at least quoted) to remember why.
I hope the childbirth goes smoothly. I doubt most people here think Clams is a "scam" or that the main people involved are scammers. I certainly don't. Clams is an interesting experiment, and has been successful by many measures. The fact that it's survived the whale digger as well as it has is promising. It might even be able to survive if Satoshi starts digging, since his supply is probably similar to the current whale digger. Surely most people who disagree about what changes should be made (if any) don't want anyone else to die in childbirth. Only a truly sick person would say such a thing.
This isn't the first time he has made such comments; this time, at least, he didn't also wish the death of my unborn child as well.
I haven't moderated his posts because I know him well enough to know he derives pleasure from it, and sees himself as a righteous martyr/victim for 'liberty'.
That won't likely be the case forever.
You aren't the first, or even tenth, person to express heartfelt support since BAC started this 'feud' - sincerely, thank you
Suddenly when people start claiming / digging their Clams, as originally intended in the 'fair' distribution and the price fell accordingly (supply and demand) people start to complain and want to change the rules.
Would the situation be better or worse if the distribution had been proportional to Bitcoin holdings (like a "spin-off" described in Peter R's old thread) instead of trying to be 'fair' by giving a flat amount to each funded address? I'm a fan of Clams, but I've been skeptical of attempts to make the distribution 'fair'.
It would have been 'different'.
That would have included massive distributions to Satoshi (not a bad thing on it's face).
However, it also would have entailed massive distributions to the U.S. Government seizure keys, Mt. Gox keys, etc.