As should be obvious by now (I guess the poll will tell
how obvious...), the Bitcoin Awards for 2011 run by BitcoinBetas is a complete scam. Since the general idea of having an awards contest is a good idea, I am asking all the winners to redonate the winnings to a new contest run fairly - by whom? I don't know, any volunteers?
Anyhow, obvious poll options
missing from BitcoinBetas's polls (and yes, they
were nominated):
- BTCGuild
- ABCPool.co
- Eligius
- yourbtc.net
- p2pool
- poclbm
- Amir Taaki
- Art Forz
- Jeff Garzik
- Joel Katz
- Luke Dashjr
- Mark Karpeles
- Martti Malmi
- Matt Corallo
- Michael Marquardt
- Mike Hearn
- Nils Schneider
- Patrick McFarland
- Pieter Wuille
Satoshi Nakamoto (he wasn't really involved in Bitcoin in 2011 I guess)- BitEgg/BitPizza
- Coincard/Coinpal
(before asking "who?", see
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/People )
Furthermore, when I brought up the concern of vandalism during nominations, I was told it was under control and not to worry about it. When I pointed out these major problems immediately after the poll options were public, BitcoinBetas basically said he had no clue about these obvious choices, and refused to fix it.