"I did not intend it as accusation, I thought I was adequately clear: I do not know, and I'm looking for answers. I posed a hypothetical— If you are not in, in fact, engaging in a business which facilitates flimsy bitcoin laundering via mining then I am apologetic for implying otherwise."
That was his "apology".
I tried to deal with it as best as I could back then as a mod was openly suggesting what I was doing was a crime. No one would find his actions reasonable.
He failed to understand what was going on and started making stuff up.
His original accusation doesn't sound very malicious.
So what should someone who's been mining for you do when after they use their mined coins to buy Alpaca Socks law enforcement shows up and tells them that their coins were the marked proceeds from a sting operation related to drugs, arms sales, child porn trade, or that they were bitcoins reported previously stolen and that they have a warrants to seize all their computers to look for evidence?
The word on IRC is that these private services which pay >100% PPS in BTC for mining are doing this because they're attempting to get rid of 'dirty' coins which could potentially be traced in exchange for freshly mined coins. Certainly this is the only thing I've heard that makes any economic sense at all, but if it's true don't the miners have a right to know what role they're playing in this and what risk they're taking?
Have I got it wrong? Can you help me understand what the business is here?
So basically you are saying, you have decided that you can get a better apology out of him than the one you accepted two years ago, because you aren't a new member in the Bitcoin scene. I can't believe that you would hold a grudge for two years, holding out for a better apology. He gave you one, you accepted it, the issue has been resolved for two years, get over it. I highly doubt you will find any support carrying on with it. I like you Goat, but this irritates the hell out of me. If you feel the issue has been opened again for some reason, other than your doing, fine.
But stop playing the victim. Unless gmaxwell said to you the other day, "Hey hows the ole money laundering pool going you slimey bastard" I'd guess that he rubbed you the wrong way recently over something, and you decided to bring it back up.
I'm not defending gmaxwell, he could have worded his question better to make it less accusational as not to offend you. But this was two years ago... You said yourself that the situation was rectified. But I'm voicing my opinion on the matter because I'm grinding my teeth reading over the stupidness that is your boredom or stubborness, or whatever made you decide to reignite this. But whatever it is,
its completely on you, of course unless like I said a moment ago, gmaxwell brought it back up in some way, which for some reason, I pretty well doubt. You are not a victim here, you are stubborn, bored, stupid, or just had a score to settle for something recent and decided to use old news in your defence.