Topic: MATTHEW FIRED FROM BITCOIN MAGAZINE - page 2. (Read 7381 times)

Wierd to see this coming from you.  You normally take a very hard line.  Sure pirate is the bigger criminal.  I'm sure people are after him too.  But if Matthew had won, it would have been for about 1M dollars I think.  Please remember the context where Vanderoy just made a real bet 50k USD and won.  The original bet at 10k was not so out of line.

I did not bet or think he'd pay.  Regardless that does not excuse him.  We need zero tolerance for these people.  Big or small.

I want to pay suppliers in bitcoin.  How's that going to happen if they come to these forums and see this cr*p from what seems to be pivotal members of the community?

Bitcoin Magazine, take note. Give LoupGaroux a regular column to vent in, call it "Speaking my Bit" and sales will go up through the roof.

+1.  I did take a look at their advertising page though
http://bitcoinmagazine.net/advertise-with-us/

Why no advertising rates online?  Many papers show their rates online - there is no reason the rates should change from day to day.

^This.  If he is still profiting, I'm not buying.

I still stand behind what I said though, I think some people are going out of their way tarnish what is likely to be a great Bitcoin conference. That is uncalled for and I'm personally very tired of it.

I agree that they probably have some responsibility over that mess and are partially to blame for it. I especially don't like their lack of communication skills regarding everything (Intersango related stuff as well). I still stand behind what I said though, I think some people are going out of their way tarnish what is likely to be a great Bitcoin conference. That is uncalled for and I'm personally very tired of it.

The conference has nothing to do with the Bitcoinica case, that case is being settled elsewhere and in other ways. I would understand the hate better if there was actually a court verdict that said Patrick is responsible. As far as I know, there IS NOT. Until there is, most of us really shouldn't put too much weight on that particular issue. The conference is about much more than Patrick.

First bolded part is really uncalled for. Bitcoinica's problem is not about degenerate gamblers who did stupid bets.
As much as I want this conference to succeed (and it will, I'm not too worried about that), I can't agree with you on that.
At the very least Intersango team stopped all communication, release the source code (with some credentials in it), which prevented a buyout (which would have probably enabled creditors to be payed in full).
Their lack of communication also delayed the liquidation of the company. So they clearly have some responsibility in this mess.

I'm personally happy with the announcement and will continue to support Bitcoin Magazine. I think they reacted fast and in a decisive manner. Also the speaker for the conference has been changed of course.

As far as the conference is concerned I don't get some people at all (namely repentance & LoupGaroux), they go out of their way to tarnish it at every opportunity. They probably lost speculative gambling money at Bitcoinica and now they are eternally hateful, boohoo...

The truth is that the Intersango team is helping to organize the biggest and most likely greatest Bitcoin conference thus far. It's an important gathering of like minded people. I also see it as an opportunity for the Intersango team to correct their reputation for the better, by organizing a great conference. I hope they succeed.

And Patrick, well as far as I know Patrick and Donald have been running Intersango without major issues from day 1 and still continue to run it. The whole Bitcoinica case is still unresolved, it's very much unclear who was truly responsible and who fucked up.

I've had my own doubts about the team, our site discontinued using Intersango a while ago just to be safe and we're still not using it. We do want to use Intersango and based on our experience at the conference we might re-evaluate this decision.

Looks like the thugs in charge have stomped their little jackboots. Nice job on trashing the only voice that your little magazine had that did any good for promoting itself. Matthew is a character. Always has been, and if played true to the cards he's showing, he always will be. Anyone who took this bet seriously is a prize ass, and deserving of public humiliation. Coming on the heels of Bitscalper, Bitcoinica and pirate, it was only fitting that somebody call attention to the absolute pathetic lemming-like devotion to believing pure bullshit that has become the hallmark of bitcoin.

Hey kids? There is no free lunch. You cannot sustain 7% weekly returns. There is no economic perpetual motion money making machine that pulls bitcoins out of your ass for your amusement. Matthew's big crime was poking fun at you about it. Oh me oh my, what a terrible scoundrel he is. You have pirate raping your entire family to the tune of $5 million dollars, and you want to jump on the shit of the guy who poked a finger in your eye? Lame. You have the bitcoinica incompetents pissing in your drink and still being kowtowed to because they are going to be keynote speakers at this joke of a conference in London.

Get a fucking clue Bitcoin Community!!! Right the fuck now. All of these slick snake oil salesmen who have just invented the newest greatest thing that you should invest in are talking to you for one single reason only- to steal your funds. There is no altruistic tooth fairy that wants to make you rich, they all just want to make themselves rich. And you are the laziest, saddest bunch of fuck-toys I have ever seen. Somebody just fleeced your ass out of 500,000 bitcoins and your anger is directed towards the guy mocking you about it.

Stop thinking that bitcoin is some wunderkind techno anarchy tool that is going to change the definition of money. It is a slightly interesting alternate way to transact a very, very limited subset of transactions pretty much limited to the technically savvy. Unfortunately, it seems as if one of the first things that happens when you download the block chain is that you put your common sense on hold.

Oh, and Bitcoin Magazine? I ordered copies of the first three issues 6 weeks ago. Bought and paid for with PayPal. Where the fuck are they? Maybe a little more attention to fulfillment and a little less ass-kissing to the the gods of public opinion. You are starting to act like a couple of other well known fuck-ups of recent note in that your attention is on your ego, and not on your business model. Quit playing games and do your jobs.

Hi all,

sorry guys for asking, I'm not a frequent reader here lately. What is wrong with the magazine or with Mat that I didn't see or know ?

Thanks,,,

I was under the impression that GPUMax was owned and operated solely by pirate, and thus GPUMax = BTCS&T in a way. Is that wrong?

I was under the impression that GPUMax was owned and operated solely by pirate, and thus GPUMax = BTCS&T in a way. Is that wrong?