Topic: [SCAM] BLOCKNET: The Metcalf/Prom Alt-Coin Cartel Scam Exposed - page 33. (Read 100179 times)

I find it useful to keep reminding myself that the map is not the territory and the bitcointalk/github account is not the person.

Co-incidentally, I encountered some interesting relevant info, thought I'd write it up and share it with the discussants here ...

BlockNet is a straightforwardly-rebranded git clone of BitSwift. By “straightforwardly-rebranded”, I mean that, apart from some minimal changes to parameters, the rest of the changes are to the strings carrying the coin's name. This string replacement is often crude, fuzzily focused and inadequately constrained.

Fuzzy focus in BlockNet revealing BitSwift origin https://github.com/atcsecure/blocknet/blob/master/COPYING#L1

BlockNet, presented for ICO in Nov 2014, is basically a degraded copy of 6 month-old hackcoin and the identifiable descendants that populate the family tree have all turned out to be black sheep. Using this foul heritage as a foundational codebase for an ambitious project is an inexplicably odd choice for a reputedly savvy dev.

It may be that the choice of initial commit is irrelevant - some devs adopt the tactic of simply obliterating the original commit with a later monolithic commit or even ignoring the open source code entirely and pursuing a V2.0-binary-only release policy, spuriously argued as aimed at protecting IP.


Cheers

Graham

They might as well abandon the XC project. I mean, why bother wasting more energy on an exposed coin? Perhaps they should re-launch using a different name? What about Zcurrency, with lead dev Ben Batcalf?

 so then join the discussion
http://xctalk.com/index.php?/topic/227-regarding-all-the-fud/

if you go there with an intent to troll, you'll get banned instantly. I think the entire team has had enough with the 5-6 different FUD topics that they have to deal with here.

His answers are all evasive i just want them in a cohesive manner, not hard if he really wanted to put an end to it i don't think in any way i'm asking to much. all the thread locking and post deleting aside his behaviors lately is questionable.

its called reading through the past 10-20 pages dude, unless you feel like you deserve a direct response from Dan, in which case you dont because you're not even an investor.

So i asked these questions in the xc thread and my post got deleted and the thread is now locked..not shady at all  




No did have not. You have been evasive please just answer them in a cohesive manner. By not doing so again is extremely evasive!
Believe it or not i want to put and end to this and you are just enabling it to carry on which makes it suspicious.

I love scandals... EDIT: that I haven't invested money in

bitches devs & fucked whales - go out from crypto 

I think it matters quite a lot. What if only "Ryan Kennedy" was outed and not "Alex Green"? That would leave Green to continue doing the same scheme. I would rather out all involved and try and crush it completely. Could they start a new acct and alias and start all over? Sure they could, but at least we could eliminate more of the aliases/scammers that a currently operating. I am just revealing what I find and trying to connect the dots.

ROFL!!!!!! they just tapped out and closed the moderated XC thread

Yeah your right no SEC exists in this world.... And most coins are P&D's but this one is out in the open....


IPO needs to set up a buy wall so people can sell the shit Blocknet..


I don't care who Dan is never did...For all we know its Keyser Söze

 The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist..

OP updated.


XC's PR man synechist was quick to issue a statement regarding the leak . Unfortunately, in his haste he may have revealed more than he intended to:

"However such logs are not provably truthful, and in this case are false."

He doesn't say that the content of the conversation was inaccurate. He says the logs themselves are false. This begs the question, how could Synechist make the assertion that the logs were falsified if he was not part of the conversations? Was this was the only way for synechist to denounce the accusations without directly attacking (his co-conspirator?) Prometheus? If the logs are to be believed it would appear Prometheus has thrown a lot of jobs Mr Metcalf's way.

Synechist has revealed that he is paid for his work for XC, and with that being so it is perhaps unsurprising that he will go to any lengths and say almost anything to defend the project (after all, his livelihood depends on it.) He earns his money well.

Unfortunately for him, soon after claiming the logs to be false 00Smurf was good enough to post screenshots of the Skype conversations. The reaction from the XC camp is now to brush the matter aside as if synechist's word in itself should be enough to bring it to a close. It is an insult to the people who have bought BlockNet tokens that they should dismiss with such contempt the legitimate questions that have arisen.

XC has presented itself as the last bastion of ethicality in the cryptocurrency world. A project of high-minded ideals with the BlockNet the instantiation of some great collaborative spirit. The IRC logs paint these deals in an entirely different light. If Prometheus's claims are true they reveal the rank hypocrisy of the sanctimonious tone with which the XC and BlockNet projects have been sold to us.

The choice of coins that have been included in the BlockNet, and the questionable cast of characters behind them, suggest the project is anything but the great work of selfless crypto-unification it has been presented as. I will continue to update this if and when new evidence is presented.

Everyone is calling out prom, yet Nope is being pushed as the twitter coin of the day. It is a complete joke.
Crypto.

Totally agree.  I think it is very unlikely Dan and Prom are the same person and there is far more to explore without wasting time in this area.

You misunderstand.
I try to increase BTC whilst also promoting the BTC platform outside the crypto arena.
Whilst there are other currencies to trade with and increase
my BTC holdings I will participate. If I don't my ability to trade and increase BTC
awareness would be limited.

My personal prime directive is the widespread adoption of BTC. As for the rest of the Alt currencies
they are there to be abused, used, ditched, pumped and dumped. I care for only 3 or 4 of the
of them because their Tech is very good.

500 of that BTC value is in altcoins though, was the agreement to raise 850 actual BTC or just total value?

dont worry about that, 80% of the vol is them buying their own shit ipo manipulating the volume, and free coins to dump for the future

Man, this doesn't matter at all. pr0m3theus2013 is in BlockNet and he is insider info guru who knows how to fuck others. I want to get out of this public rape.

Bittrex and all exchanges are far worse scammers than anyone mentioned here.
By the way, I have never once heard anyone complain when the coin they were in was getting pumped. I'm sure that goes for everyone bitching about it in here.

This is so fucked up man. This guy has inside info on BlockNet and is linked to its development. I want to get out of this shit boat asap. Inside information is illegal and he is fucking everybody with this info.