Thank God!
I was going to say that that was a bad idea from the start.
Way too much confusion.
Keep up the good work BitcoinTalk!
Topic: Scrypt Bitcoin Threads NOT Allowed - page 7. (Read 12739 times)
My views on censorship aside, I think this was by far the best approach. I applaud the staff for making the right decision. 
Got BTC !? 
Censorship always comes with A PRICE 
My views on censorship aside, I think this was by far the best approach. I applaud the staff for making the right decision.
So there has been a lot of uproar about the new Scrypt "Bitcoin". I have discussed it with the other Staff members, and we feel it is in the forum user's best interest to not allow topics about the Scrypt Bitcoin on Bitcointalk.
Now before people get all upset about the censorship, let me explain our position,
First off, it is incredibly confusing to the Bitcointalk members, and even more so to new members. Those that stay out of the Altcoin scene in general are at a high risk of being caught in some level of fraud facilitated by the Scrypt Bitcoin, due to its name.
Second, users stand the risk of financial loss. Improper downloading of the Scrypt Bitcoin can cause damage to your real Bitcoin wallet. This is a similar stance that the forums holds to Malware. Even if the Scrypt Bitcoin did not intend to do damage, the possibility for damage is great, especially to those who don't understand the risks.
This is not a crackdown on all things Scrypt Bitcoin, we are not going to ban members for mentioning it in passing or anything insane like that, however we do request that you do not create new threads about it, or any download links or service discussion threads about it. I will be talking to the people who have existing threads regarding the Scrypt Bitcoin and figuring out what to do about those. New threads will be moved to the trashcan.
There are no hard feelings toward the coin, or Dev, however like mentioned before, its just too confusing and risky to actively allow a coin which could harm the forum users as a whole. Should the Developer of the Scrypt Bitcoin decide to change the name of it, it is welcomed back here.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask,
SaltySpitoon
Now before people get all upset about the censorship, let me explain our position,
First off, it is incredibly confusing to the Bitcointalk members, and even more so to new members. Those that stay out of the Altcoin scene in general are at a high risk of being caught in some level of fraud facilitated by the Scrypt Bitcoin, due to its name.
Second, users stand the risk of financial loss. Improper downloading of the Scrypt Bitcoin can cause damage to your real Bitcoin wallet. This is a similar stance that the forums holds to Malware. Even if the Scrypt Bitcoin did not intend to do damage, the possibility for damage is great, especially to those who don't understand the risks.
This is not a crackdown on all things Scrypt Bitcoin, we are not going to ban members for mentioning it in passing or anything insane like that, however we do request that you do not create new threads about it, or any download links or service discussion threads about it. I will be talking to the people who have existing threads regarding the Scrypt Bitcoin and figuring out what to do about those. New threads will be moved to the trashcan.
There are no hard feelings toward the coin, or Dev, however like mentioned before, its just too confusing and risky to actively allow a coin which could harm the forum users as a whole. Should the Developer of the Scrypt Bitcoin decide to change the name of it, it is welcomed back here.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask,
SaltySpitoon
+1
Great descision with a lot of thought, keep up the good work!
Soon will be renamed version (Bitcoin2) for convenience. Of course you do not lose your coins.
Well, damn. And here I got all excited after mining 125,000 of these things
Yea sure...like you have 600.000k hashing power in scrypt 
..but if you do..keep it up, it`s gonna worth something
Well, damn. And here I got all excited after mining 125,000 of these things
I am a bit confused. Are you saying no topics about any Scrypt coin (vs SHA256) or not topics about "Scrypt Bitcoin?" (not sure what that is.)
No topics about the Scrypt alt-coin named 'Bitcoin'. All the other alt-coins (Scrypt or otherwise) are fine.
I am a bit confused. Are you saying no topics about any Scrypt coin (vs SHA256) or not topics about "Scrypt Bitcoin?" (not sure what that is.)
The idea of using the same name as an existing coin is idiotic. Continue to ban all talk about this bullshit coin released by an imbecile.
Thanks for your efforts.
No, the idea of using the same name (Bitcoin) is GREAT! Thanks for your efforts.
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But I think it is not necessary to repeat this idea on another coins:)
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"Wikipedia" of cryptocoins: http://scrypt.com-http.us/
The idea of using the same name as an existing coin is idiotic. Continue to ban all talk about this bullshit coin released by an imbecile.
Thanks for your efforts.
Thanks for your efforts.
I think this coin will rise given it`s name and the fact that it`s scrypt/asic resistant . Competition anyone !? 
... I like competition Do you?
... I like competition Do you? Is this "Scrypt Bitcoin" malevolent or just a silly idea ?
Not intentionally so I don't believe, however since it has the same name and directories and such, if people don't go out of their way to get around it, the Scrypt Bitcoin will overwrite your SHA Bitcoin's files, losing your coin.
The second network (Bitcoin-2) has created the same address (I send to this address 50 BTC2 and I receive them). All coins from "alien network" are located in UNCONFIRMED. Then, when I copy this wallet to original BTC and start client - I still have 0.001 BTC in my wallet and 50 BTC2 in UNCONFIRMED.
Now I have the same multi-address for BTC and BTC-2.
Is this "Scrypt Bitcoin" malevolent or just a silly idea ?
Not intentionally so I don't believe, however since it has the same name and directories and such, if people don't go out of their way to get around it, the Scrypt Bitcoin will overwrite your SHA Bitcoin's files, losing your coin.
I think one name is not a problem. Most people do not use wallet and coins transferred from the pool to the exchange immediately. And those who use the wallet - are smart enough to rename the folder. Especially those who have a significant amount of BTC there.
But for convenience, we can rename it to bitcoin2 for myself. I think it does not have to be a developer. Since crypto belongs to no one in its essence.
But for convenience, we can rename it to bitcoin2 for myself. I think it does not have to be a developer. Since crypto belongs to no one in its essence.
Is this "Scrypt Bitcoin" malevolent or just a silly idea ?
It's kinda sad, because if they had just actually named it Bitcoin2, all these issues, would have been avoided.
Agreed, I was trying to get ahold of the Scrypt Bitcoin Dev, however they are pretty elusive. The first plan was to just have people put Disclaimers in their threads so everyone would know for certain which Bitcoin they were dealing with. The risk of having your Bitcoin wallet overwritten is why we aren't allowing Scrypt Bitcoin threads.
It's kinda sad, because if they had just actually named it Bitcoin2, all these issues, would have been avoided.
Actually that coin is really useful as a honeypot. I'm running both Scrypt and real bitcoin on the same machine. The fake bitcoin sitting in the default directory and the real one working with a -datadir switch 
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