So ahh the 51% attack failed and FTC just got heaps of press....

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Quote from: mindtomatter on June 10, 2013, 01:16:52 PM

I run Let's Talk Bitcoin! and I'm getting ready to run an interview with the lead dev of Feathercoin Peter Bushnell tomorrow. I wanted to let you know that I recorded this interview with him more than two weeks ago and it was scheduled to run on Friday, but I had a time-sensitive interview about the legal situation with Bitcoin so I bumped it to tomorrows episode. I didn't tell anyone on Feathercoin I was doing it, and in fact they probably expected it to run last Tuesday, but it was bumped again for Fellow Traveler to talk about OpenTransactions and Bitmessage.

Bottom line, I seriously doubt this is a PR stunt because they've made no attempt at all to influence when I release the interview.

Just wanted to provide some perspective from a guy who spends lots of his time looking for scams and bullshit.

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I run Let's Talk Bitcoin! and I'm getting ready to run an interview with the lead dev of Feathercoin Peter Bushnell tomorrow. I wanted to let you know that I recorded this interview with him more than two weeks ago and it was scheduled to run on Friday, but I had a time-sensitive interview about the legal situation with Bitcoin so I bumped it to tomorrows episode. I didn't tell anyone on Feathercoin I was doing it, and in fact they probably expected it to run last Tuesday, but it was bumped again for Fellow Traveler to talk about OpenTransactions and Bitmessage.

Bottom line, I seriously doubt this is a PR stunt because they've made no attempt at all to influence when I release the interview.

Just wanted to provide some perspective from a guy who spends lots of his time looking for scams and bullshit.

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Quote from: FoBoT on June 10, 2013, 12:45:52 PM

chirp chirp chirp

but yeah, it can be explained by just miners using auto-coin chooser and someone putting XXX BTC to buy (drive up price) enough FTC to push the auto-coin miners over to FTC pools which spikes hash% enough to cause inadvertent problems, not intentional problems
or as you say, the intention was to get attention, not fork the chain?

Yeah I mean this happens with every coin that the auto-coin choosers switch to, amirite?

oh wait.

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chirp chirp chirp

but yeah, it can be explained by just miners using auto-coin chooser and someone putting XXX BTC to buy (drive up price) enough FTC to push the auto-coin miners over to FTC pools which spikes hash% enough to cause inadvertent problems, not intentional problems
or as you say, the intention was to get attention, not fork the chain?

i dunno

Pvt. Joe Bowers: What *are* these Feathercoins? Do you even know?

Secretary of State: They're... what they use to make Brawndo!

Pvt. Joe Bowers: But *why* do they use them to make Brawndo?

Secretary of Defense: [raises hand after a pause] Because Brawndo's got Feathercoins.

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There were actually a lot of interviews scheduled a good ways before the attack, but yes the attack did also cause it to be more well known as well with all of the people commenting on the attack.

The coin itself has been steadily gaining in popularity and is posed to be around for a while.

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‘Try to be nice’

ahh the sounds of uncomfortable silence.....

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‘Try to be nice’

??

now I’m starting to think its a Conspiracy the other way !

: D

I won't talk about what I had no idea existed before and now i do know exists .

- So my advice is you guys need to have a performance review and someone needs to have their methods/ funding reviewed.

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