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Topic: Very severe blow to bitcoin - page 3. (Read 8749 times)

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July 12, 2014, 12:19:20 AM
#95
At least the mastercoin foundation finally kicked Brock to the curb today.
Wow! Any link?


No one is talking about it. He was removed yesterday or today. Brock is no longer listed @ http://mastercoinfoundation.org/#board as a board member. They forgot to change the 7 to a 6 though. "Original 7 Volunteer Board Members" Smiley
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July 12, 2014, 12:14:43 AM
#94
At least the mastercoin foundation finally kicked Brock to the curb today.
Wow! Any link?
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July 12, 2014, 12:03:40 AM
#93
So what? Cheesy
How is that going to affect the BTC price in negative way?! I dont get it, please someone explain!
The President of The Bitcoin Foundation  (the "The" being part of its name), billionaire virtual currency entrepreneur Brock Pierce, tells the Wall Street Journal that people should use RealCoin, a second-generation cryptocurrency, for e-commerce, instead of Bitcoin; since the latter is incurably volatile while RealCoin is pegged to the dollar. (However he expects some fringe bitcoiners to be displeased for silly ideological reasons.) 



At least the mastercoin foundation finally kicked Brock to the curb today.
legendary
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July 11, 2014, 09:02:32 PM
#92
Bitcoin high priest Andreas Antonopolous who vouched for Mark Karpeles and worked for Neo & Bee finally admits the Bitcoin Foundation is a sham.

Its cool though because Andreas loves talking about Bitcoin so we give him a pass everytime he wants to wipe the poop off his boots that hes been walking around.  Roll Eyes

Hmmm  good point.  Still, you've got to love Andreas somehow.  He definitely comes off as one of the good guys.

People I know who started bringing up the Karpeles and Neo & Bee things first are all Foundation members who post on their forums. I'm pretty sure it's a PR counter-attack they chose to lessen the blow, true or not
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July 11, 2014, 11:17:40 AM
#91
Bitcoin high priest Andreas Antonopolous who vouched for Mark Karpeles and worked for Neo & Bee finally admits the Bitcoin Foundation is a sham.

Its cool though because Andreas loves talking about Bitcoin so we give him a pass everytime he wants to wipe the poop off his boots that hes been walking around.  Roll Eyes

Hmmm  good point.  Still, you've got to love Andreas somehow.  He definitely comes off as one of the good guys.
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July 11, 2014, 11:07:01 AM
#90
Bitcoin high priest Andreas Antonopolous who vouched for Mark Karpeles and worked for Neo & Bee finally admits the Bitcoin Foundation is a sham.

Its cool though because Andreas loves talking about Bitcoin so we give him a pass everytime he wants to wipe the poop off his boots that hes been walking around.  Roll Eyes
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July 11, 2014, 09:09:17 AM
#89
On the one hand it might be bad news when one after another core developers turns their back at Bitcoin but:

Do the masses care/even know about this? I doubt that very much.
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July 11, 2014, 09:03:00 AM
#88
I do not think a person like him can singlehandedly move the Bitcoin market.
Are you aware of Brock Pierce's experience with IGE?
EDIT: specified "his"
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July 11, 2014, 08:56:38 AM
#87
Name one thing the foundation has done to benefit Bitcoin. Seriously, maybe I missed something but I dont know what good the foundation has ever brought...
My thoughts exactly.
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July 11, 2014, 08:29:25 AM
#86
I do not think a person like him can singlehandedly move the Bitcoin market.
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July 11, 2014, 08:24:28 AM
#85
Name one thing the foundation has done to benefit Bitcoin. Seriously, maybe I missed something but I dont know what good the foundation has ever brought...

Don't they pay Gavin's salary?
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July 11, 2014, 08:19:50 AM
#84

Andreas Antonop's tweet is the worst news yet that I've heard for bitcoin. 

Looks like Andreas is done with the Bitcoin Foundation. Good. Screw the Bitcoin Foundation.

"I can no longer have even the smallest association with the Bitcoin Foundation, because of the complete lack of transparency" https://twitter.com/aantonop/status/486926129409052672

The Bitcoin foundation has gained Pierce and lost Antonopolos.  This isn't going in the right direction at all.


Does it really matter? The Bitcoin Foundation are what exactly? An unelected body that nobody voted for. Andreas can go on to serve the bitcoin community in better ways now. He doesn't need them and we don't need the Foundation.
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July 11, 2014, 07:51:11 AM
#83
 Roll Eyes Huh

in current state Bitcoin can do without BF.
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VIS ET LIBERTAS
July 11, 2014, 05:32:47 AM
#82
Someone is trying to bring down Bitcoin!

I have a feeling its the creator behind RealCoin ....a  TBF board member also... Shocked
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You lead and I'll watch you walk away.
July 10, 2014, 11:05:20 PM
#81
All the core developers who were with Bitcoin at the beginning are starting to leave, this could actually affect the price, especially if the Bitcoin foundation still has the ability to fuck with the network unless the community can create their own fork we all agree on.

What are you talking about? The Foundation is entirely separate from the Bitcoin Core development group. They don't have any power over the network.

Except 3 of them are paid by the foundation. When you pay someone a salary they become your employee. I have a tendency to do what my boss tells me to do.

QuestionAuthority, do you realize you were quoted by Coindesk?

No? Do you have a link?

http://www.coindesk.com/new-study-low-bitcoin-transaction-fees-unsustainable/


Cool, thanks.
legendary
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July 10, 2014, 10:59:38 PM
#80
All the core developers who were with Bitcoin at the beginning are starting to leave, this could actually affect the price, especially if the Bitcoin foundation still has the ability to fuck with the network unless the community can create their own fork we all agree on.

What are you talking about? The Foundation is entirely separate from the Bitcoin Core development group. They don't have any power over the network.

Except 3 of them are paid by the foundation. When you pay someone a salary they become your employee. I have a tendency to do what my boss tells me to do.

QuestionAuthority, do you realize you were quoted by Coindesk?

No? Do you have a link?

http://www.coindesk.com/new-study-low-bitcoin-transaction-fees-unsustainable/

legendary
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You lead and I'll watch you walk away.
July 10, 2014, 10:58:53 PM
#79
All the core developers who were with Bitcoin at the beginning are starting to leave, this could actually affect the price, especially if the Bitcoin foundation still has the ability to fuck with the network unless the community can create their own fork we all agree on.

What are you talking about? The Foundation is entirely separate from the Bitcoin Core development group. They don't have any power over the network.

Except 3 of them are paid by the foundation. When you pay someone a salary they become your employee. I have a tendency to do what my boss tells me to do.

QuestionAuthority, do you realize you were quoted by Coindesk?

No? Do you have a link?
legendary
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Core dev leaves me neg feedback #abuse #political
July 10, 2014, 10:57:49 PM
#78
All the core developers who were with Bitcoin at the beginning are starting to leave, this could actually affect the price, especially if the Bitcoin foundation still has the ability to fuck with the network unless the community can create their own fork we all agree on.

What are you talking about? The Foundation is entirely separate from the Bitcoin Core development group. They don't have any power over the network.

Except 3 of them are paid by the foundation. When you pay someone a salary they become your employee. I have a tendency to do what my boss tells me to do.

QuestionAuthority, do you realize you were quoted by Coindesk?
legendary
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You lead and I'll watch you walk away.
July 10, 2014, 10:56:18 PM
#77
All the core developers who were with Bitcoin at the beginning are starting to leave, this could actually affect the price, especially if the Bitcoin foundation still has the ability to fuck with the network unless the community can create their own fork we all agree on.

What are you talking about? The Foundation is entirely separate from the Bitcoin Core development group. They don't have any power over the network.

Except 3 of them are paid by the foundation. When you pay someone a salary they become your employee. I have a tendency to do what my boss tells me to do.
legendary
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The Dude Of DopeCoin
July 10, 2014, 10:47:59 PM
#76
Someone is trying to bring down Bitcoin!

I have a feeling its the creator behind RealCoin ....a  TBF member also... Shocked

On a side note.....anyone know if any good coin dev's lol ....looking for one for this coin:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.7779997

send me a PM. Thanks!
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