I am a little bothered by the way some bitcoin folks have perverted the original statement that really came from Ronald Reagan, which was "trust but verify." The current bitcoin maximalist statement that is circulating around, including coming frequently out of the mouth of Max Hillerand is "don't trust verify," which to me says something quite different from the "original": "trust but verify."
I think the phrase is ok. Using Bitcoin you don't need to trust, you just verify. Persons, you trust... but verify just in case you need to remove that trust.
I mean, I don't trust you sent me a tx.... I just verify you in fact did. There's no trusting needed there, just directly verifying.
I don't really have a problem with the statement, "don't trust, verify" - especially when it comes to bitcoin matters. I am just a bit bothered by the possible perversion of a historical reference of the Reagan statement of "trust but verify" that meant something else in that other context (in which he was referring to his talks with then Russian leaders). So, perhaps I am just being too picky, merely because of the different historical origins of that particular statement.
