Mike's final "Fuck You!!!" to Bitcoin:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3tftas/mike_hearn_now_working_for_r3cv_blockchain/cx5wwwu
"The current Bitcoin system, I mean the system we actually use today with the block chain, isn't going to change the world at all due to the 1mb limit.
Unless the community changes direction very clearly (which in practice will require getting rid of Bitcoin Core completely), then "the system" will simply wither on the vine whilst the community waits for Lightning, or whatever solution they're being sold. But Lightning bears no resemblance to the Bitcoin I signed up to work on 5 years ago. It's an entirely different design which looks very much like the existing model of banking - nodes that hold people's money (i.e. may end up regulated), route it between them, no support for smart contracts, byzantine complexity due to being built on a 'legacy' layer that wasn't designed for it, occasional settlement between parties etc. Assuming it even works at all.
So if I have a choice between helping the existing financial system build something better than what they have today that resembles Bitcoin, or helping the Bitcoin community build something worse than what they have today that resembles banking, then I may as well go where the users are and work with the banks."
I believe that he misspoke>>>>>>> ........"then I may as well go where the
Out of courtesy, I fixed it for him to say what he really meant to say.... which his choice may not be a bad thing for him on a personal financial level, and he may also possibly gain some interesting and useful experiences through his future endeavors.
Burn?
If we're still (inexplicably?) stuck at 1MB popescu pogs through the majority of 2016, I'll be lacing up my shoes too.
Hear, hear!
Could someone point out a few of Mr. Hearn's more notable contributions to Bitcoin? I am having trouble finding them. (serious question)
https://github.com/mikehearn