Quote from: inBitweTrust on January 12, 2015, 07:08:49 PM

Quote from: HELP.org on January 12, 2015, 07:03:21 PM

I am talking about the Bitcoin nut jobs specifically. There are many reasonable people involved in Bitcoin who embrace some of those ideals. However, there is list of agenda-pushers and nut jobs involved in Bitcoin who routinely misrepresent things such as: Ver, Vorhees, Shrem, Rassah, Tourianski, Popescu, Mayer, etc. These are the people who are damaging Bitcoin's reputation and misrepresent what Bitcoin is. They are the "Al Sharpton's" of Bitcoin and they attract the type of people who scare normal people away. These are not the same type of people as those you list above.

We are all part of bitcoin. I understand it is discomforting for you to acknowledge their contributions to our ecosystem. They do not solely represent Bitcoin and neither does the Bitcoin Foundation. This is a open source collaborative effort where everyone has an equal opportunity to contribute or for media exposure. You just seem bitter that they get more attention than you think they deserve. You have just as much opportunity as them to get attention.

Rather than pout, why don't you take a more positive approach to promoting your agenda and join organizations like the Bitcoin Foundation?

I run my own web sites and do my own thing. What I hate is when I try to explain Bitcoin to someone and they start bringing up all the nut-job stuff. It is embarrassing to try to explain away claims such as Bitcoin will end wars when the clown claiming it is on the agenda of a Bitcoin conference. The comic relief of some of the stupid things you see from these people keeps me going. Actually I bought Bitcoin.me from that Popescu clown via a broker. A transaction that normally takes 2-3 days took 2-3 months.

My first day in Bitcoin was reading a thread of how everyone involved in Bitcoin should be on WoW because that is the only thing that means anything. Then I was referred to Erik Vorhees description of BTC. Then I saw the video of the Bitfloor guy in his skull cap explaining how he lost everyone's funds. I tried buying Bitcoin and I found a guy who used my bank but I found out he was involved in MyBitcoin (I tried to buy bitcoinme.com from the same guy and he wanted $5 million). I ordered mining equipment from that caplepair guy. Then people started threatening him and posting pictures of his family when he didn't deliver and I alerted the police up where he lives. Then you have Theymos, a guy who has the emergency alert key, promoting a fake bank using the Bitcoin Foundation logo. No wonder Satoshi dropped out.