Quote from: smooth on August 12, 2015, 04:08:50 AM

Personal bias is not a factor in his dismissal of the technology. He gave his opinion based on precise and valid technical arguments, which can be evaluated on their own merit.

I tentatively disagree and at the risk of garnering his wrath further I would like to present the context for my snide comment (yes, it was kind of snide and if I could take it back I would. I don't understand computer science like he does but I am also not illiterate.)

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1049048.msg12118600#msg12118600

He is claiming to doom Monero and Bitcoin and if that is the case (he is dotting his eyes in a proper manner so props) than there is a personal bias - meaning I don't blame him for not wanting to spend his time with an (apparently) underwhelming bounty (how does one simulate a global context?). So I acquiesce to an extent...it was a snide comment but based on his own posts and my own bias. Fair enough. I admit to being aware of the issues presented but not versed enough to actually debate it...

I understand that this post is probably going to be crunched and so be it...I have a job and am not only working with PhD's in my respective field (cognitive neuropsychology; cue laughter, it is fine) but think that this is more of a hobby than my livelihood. That said, we do pick up our interests and focuses as we do...especially in a diluted communicative base that is this forum.

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What is a factor in his unwillingness to do pentesting (if the current testnet even counts as valid pentesting) for VNL is the fact that $2100 is not even close to enough to pay for his time, much less acquiring other resources for an attack.

Increase the bounty a lot and (again assuming the testnet is a valid test) you may have qualified people interested. You should also of course not be paying such a bounty in VNL, as was pointed out earlier on this thread. Otherwise it is little more than cheap trash talk, which only makes the coin look even more like a scam.

Again, not sure how to simulate a global interest for a bounty to be large enough.

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People do not understand that the goal here is not to make something it secure against attackers with <$2100 of resources. It is to make something secure against attackers with large to enormous resources, in the case where the coin is highly successful (which is the only case that really matters). At least that should be the goal. If you are instead trying to orchestrate a pump-and-dump (even a relatively slow and elaborate one, where perhaps you feel even if you aren't the ringleader, you can ride his coattails and dump at a profit to a greater fool), then your goals are quite different.

My goals are very different and they roughly mesh with crypto currencies. More social than economic and I won't suffer a rats cheese if BTC fails..or any other crypto. I find it interesting though...

Which leads me to a short response to 'The Powers That Be Need War'...Of course they do. That's the point. Fuck it up if you can.

I'm going back to topics I know more about...