He also met pirate in person and trusted him fully.
Hold on... how/when did I miss this?! If this is true, then I'd like to reiterate that Gigavps shouldn't go.
Also, what do you guys think about Casascius and Meni Rosenfeld? I am not sure that Rosenfeld lives in the US, but from my recollection he has some sort of degree in mathematics and invented the DGM/DGS algorithm. In my book, they are reputable people that don't have much to do with BFL.
EDIT: Josh (Inaba), only 1-2 people can go?
Meni is in Israel. He seems pretty smart but he also trusted a serial scammer, Alberto, and agreed to run a 3% weekly bond for him.
I think casacius is trustworthy and he is in the US.
Gigavps and reeses were big-time pirate supporters.
8693 reeses 79 pirateat40 2012-01-28 02:28:55 10 solid as a brick and completely trustworthy. Lots of profit potential.
11153 pirateat40 -41 reeses 2012-05-24 15:13:06 9 Core - The very best of the community.
7853 gigavps 257 pirateat40 2012-08-30 22:29:00 10 all business, no drama
7739 pirateat40 -41 gigavps 2012-08-17 22:30:23 10 They don't come better.