I'm bothered by the fact that he opens a thread for his project where he refuses to discuss certain questions in detail (even goes as far as threatening with deletion) because "wait for the whitepaper".
I don't see the point of the thread.
Mark this down for the history books.
I agree with traumschiff.
Seems like the only purpose is to hype vaporware.
I don't think it is really malicious but more driven by enthusiasm and being a bit impatient to wait until it's actually done (at least in part) before discussing it. The effect is similar though.
It stems from self control. Anyone who has a good sense of self-control would shut his mouth and work and release the product when it is done.
Instead of posting for months (and years?) about how he has a great system that will blow bitcoin out of the water on every item of importance, just work on it and get it done.
Instead of waiting, he jumps the gun.
I would be willing to apologize publicly if he indeeds fulfills ALL of his claims in his project. But until then it is all HYPE.