Re: Bitcoin XT - Officially #REKT (also goes for BIP101 fraud)
Peter R, I can't imagine why you thought this animated gif was a good idea. I know it's supposed to depict a "possible future" that you want to help bring about, but someone not following the issue could easily think that XT has grown to be competitive with Core, which isn't true at all. And the fact that you keep reposting it in various venues is -- well, it makes me wonder what you think you're accomplishing. And calling it a "Nash Equilibrium"? Why? Is there some mathematics supporting the gif?
Maybe Peter R's gif is just an indication that he's in the denial stage. People dancing on XT's grave probably isn't helping.
Maybe Peter R's gif is just an indication that he's in the denial stage. People dancing on XT's grave probably isn't helping.
I mentioned Peter R being in the "denial stage" as an offhand comment. Now that I've looked it up the stages of grief it might fit what we're seeing from XT supporters. In this thread, along with many others, there's been no shortage of "anger." The new "goal" of just wanting there to be competing implementations seems to fit the "bargaining" stage.
Yes, the "bargaining stage" framework is a great fit for explaining the current actions of some notable remaining Gavinista dead-enders.
It's the classic "well at least XT died accomplishing its mission of [Noble Cause]."
The stages of grief also explain the contradictory narratives we observe Team XT promulgating.
Those still in the denial stage put out the spin doctor "XT isn't dead; it's waiting in the wings. Wait until December, then you'll see!" fantasy. Zarassthua and Benighted22 are stuck in this initial stage.
PR, sgbett, Frap.doc, and Hearn@signint.google.mil have moved on to the bargaining stage, wherein XT died as a sacrificial egg to make the #ScalingBitcoin omelet.
You say us grave dancers could "be a bit more gracious" but your mercilessly spot-on 'grieving stages' analysis twists the knife in their bellies more cruelly than our lighthearted clowning ever could.
Nice job!
