Quote from: The Pharmacist on January 15, 2016, 01:20:33 AM

Quote from: forevernoob on January 14, 2016, 10:41:30 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/17/business/dealbook/the-bitcoin-believer-who-gave-up.html

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The start-up in New York where he has taken a job, R3, is developing Bitcoin-like networks for banks to enable cheaper and faster ways to trade assets of all sorts.

Basically, Mike Hearn quit Bitcoin to join the banksters.

And also he sold all of his BTC, what a joke... Why not invest some in an alt coin at least?
If you like the idea behind Bitcoin but you don't like the block size why not use an alt coin instead?
There should be plenty to choose from.

He doesn't seem to be that interested in the ideas behind Bitcoin.

I'd say because very few of them have a future. But bitcoin is bigger than one man so this is ok. The world will continue to turn.

Well you have a point, if Bitcoin fails the crypto market will tank.
But still I am pretty sure they guy had loads of Bitcoin so surely he could invest some in an alt?

There's already a couple of coins that you can trade directly for USD which means they no longer rely on Bitcoin to maintain it's value.
Even if Bitcoin fails I will keep my alt's. As they might recover after Bitcoins death.