Quote from: cryptohunter2 on February 09, 2016, 03:55:59 AM

Quote from: CoinHoarder on February 08, 2016, 05:59:36 PM

Quote from: super3 on February 08, 2016, 05:01:48 PM

Quote from: TPTB_need_war on February 05, 2016, 07:20:33 PM

All decentralized file systems are doomed:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1344997.msg13730325#msg13730325
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1340057.msg13670558#msg13670558
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1340057.msg13783053#msg13783053

Storj guy here. All of the actor vectors you described are addressed in the our whitepaper or a blog post.

1) Sybil - Bonds and unique pieces
2) Illegal content - Greylists
3) Bandwidth vs storage - pay for both

But TPTB is a genius and you are an imbecile. He is so smart that he can determine your cryptocurrency is broken, worthless, and doomed without even researching it or reading the whitepaper. Roll Eyes

I feel sorry for all of the people that consider everything he has to say as the gospel, because he will certainly claim he is correct and never wrong.. apparently without even doing the proper research.

This is the entire point though... how can the normal joe bloggs know what to think. TPTB certainly gives convincing argument (well from the small parts most can understand) and nobody seems to really challenge his points - mostly because it is way beyond the scope of the general board reader so they have no clue.... even seasoned well known devs and coders either agree with him or can never seem to convincingly point out he is dead wrong except perhaps one time and he acknowledged it and moved on without an issue. So all the other times they seem to meet headlong into each other it seems like a lengthy drawn out discussion where eventually the discussion seems at an end and I never really know what to think.

I mean if he says these projects have issues then I get worried. If say cfb and monsterer and smooth agree then I guess it is very worrying.
The thing is this. Can it work to a point we can profit from this price point and fail to be an ideal solution later down the road with out modification ( kind of like what some would argue btc is doing long term without being modified) or is it just a total bogus idea that will never function well from the start?

Or is it fine?

I'd love to see the trades the top coders or most knowledgeable cryptographers on here make at exchanges. Do any of the top coders here that don't work on these project hold any maid or storj? I have a little of both and do like the idea.

He gives good technical analysis, and I wish he would just stick to that.

However, he tries to pass as an expert in all facets of business, marketing, speculation, cryptocurrencies (which are much more than simply technical analysis), etc... no one is a jack of all trades no matter how much they try to convince themselves as such. Then he injects his personal opinions (ideological, political, etc.) into his "technical" arguments which largely discredits the "technical" arguments he is making (since they are not purely technical and are at least partially based on opinion.) Then he tries to act as if his conclusions are not at least partially based on opinions, but are purely based on facts, and there is no way he's wrong since they're based on facts. Roll Eyes

You don't see many people "challenging his points" because no one wants to waste their whole day arguing with him. He will literally argue with you all day (if you want) since he's so stubborn, knows everything about everything, and you are an imbecile. I am happy I made it to his ignore list... I have so much free time now.