Quote from: franky1 on January 25, 2017, 04:40:08 PM

Quote from: Paxful_Marketing on January 25, 2017, 04:18:17 PM

Quote from: franky1 on January 25, 2017, 04:03:32 PM

Quote from: Paxful_Marketing on January 25, 2017, 03:49:41 PM

I would not trust an investors opinion on this (barry silbert, ownership stake in blockstream, BTCC and coindesk, while being involved in hyperledger(bankers ledger) too) as they obviously have their own agenda. What ever happens, i really hope this does not follow the same theme as ETH.

This might sounds a bit silly to ask, but why was this not thought about a while back before we had the whole world watching?

i edited your post to show another thought you should also be thinking about.. why btcc was instantly waving happy flags for segwit.. even before actually peer reviewing and making their own node that had the rules set in october

Cheers for that. Very interesting actually. I have no idea what to make of it and i will do some research about what you mentioned. If that was the case, then what do you make of it? Do you have any links i could read up on in relation to what you mentioned?

google: barry silbert blockstream - top answer
Thrilled to invest in @Blockstream alongside a fantastic group of forward thinking global investors

google: barry silbert BTCC

to put it short. the whole list of his 'stakes'/investment
http://dcg.co/network/

barry silbert owns DCG (digital currency group) which then has investment/advisory/chairman board seat demands of many groups
you will see he is the guy behind "consensus 2016"

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Consensus 2016 Hackathon will be held during Consensus 2016, a 2nd annual blockchain technology summit, in collaboration with Digital Currency Group (DCG), the blockchain industrys most active investor.

this is why coindesk is very biased and in favour of companies owned by barry silbert(DCG) because coindesk is ownd by him

then check out DCG hyperledger

barry silbert to bitcoin/blockchain world.. is like rupert murdock to the fiat world

Firstly, my apologies for asking something that was in the top search of google. I usually get frustrated when the answer is a google search away and people ask for links, so in short, sorry for getting you to do that.

I am really shocked by this collective group. So many company names in the network that i individually would stay away from but to see they are all under the same umbrella is quite concerning! The R3 initiative and Hyperledger seem to follow the same path - correct me if i am wrong. They could easily turn into the next google or facebook, fishing for information and passing them onto government organisations to monitor and analyse.

How can we overcome this monopoly? How does this effect the whole concept of "decentralization"?