Is rpietila also part of that group? what will happen to him? he seemed like a cool guy.
All his funds (have been and) are being stolen from him, because he tried to compete with Bitcoin.
He is not mistaken that he has been targeted. He is mistaken that he can defeat the forces against him, because for one thing he doesn't even understand the technology he needs to know in order to defeat the TMSR.
Re: PRE-ANN: People's Mark - basic income local currency in Finland - launch Oct2016- is currently executing Kansanmarkka, a debt-free basic income currency, designed to oust Euro from Finland (and the world) by voluntary choice by the people. Participation in Kansanmarkka is free, you actually get paid.
Centralised DB
This is a technological and political-economic flaw. A Nash equilibrium immutable protocol should be the law, not humans.
A system mutable by humans is a power vacuum.