Re: How would it be know if a segwit thieft actually happened?
So, Mircea Popescu argues against Segwit with death bounties. This is how his followers make their case:
The post which evidently set Last of the V8s off his rocker was in a PGP-related thread, wherein I briefly quoted myself from this thread. An interesting portion of Mr. V8s signature is here presented with my addition of red boldface:
I do not accept segwit outputs as payment, nor send them.
~14 easy tricks to save bitcoin http://trilema.com/2013/how-to-airgap-a-practical-guide/
The auditable hardware RNG https://archive.is/CGQkR
Last I checked, the phuctor page had disappeared and was a redirect to the authors homepage. I didnt bother digging, given that said author is one whom Ive found to eviscerate his own credibility:
Anyway, this is off-topic on this thread. If you care to take it up elsewhere, feel free to start a new thread in an appropriate forum and PM me the link. Ill reply if (and only if) its interesting.
Any more questions about M.P., cellard? Dont take that the wrong way. Ive read Trilema; I know that its author knows how to speak very persuasively.
(Aside, MPEx (Mircea Popescus stock Exchange) still demands a 50 BTC registration fee despite that its homepage currently advertises a 30-day total volume of 1.19999520 BTC. Thats for the entire exchangewhile the homepage also advertises, Providing nucleation in the superheated fluid of Bitcoin. Popescus forum spokeswoman has been silent since 18 April 2016. Popescu is evidently not a man who can keep a big-money project going for more than a few years. Too bad for all the people who paid 50 BTC for that.)
The post which evidently set Last of the V8s off his rocker was in a PGP-related thread, wherein I briefly quoted myself from this thread. An interesting portion of Mr. V8s signature is here presented with my addition of red boldface:
I have (much) more to say about PGP keys.
Did you follow the phuctorings? I do not accept segwit outputs as payment, nor send them.
~14 easy tricks to save bitcoin http://trilema.com/2013/how-to-airgap-a-practical-guide/
The auditable hardware RNG https://archive.is/CGQkR
Last I checked, the phuctor page had disappeared and was a redirect to the authors homepage. I didnt bother digging, given that said author is one whom Ive found to eviscerate his own credibility:
N.b. that unlike most of the anti-Segwit crowd, Popescu is against P2SH, too. He really means it when he claims that the only valid Bitcoin addresses start with a 1.
Caveat lector. Generally, Popescu states many truths, including a few controversial ones; he liberally mixes that with half-truths, innuendo, bare assertions of questionable factuality (or worse), and occasionally, outright nonsense. He is obviously intelligent. He excels at showmanship. He is probably effective at overawing and brainwashing many readers. I have no idea what his game is, and he is not sufficiently important for me to attempt divining his motives.
Caveat lector. Generally, Popescu states many truths, including a few controversial ones; he liberally mixes that with half-truths, innuendo, bare assertions of questionable factuality (or worse), and occasionally, outright nonsense. He is obviously intelligent. He excels at showmanship. He is probably effective at overawing and brainwashing many readers. I have no idea what his game is, and he is not sufficiently important for me to attempt divining his motives.
Anyway, this is off-topic on this thread. If you care to take it up elsewhere, feel free to start a new thread in an appropriate forum and PM me the link. Ill reply if (and only if) its interesting.
Any more questions about M.P., cellard? Dont take that the wrong way. Ive read Trilema; I know that its author knows how to speak very persuasively.
(Aside, MPEx (Mircea Popescus stock Exchange) still demands a 50 BTC registration fee despite that its homepage currently advertises a 30-day total volume of 1.19999520 BTC. Thats for the entire exchangewhile the homepage also advertises, Providing nucleation in the superheated fluid of Bitcoin. Popescus forum spokeswoman has been silent since 18 April 2016. Popescu is evidently not a man who can keep a big-money project going for more than a few years. Too bad for all the people who paid 50 BTC for that.)