Quote from: elggawf on August 07, 2011, 06:31:56 AM

Quote from: FlipPro on August 07, 2011, 05:19:06 AM

He sounded to me like a nice guy, that was seriously attacked by SA nerds. He seriously just presented his idea at a terrible time when nobody wanted to listen. Sound like he was trying to take advantage of the whole mybitcoin.com debacle. Regardless, I hope he doesn't give up because a few nerds on the Internet wouldn't play nice with him.

I'm not an SA goon (though I have read their Bitcoin thread), and I don't recall posting in any of his threads - however... his idea was a crock of shit. Nothing about his story adds up, and I wouldn't trust someone like him to run any sort of voluntary regulatory body for Bitcoin. If he was doing a one-man band and put up or shut up, without begging for donations and showed some real results he might have gotten some traction.

Instead he told a bunch of stories that don't pass the tiniest of critical thinking... there's a bunch of people on the UABB board all of whom want to remain anonymous? So why even mention them? What do you possibly have to gain by claiming to have a bunch of help but no one wants to stand up and put their reputation on the line?

The stories about his school(s), the stories about his work with law enforcement... it's all really thin on the details. By the same standard of evidence he's using, I've been involved with US federal law enforcement, RCMP, and several state LEAs - wooagh!

It's not necessarily trolling if all you're doing is refusing to partake in the Bitcoiner circle-jerk at every new business idea that comes along.

I feel his idea merited consideration. Merchants outside the Bitcoin community constantly reinforce the idea of security on their web sites with this badge and that badge and "tested by whomever" badges. People want to feel safe. Bitcoin usage doesn't have the safest feel to it so maybe an organization that champions Bitcoin issues is valuable. It just turned out maybe Matt wasn't the #1 candidate to run an organization that is meant to instill trust.

He had talked about "UABB is happening even if i'm not involved" so maybe if he's truly that passionate he could work with others to continue it just not with him involved in any titled position. Just throwing some thoughts out there...