“Not your keys, not your coins.”

“Not your domain, not your website.”

The key difference is, of course, that a domain name is a (0) non-cryptographic identifier (1) under centralized control. There is no avoiding that, unless you use only v3 onions, Namecoin, etc. Still, it is critical to avoid reliance on domain names controlled by untrustworthy people such as, oh, say, Roger Ver.

E tu, Cøbra?

Quote from: gmaxwell on Today at 01:04:21 AM

I'm really sad to hear this. It seems like bitcoin faces such tremendous headwinds.

Thanks.

Quote from: JayJuanGee on Today at 06:45:16 AM

Surely, I do not understand enough to understand the significance of your comments.

I think you get it.

Quote from: LoyceV on Today at 06:55:28 AM

I don't get it either. Please elaborate gmaxwell.

Quote from: VB1001 on Today at 07:02:44 AM

I am also concerned about this comment, it may be a little more explicit.

If he had wanted to elaborate explicitly, I think he would have.

Greg Maxwell is known for his general outspokenness. If he is here being cryptic, I infer that he is choosing to be so.

Quote from: LoyceV on Today at 06:55:28 AM

And I wouldn't download Bitcoin Core anywhere else than Bitcoin.org anyway.

I have made the mistake of referring newbies to bitcoin-dot-org, because it is more newbie-friendly (i.e., glitzy Web 2.0 style that breaks in my browser) than good old-fashioned bitcoincore.org.

I myself will STOP DOING THAT.

For years, for my own purposes, I have depended primarily on bitcoincore.org (onion) and the Github site for code, plus bitcoin-dev and this forum for information. Observe that the Github project links to bitcoincore.org, not bitcoin.org.

Please heed Lauda here.

Quote from: Lauda on Today at 07:12:45 AM

Again: Wrong. You should download Bitcoin Core only from https://bitcoincore.org. Please stop giving bad information on Core related matters. Thanks.

Quote from: Lauda on Today at 07:12:45 AM

How about the time he outed himself manipulating the public with multiple identities? Roll Eyes

In fairness, I don’t think it’s ipso facto wrong to use multiple identities. (Cypherpunk here.) The question is of intent.

I am much more worried by his equivocation over Btrash, of which I was hereto unaware. Equivocation is always a bad sign.