If you don't like Cøbra: Cøbra had ultimate technical authority over both domains; I only had management access. There was never a point in history where I had ultimate authority over either domain. Now Cøbra only has one domain. Furthermore, I have not been very active in influencing anything related to bitcoin.org for a couple of years, so nothing is likely to change as a result of me being removed from the list of domain administrators.
If you don't like me: Cøbra never had any access to the bitcointalk.org server, and had essentially no influence over its operation, so things have not gotten "worse" in any way.
Cøbra has been erratic at times, and has made some statements/decisions which I disagreed with, but I really don't think that he will suddenly "turn evil". He could've done that at any time over the past several years, and nobody would've been able to stop him. Lately, bitcoin.org has been developing especially well.
The ideal solution would be to somehow stop people from considering centralized sites like bitcoin.org/bitcoin.com/etc. as "important", but that's not going to happen. Even if you got everyone to switch to btcinformation.org or whatever, then you'd be creating a new important centralized site which would eventually be corrupted. (Not to say that such an effort is pointless, though, if you don't like bitcoin.org.) All we can do about this situation is to just individually try our best:
- If you see something about bitcoin.org (or another site) that you don't like, try to get it changed.
- If you don't like bitcoin.org (or another site) or you don't like the way that it's managed, point people to a different site instead, or create your own.
- If you end up controlling an "important site", try to keep it operating in the most correct way that you can, for as long as possible.
This post is quite clear.
Cobra had ultimate control of both domains.
Cobra gives 1 domain to theymos
I'm not sure how lauda " now " decides this inspires = " very likely malicious intent" from cobra.
To me this appears relinquishing power not gaining power over the direction / perception of bitcoin.
I can guarantee if these " citics" had owned both domains they wouldn't consider giving or sharing either.
They would be personally milking them for every cent like they do here with their gambling sigs, escrowing, lending, scamming.
Be grateful cobra had the domains not lauda. Wallets emptied, cpu maxed out mining shitcoins, your granny getting threatening phone calls in the middle of the night by "under cover agents".
Unless either theymos or cobra want to set up some co ownership scenario which I guess they don't. Then it will be as it has pretty much been before. We just keep trusting the same people have had to trust previously.
So far. So good, overall. Secretly I was hoping cobra would remove the merit tumour one night when theymos was sleeping.
More shattered dreams.
Personally I think this forum is the one I would choose if I had a pick. You can't replace the history here.
At first it sounded a move in the wrong direction because I had assumed they were co owners of both with joint influence.
Now it seems if anything a little more decentralized/ distributed.
Could it be more so.....yes
I always look at ultimate control. The rest is pretty much a facade. Now you have 2 separate owners.