Quote from: tokeweed on Today at 03:35:26 PM

Wtf going on with Fluffy guys.. I heard he was arrested somewhere in the US. And who’s with him right now? What I heard is he’s being hassled for fraud or something he did way waaay back before crypto.

Edit: It’s in Coindesk

https://www.coindesk.com/former-monero-maintainer-fluffypony-to-be-extradited-for-non-crypto-crimes

Rofl it says: ‘ Spagni is believed to have “significant cryptocurrency assets that would enable him to flee” as well as a “watch valued at $800,000,” according to the warrant.’.

Don’t forget to highlight that watch! Lolol.

Edit: The Monero core team removed him from all admin access to Monero repos.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/ox1167/in_light_of_fluffypony_s_being_offline_and_in/

Dev team is on to the Feds.

Edit: Reading most of the replies here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/owkdlk/moneros_former_maintainer_arrested_in_us_for/

I’m getting worried for him tbh.

Damn. What's worse right now? SA, or US? At least he can afford the best bloodsuckers.

Meanwhile...

MONTHLY TRANSACTION COUNT
Monero     Bitcoin     Ratio
Aug 2021 (est)   1,347,074   6,578,727   20.48%
Jul 2021     722,890   6,813,109   10.61%
Jun 2021     547,057   6,516,445   8.40%
May 2021    718,906   7,791,611   9.23%
Apr 2021     748,099   8,349,964   8.96%
Mar 2021     716,065   9,342,128   7.66%
Feb 2021     517,843   8,969,658   5.77%
Jan 2021     607,989   10,075,353   6.03%
Dec 2020     593,322   9,732,999   6.10%
Nov 2020     523,842   9,145,550   5.73%
Oct 2020     501,273   9,284,673   5.40%
Sep 2020     396,854   9,495,331   4.18%

Looking like higher highs in hash rate as well.

Is BTC transaction count going to stagnate, with coin shortages and Lightning taking off?