OG was not removed as treasurer.. OG is still a forum treasurer..
theymos just changed the way the treasury works..
It is a super armature mistake getting your account phished..
OG shouldn’t have had to explain that elementary security precaution any more than he should have to explain to you to double check your sending address..
Deals with only messages from accounts are the norm.. Most know you keep their account secure, especially if they are relying on it for such deals..
You could have chosen many different ways of using an escrow.. You chose basic..
You could also have had OG receive the miner and then ship it to you, to make sure a miner existed.. Many do this with physical coins..
This is 99% your fault..
I’ve been scammed in crypto 2 times.. Both were my fault..
Once when I was very very new to crypto for like a $20 gift card..
The other time for one of those pet buying scams because my GF wanted a specific car, and I was drinking and playing cards and didn’t think twice and just paid for it..
Actually I was really really an idiot and ASKED if they would take BTC because I didn’t have Venmo..
Think it was like $450.. I was a total idiot..
This sucks.. I know..
I really don’t think you should be blaming OG for it though..
Actually I’m pretty sure OG is quite suspicious here that this is a setup to scam or try to defame HIM..
Look at it from his point of view too..
Okay, well regardless, he doesn't need Og's to hold treasury funds anymore. I do wonder why that is the case.
You mean "amateur". Okay, if that is the attitude you have then the crypto space will forever lose users over easily avoidable things. It would have taken him all of 30 seconds to send me a quick DM. You acting like that is such a big deal is exactly what the problem is. Sure, Og and his "policies" don't say that he has to do that, but it does not mean he SHOULDN'T do it.
I did not know that Og was even willing to accept the shipment, as it would force him to reveal his receiving address to the sellers. Agree, this would have been a GOOD THING TO KNOW! (Another recommendation he should have made to me to protect the security of the deal).
And yes, I agree, it is 99% my fault, but the fact Og won't even take blame to that remaining 1%, and admit that in the future he should make sure newbie users who are doing big escrow transactions use a little extra security in their deal, or at least RECOMMEND it to them. That's still, one of the primary points I am upset about. His responses to me and complete dodge of all blame is another thing that makes one wonder how deep the rabbit hole goes.
Sure, I can understand that he maybe sees this as a ploy to defame him... but my God anyone who would do that has to be pretty fkn bored. Because obviously it doesn't do any good. You all just defend him blindly without even considering the fact that he could maybe be doing more to keep this a safe and legitimate place to transact. Because as it is right now, unless you are an expert crypto -> real world item trader... and use escrow a lot... you wouldn't even know of the potential pitfalls. You wouldn't even know to use signed messages. You wouldn't even know to ask if the item could be shipped to the escrow agent. These are all things he should have like a copy/paste message he sends to every person who comes to him for escrow.
Something. Anything. The fact he's been doing it this long, let umpteen number of scams happen (NONE OF THEM HIS FAULT, SURELY)... without him so much as giving me even one word of advice during the process... Is troubling.