You can be both. But you don't have to be a "gentleman", just be a human being and show some empathy. That's usually enough.
Was o_e_l_e_o "being a human being" and "showing some empathy" when he was lying about vulnerabilities in open source Bitcoin privacy projects?
Can we start with a simple one? Do you have proof that o_e_l_e_o knew they were lies?
Yes. Originally, o_e_l_e_o was fully aware that coordinators can't affect your privacy, that proof is presented at the very top of the OP:
TIMELINEMarch 14 2022 -
o_e_l_e_o admits coordinator policy doesn’t affect your inputs, admits to BlackHatCoiner that switching coordinators solves the censorship problem, and admits to BlackHatCoiner that his motivation is simply to fight against Wasabi anyways:Even if this change from Wasabi won't affect any of your inputs, they are no longer an entity which I can trust to fight for my privacy.
Would it be possible for some to start running coordinators?
Absolutely. The coordinator code is open source, so anyone can download it and spin up their own instance. That would solve the immediate problem if everyone switched to a different coordinator, but it doesn't stop these other coordinators being pressured in to implementing the same restrictions and it doesn't change the fact that Wasabi did this in the first place instead of fighting against it.
March 15 2022 -
o_e_l_e_o admits that the data feed is a 1 way street from a blockchain analysis company to the coordinator, and that no data is provided to blockchain analysis:In fact, they need to cooperate with blockchain analysis to obtain information about "taint" UTXOs.
Well, they only need to cooperate in this sense to have the blockchain analysis entity feed them data about which UTXO's to block. But as I said, if they cooperate like this then it won't be long before that cooperation becomes a two way street, with them feeding data back to the blockchain analysis entity.
Man, can you stop what you're doing? You are arguing with a man who will probably never come here again, and in a very bad way.
I'm not "arguing" with o_e_l_e_o, I'm providing the proof against him to the community.
Have at least a little self-respect. If you look back a little, no one is replicating what you write anymore, but about the way you write, isn't that a clear signal that you have devalued your own opinion.
Exactly, these users above have resorted to simply talking shit because when they see the evidence, there's no possible defense. Vod is the first person in this ENTIRE THREAD to address how o_e_l_e_o acted, everyone else just broke down emotionally because apparently just discovered everyone is a mortal.