Quote from: ChuckOne on May 17, 2014, 08:05:18 PM

Quote from: Peter R on May 17, 2014, 07:58:14 PM

What I said was completely true.

Come one. An IF-clause is true in most cases because I consider you an intelligent person. But that IF-clause of yours does not answer my question.

Quote from: Peter R on May 17, 2014, 07:58:14 PM

You question was of a personal rather than technical nature, and directly answering a question like that is usually a bad idea. If I had said "yes, I have the genesis hash memorized" you may have called my a liar and I would have no way to prove myself. If I had said "no" you would have used it as an argument to further blur reality.

Well, not true at all.

I would have said this:

You had answered YES => "Well, so where did you read it?" If you had answered then 'from trusted hardware/software', go to NO.

You had answered NO => "I assume, you copied it form trusted hardware/software. So, where did the trusted hardware/software got it from?"

Well, and as this point, I got you.

Where does the trust come from? => code review, belief, opinions of your friends etc. etc.

Chuck, based on your responses, you do not seem to be making a distinction between an initial release of software as a "centralized authority" and a checkpoint that was later announced for users of an existing cryptocurrency.