Quote from: Cryptobro on October 07, 2014, 04:21:15 AM

Nobody is going to argue that rpietila hasn't had some influence on the Monero market.
I can't say the same about any design decisions, however I do believe smooth when he says he hasn't.

This argument of orthogonality is I am calling BS. There is some orthogonality but there is also leakage of course. How can a project ignore the investors?

There are design decisions that investors want (e.g. limited money supply) which are the antithesis of making a widely adopted currency.

Quote from: Cryptobro on October 07, 2014, 04:21:15 AM

Actually I believe you have had just as much (or close to it) influence on the market by divulging what so far appear to be undemonstrated vulnerabilities in the code.

I wish it were so, because I think investors will be protected from a Taleb distribution, but I doubt I have had any impact. If some XMR people are so paranoid is indicative of investment but very little adoption. If you had widespread adoption, you would be ignoring me entirely.

Quote from: Cryptobro on October 07, 2014, 04:21:15 AM

I also believe you are hoping any attack on Monero is successful.

I am hoping we all find out what the vulnerabilities are in any crypto-currency asap and move forward to building a widespread crypto-currency.

Facebook is preparing to offer friend-to-friend payments with ATM debit cards.

We have almost lost our chance...