mhoyeJan 2, 2023
Look, if a core Bitcoin developer can get their whole wallet emptied out unrecoverably on them, and that developer's immediate reflex is to start calling a centralized authority for help, it's time to stop pretending this entire cryptocurrency exercise is ever going to work. We're done here.
Show threadshanenJan 2, 2023

@mhoye
Is this comment really here? Mastodon is giving me weird messages? Perhaps because you're on a different server?

On the topic of your comment, I've always regarded #BitCoin as an obvious scam. No scarcity there. There's an infinite supply of numbers and an infinite supply of algorithms to pretend that some of the numbers are special and more interesting than others.

Or do I need to repeat the proof that there's no such thing as an uninteresting number?

Show threadWhat flavor is thatJan 2, 2023
@shanen @mhoye
If I may give you advice... I suggest reading the 9 page whitepaper https://bitcoin.org/en/bitcoin-paper first before posting something about #bitcoin.
Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System

Show threadJoshua DavisJan 3, 2023
@Chris1009 @shanen @mhoye Maybe tell the poor fella who had his bitcoin stolen to read the white paper. Guess he didn't know how it works either?
Show threadWhat flavor is thatJan 3, 2023
@pgmjsd @shanen @mhoye
100% sure he read and understood the paper. It does not say anything about human behaviour, and just guessing the poor guy had a moment of carelessness at some point in time.
Show threadJoshua Davis
@Chris1009 @shanen @mhoye Yes. I think the original post here was about human behavior.
Jan 3, 2023 at 3:38pmWeb