Title: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: skeitel on June 09, 2013, 11:10:57 AM Serious question.
This is your opportunity to mention some of the people who have impressed you with their knowledge or skills related to Bitcoin. Even the unpolished gems that don't even realize how good they are :) I want to subscribe/watch the smartest threads/people here. Who are they? Thanks for helping me! Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: FlipPro on June 09, 2013, 11:14:48 AM Know nothing, learn everything.
Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: tokeweed on June 09, 2013, 11:15:07 AM try searching for btcmank.
maybe you'll learn a thing or two. Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: Lohoris on June 09, 2013, 11:15:14 AM This is your opportunity to mention some of the people who have impressed you with their knowledge or skills related to Bitcoin. Even the unpolished gems that don't even realize how good they are :) I would have liked a "+1 to post" feature in this forum: combined with the ability to sort users based on the number of +1 I gave them, that could have automatically created such a list.Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: keatonatron on June 09, 2013, 11:15:38 AM I'm brilliant!
Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: RodeoX on June 09, 2013, 01:33:46 PM The smartest people here don't waste their time with sophomoric conspiracy theories or endless guessing of tomorrows price. They are generally busy making things happen, as opposed to watching things happen then struggling to understand.
Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: BitDreams on June 09, 2013, 02:47:28 PM I bought ten bitcoins early morning 6/9. Let's see how this works out.
Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: vokain on June 09, 2013, 03:46:24 PM I like DeathandTaxes, cypherdoc, Hal Finney, and a few other people. Smoothie because he never fails to make me smile.
Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: bennybong on June 09, 2013, 04:18:14 PM What's bitcoin?
Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: Welsh on June 09, 2013, 04:20:08 PM Tradefortress, seems to know what he/she is talking about in most situations. It's a great read when Tradefortress is involved in a thread.
Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: QuestionAuthority on June 09, 2013, 04:30:16 PM Evoorhees is the brightest one that posts regularly. He will turn a little experiment into a lifetime worth of wealth with little effort. Regardless of the success or failure of Bitcoin, he will still be rich.
Mark Karpellis (MagicalTux) is the smartest one that no longer posts regularly. He turned a stupid trading card business into an empire. His only problem is that he is taking all the exposure. His success will eventually cost him. The least intelligent player that I can see here is Roger Ver. He already had a thriving tech supply business in Silicon Valley (and others) and has most likely lost more money with Bitcoin than he stands to gain. Obviously a true believer. Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: 🏰 TradeFortress 🏰 on June 09, 2013, 04:31:16 PM Tradefortress, seems to know what he/she is talking about in most situations. It's a great read when Tradefortress is involved in a thread. Thank you :) Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: Welsh on June 09, 2013, 04:37:22 PM I think another person who is incredibly smart is, Stephen Gornick.
Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: TippingPoint on June 09, 2013, 04:42:29 PM Satoshi Nakamoto
Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: Cryptoman on June 09, 2013, 04:42:41 PM I think another person who is incredibly smart is, Stephen Gornick. Stephen Gornick always impresses me. He seems to read an extraordinary amount of material and then recalls every detail when appropriate to the topic being discussed. Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: tvbcof on June 09, 2013, 04:53:27 PM Gornick is amazing. A top notch participant in the ecosystem.
Some guy called BTCurious or something like that always had good stuff, but I've not seen him in a while. I often find something of interest in 'molecular's writings. 'greyhawk' and I seem to have a similar sense of humor and possibly a similar type of footprint in the ecosystem, so I find a lot of his stuff worth reading. When Garzik finds the time to post something, I often find it well worth reading. Same with Maxwell and Todd. Gavin and Hearn are similarly well written and thoughtful, but I happen to disagree more with their direction for the project. I'll maybe edit in other names here as I remember them for the fun of it. Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: BitPappa on June 09, 2013, 04:55:57 PM I think another person who is incredibly smart is, Stephen Gornick. I met Stephen last week at a Bitcoin meetup, and I agree that he seems brilliant (though I never run into him here).Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: Welsh on June 09, 2013, 04:58:31 PM Gornick is amazing. A top notch participant in the ecosystem. Some guy called BTCurious or something like that always had good stuff, but I've not seen him in a while. I often find something of interest in 'molecular's writings. 'greyhawk' and I seem to have a similar sense of humor and possibly a similar type of footprint in the ecosystem, so I find a lot of his stuff worth reading. When Garzik finds the time to post something, I often find it well worth reading. Same with Maxwell and Todd. Gavin and Hearn are similarly well written and thoughtful, but I happen to disagree more with their direction for the project. I'll maybe edit in other names here as I remember them for the fun of it. He always goes into detail. I learn a lot from nearly every post he submits. One of the reasons I'm so active is because of these people who post interesting content. Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: kiko on June 09, 2013, 07:44:08 PM Some more people running important projects: (forgive me any mistakes, I'm going off memory).
Mike Hearn - BitcoinJ/bitcoin-qt jgarzik - bitcoin-qt/bitinstant JoelKatz - Ripple FellowTraveller - OT Jan - Bitcoin Spinner davout - Bitcoin-Central Casascius - (Mike Caldwell) Physical Coins piuk - Blockchain.info also Trace Mayer (one of the guys that does a lot of media interviews) goes by 'sunnaker' on the forum, he's always up to no good ;) Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: str4wm4n on June 09, 2013, 08:46:58 PM As the late great Terrence McKenna said: NOBODY IS SMARTER THAN YOU ARE!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMNAOk1bMDw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMNAOk1bMDw) Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: CtrlAltBernanke420 on June 09, 2013, 09:04:05 PM I am one.
Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: teknohog on June 09, 2013, 09:24:21 PM fpgaminer.
If you run an FPGA or ASIC miner, chances are you are using his design one way or another. I like to think hardware design is somehow more fundamental than writing software, even if it's not always true ;) Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: Welsh on June 09, 2013, 09:24:27 PM Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: FCTaiChi on June 09, 2013, 09:42:39 PM The smartest people here don't waste their time with sophomoric conspiracy theories or endless guessing of tomorrows price. They are generally busy making things happen, as opposed to watching things happen then struggling to understand. Not necessarily. Smart people very easily get caught up in silly logic games and arguments. It takes a bit of wisdom to realize that your time could better be... oh wait :PTitle: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: mprep on June 09, 2013, 11:51:44 PM The smartest people here don't waste their time with sophomoric conspiracy theories or endless guessing of tomorrows price. They are generally busy making things happen, as opposed to watching things happen then struggling to understand. Not necessarily. Smart people very easily get caught up in silly logic games and arguments. It takes a bit of wisdom to realize that your time could better be... oh wait :PTitle: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on June 10, 2013, 12:58:53 AM Quote Who are the smartest people on this forum? I just fix shit round here and are a expert of yellow glow. Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: Welsh on June 10, 2013, 01:07:46 AM Quote Who are the smartest people on this forum? I just fix shit round here and are a expert of yellow glow. It's soo...yellow. Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: FreddyFender on June 10, 2013, 01:11:13 AM I like DeathandTaxes, cypherdoc, Hal Finney, and a few other people. Smoothie because he never fails to make me smile. Mike Hearn, Marcus of Augustus, fellowtraveler and the OT crew, Mike Golthe trollie-mollie pile of sockdom - not! I mean you Smoothie! ;) Lookup the Ben Rayfield bot on here and at Kurzweil forums, freaky-smart! Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: MysteryMiner on June 10, 2013, 01:34:43 AM Smartest in bitcoins - Satoshi, Casascius and Luke-Jr
Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: dank on June 10, 2013, 02:18:57 AM We are all equally smart. We just have different levels of awareness.
Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: Transisto on June 10, 2013, 07:00:54 AM Repentance
Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: jackjack on June 10, 2013, 07:25:17 AM This is your opportunity to mention some of the people who have impressed you with their knowledge or skills related to Bitcoin. Even the unpolished gems that don't even realize how good they are :) I would have liked a "+1 to post" feature in this forum: combined with the ability to sort users based on the number of +1 I gave them, that could have automatically created such a list.Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: cosmicblue on June 10, 2013, 08:17:14 AM I would have liked a "+1 to post" feature in this forum: combined with the ability to sort users based on the number of +1 I gave them, that could have automatically created such a list. Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: mprep on June 10, 2013, 09:54:53 AM I would have liked a "+1 to post" feature in this forum: combined with the ability to sort users based on the number of +1 I gave them, that could have automatically created such a list. Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: tysat on June 10, 2013, 10:58:38 AM This is your opportunity to mention some of the people who have impressed you with their knowledge or skills related to Bitcoin. Even the unpolished gems that don't even realize how good they are :) I would have liked a "+1 to post" feature in this forum: combined with the ability to sort users based on the number of +1 I gave them, that could have automatically created such a list.I would have liked a "+1 to post" feature in this forum: combined with the ability to sort users based on the number of +1 I gave them, that could have automatically created such a list. I would have liked a "+1 to post" feature in this forum: combined with the ability to sort users based on the number of +1 I gave them, that could have automatically created such a list. If you guys want to talk about that, go to Meta. It's been talked about a lot already, let's keep the thread on track. /modhat Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: nwbitcoin on June 10, 2013, 11:05:33 AM There is smart, and there is shrewd.
A smart person can be fooled by a shrewd person - I know which one I would to prefer to have on my side! ;) Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: FreddyFender on June 10, 2013, 11:13:34 AM There is smart, and there is shrewd. A smart person can see the world for what it is, a shrewd person tries to manipulate everything he sees.A smart person can be fooled by a shrewd person - I know which one I would to prefer to have on my side! ;) Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: Amph on June 10, 2013, 11:52:22 AM the guy that make graph, i don't remember his name, organ something
Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: TheGovernedSelf on June 10, 2013, 12:56:31 PM The smartest people here don't waste their time with sophomoric conspiracy theories or endless guessing of tomorrows price. They are generally busy making things happen, as opposed to watching things happen then struggling to understand. This. The smartest people are busy building companies, not posting on page 38 of a random thread. Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: QuestionAuthority on June 10, 2013, 02:44:04 PM the guy that make graph, i don't remember his name, organ something Yes, you're right. organofcorti is one of the valuable posters. Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: skeitel on June 10, 2013, 02:54:29 PM Thanks for the replies, but let's try to keep this thread on topic. Any more smart people around here that have not been mentioned?
Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: rjk on June 11, 2013, 01:02:50 AM nanotube, of course. And his excellent creation, gribble.
Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: flavius on June 11, 2013, 01:08:15 AM smart and successful and knowledgeable about bitcoin are three different things
Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: b!z on June 11, 2013, 03:33:27 AM I am, of course.
Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: TsuyokuNaritai on June 11, 2013, 03:39:12 AM Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: TsuyokuNaritai on June 11, 2013, 03:42:29 AM It just occurred to me the newbies will think I'm just randomly posting cat pictures on the forum.
Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: tysat on June 11, 2013, 04:32:38 AM It just occurred to me the newbies will think I'm just randomly posting cat pictures on the forum. Seems that way to me, or am I being dumb? Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: justusranvier on June 11, 2013, 04:36:51 AM It just occurred to me the newbies will think I'm just randomly posting cat pictures on the forum. Are you implying that you aren't a newbie?Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: Tonko on June 11, 2013, 04:58:46 AM Tradefortress, seems to know what he/she is talking about in most situations. Thank you :) Well of course he knows... why do you think he has PRISM as his avatar? Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: mprep on June 11, 2013, 09:17:29 AM Tradefortress, seems to know what he/she is talking about in most situations. Thank you :) Well of course he knows... why do you think he has PRISM as his avatar? Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: TsuyokuNaritai on June 11, 2013, 12:53:55 PM It just occurred to me the newbies will think I'm just randomly posting cat pictures on the forum. Seems that way to me, or am I being dumb? https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=99497.0 Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: Cyberdyne on June 11, 2013, 01:45:09 PM I don't think he's been mentioned yet, but pirateat40 was exceedingly smart.
As for people who are still on this forum, I could put in a vote for Dooglus. Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: skeitel on June 11, 2013, 02:35:47 PM If you guys want to talk about that, go to Meta. It's been talked about a lot already, let's keep the thread on track. /modhat Thanks Mod! Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: mprep on June 11, 2013, 02:37:49 PM I don't think he's been mentioned yet, but pirateat40 was exceedingly smart. Smart but evil.As for people who are still on this forum, I could put in a vote for Dooglus. Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: Isokivi on June 11, 2013, 02:39:44 PM I've always found deathandtaxes's posts informative and insightful, I wouldnt know if he was the smartest, but he is certainly a major contributor to the collective knoweledgebase these forums house.
Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: evilscoop on June 11, 2013, 02:42:01 PM My vote is on BKK...
He designed most of the klondike board before the chip specs were even out.....and now he's working on the firmware.... Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: Cyberdyne on June 11, 2013, 11:04:37 PM I don't think he's been mentioned yet, but pirateat40 was exceedingly smart. Smart but evil.As for people who are still on this forum, I could put in a vote for Dooglus. I don't think Dooglus is all that evil. Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: mprep on June 11, 2013, 11:11:31 PM I don't think he's been mentioned yet, but pirateat40 was exceedingly smart. Smart but evil.As for people who are still on this forum, I could put in a vote for Dooglus. I don't think Dooglus is all that evil. Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: nwbitcoin on June 12, 2013, 01:05:49 PM Only one person ever struck me as being really smart on this forum, MBKnight
Not only in building a bitcoin fortune at a sensible time, but in also developing TimeKoin which really seems a far more world ready coin than anything else I've seen in the altcoin archives. Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: hulk on October 19, 2013, 03:22:05 AM Me..
Title: Re: Who are the smartest people in this forum? Post by: The Goat Master on October 19, 2013, 02:13:35 PM The smartest people here don't waste their time with sophomoric conspiracy theories or endless guessing of tomorrows price. They are generally busy making things happen, as opposed to watching things happen then struggling to understand. lol |