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I started this a few weeks back and BCX's recent turnaround on Monero inspired me to finish it. I own around 100XMR so I keep an eye on it and wanted to see why one person appeared to be taken so seriously when countless other trolls are brushed off. People keep saying "he's killed many coins" as evidence of his crypto skills so I decided to take a look at his post history to see for myself what he's done. In brief, seems to be a lot of talking and not much doing.

BCX has been around the altcoin scene virtually since it started, and has been tirelessly promoting himself ever since. Often accused of trolling by
those in his targets, the truth seems more that he enjoys the notoriety of being "the shitcoin killer" and sees himself as the community appointed Sherriff of Cryptoland.
More cynical members may see him as an expert market manipulator who reworks several common themes in his threats in order to cause mass
selling. If he is able to borrow large amounts of his target coin in advance he can then benefit by "shorting", either way he is then able to pick up coins
at a discount price, then sell them later for a large profit when his threat disappears and the price recovers. Tracing BCX's history we can see how he
developed his technique:


BCX was an early BTC GPU miner, who then profited from the first wave of altcoins by mining and selling during their boom phase. In all fairness he probably
got legitimately interested in attack methods and unlike most people potentially had the hashpower to enact a fork attack. In fact BCX admitted to being
paid to test ArtForz's Sept 11th proof of concept attack on GeistGeld (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=43754.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=43754.0)) and then within 24hrs announces the
following:

The NameCoin attack - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=43465.msg519523#msg519523 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=43465.msg519523#msg519523)

Back in Sept 2011 BCX picked up on work by Artforz about the possibility of manipulating the difficulty calculation to enable a 51% attack with much less
hashpower. BCX seems to have deleted his initial post so unfortunately we can't see exactly what he was claiming.


The IOcoin attack - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=44344.msg529358#msg529358 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=44344.msg529358#msg529358)

Funnily enough another missing first post, but the theme is the same.


NameCoin attack relaunched! https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=45420.msg541818#msg541818 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=45420.msg541818#msg541818)

BCX denies threatening another NameCoin attack (well the first one didnt actually happen) because somebody upset him


"Solidcoin 2.0 - Target acquired and eliminated" https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=47722.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=47722.0)

Definitely a theme here, but deleting posts and titles doesnt hide everything. Interestingly Tacotime appears in this thread! Seems the launch was a bit of
a mess and plenty of odd happenings, but nothing really proving a BCX attack.


BCX goes fairly quiet for a while, perhaps diverted into other pursuits, but returns in the summer of 2013 when BTC hype increases again, however BCX seems
to be concentrating on mining altcoins. Funnily enough he pops up in Nov 2013 in a "WDC 51% attacked" thread, but only to refute the claim. By the end of
November he is mining Tagcoin, with some impressive hashpower - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=317408.msg3769972#msg3769972 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=317408.msg3769972#msg3769972) but then he appears to
return to his old tricks shortly after losing a bunch of TAG thanks to a fork:

TAGcoin timewarp attack??? https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=317408.msg3762232#msg3762232 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=317408.msg3762232#msg3762232) - BCX claims to be timewarp attacking one chain and
promoting another to force a fork against Cryptsy.


GameCoin forked? jan 31st 2014 - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=435921.msg4823429#msg4823429 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=435921.msg4823429#msg4823429) - BCX says he "thumped" it for 30 minutes to prove
something


BCX seems to get back into the idea of 51% attacks at the end of Jan 2014, claiming he has developed a modified timewarp attack which is nearly 100%
effective with enough hashpower - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=440201.msg4853175#msg4853175 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=440201.msg4853175#msg4853175)

Interesting bit of BCX history - he got into BTC with an early ArtForz miner - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=472120.msg5231661#msg5231661 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=472120.msg5231661#msg5231661)


BCX the mother forker - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=466601.msg5170050#msg5170050 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=466601.msg5170050#msg5170050) - BCX says he has forked more coins than he can remember, guess
he must have kept quiet about most of them?


AuroraCoin gravity well timewarp - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=504103.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=504103.0) - the famous attack, BCX starts by reminding everyone yet again that he
has forked more coins than he can remember, and now Aurora is in his sights...

AuroraScam? Whilst promoting his KGW exploit BCX also takes time to tell everyone what a scam Aurora is - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=505534.msg5582018#msg5582018 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=505534.msg5582018#msg5582018) - certainly was a dodgy coin!


Whilst waiting for AUR block 5400 to launch his KGW exploit, BCX confirms he has attacked "two dozen coins, pools and several exchanges", not sure which
though? https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=504103.msg5660878#msg5660878 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=504103.msg5660878#msg5660878)


March 19th 2014 BCX joins in on "OperationShitcoin Cleanup" - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=522235.msg5784604#msg5784604 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=522235.msg5784604#msg5784604)

March 27th - ?BCX KGW exploits AuroraCoin? - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=538085.msg5932754#msg5932754 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=538085.msg5932754#msg5932754) - As he had proclaimed many times it
appears some form of timewarp exploit screwed the difficulty causing the blockchain to freeze up....although he did keep saying that his KGW exploit was
coming at the block 5400 hard fork?


March 29th - BCX confirms what to expect from his KGW exploit - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=545475.msg5960759#msg5960759 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=545475.msg5960759#msg5960759)

Someone beats BCX to the AUR attack - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=546338.msg5961485#msg5961485 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=546338.msg5961485#msg5961485) - although it was the planned hard fork point it
seems things went haywire


April 1st - BCX says he had started his KGW exploit but then agrees to hold off to allow a fix after dev admits the risk is real -
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=552895.msg6021008#msg6021008 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=552895.msg6021008#msg6021008)

July - BCX has nothing against Monero, despite claiming he has found some major exploitable flaws in the CryptoNote code he thinks it has potential -
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=709197.msg8038023#msg8038023 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=709197.msg8038023#msg8038023)


Sept 14th - BCX has changed his position on Monero, now deciding it is a "scam coin piece of shit" - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=782827.msg8822468#msg8822468 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=782827.msg8822468#msg8822468)

Sept 20th - BCX still has no intention to attack Monero - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=786201.msg8902644#msg8902644 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=786201.msg8902644#msg8902644)

Sept 20th - Gets very confusing as BCX announces a 72hr countdown to Monero attack then appears to retract it. Price still down significantly compared to
previous week though - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=789978.msg8907627#msg8907627 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=789978.msg8907627#msg8907627)


So it seems that BCX has only actually completed one attack, and for all we know that was just renting his hashpower to other parties, so we'll have to wait and see whether his Monero exploit materializes.

Plus he's not above the occasional doxxing.

Maybe he just wants to see coins burn before he strikes a death blow?

Which is stupid. Why not just get it over with instead watching the panic?

I think you're missing the point - over three years BCX has done hardly anything to demonstrate he is capable of striking a death blow. You must of seen posts by heavy duty cryptoheads before, they can't resist littering them with esoteric formulas and lots of maths. BCX doesnt go beyond prices and hashrates yet he spots exploits all the other experts missed?

Not sure I see the point of this post.

You're kidding, right? BCX has certainly killed coins before, a few of them.

I have a theory that BCX is not working alone, possibly he is still working with Artforz. Artforz is the brains, and BCX has the means (hash power/money.) They have a mutually beneficial partnership and split the profits from exploiting coins. Perhaps they have heavily invested in a different Anon coin and have a lot to gain by killing Cryptonote coins, or they simply plan to profit from the exploit itself.

If you check BCX's post history, he admits he can't code back in2011 in the first few pages of his posts. Someone must write these exploits for him, if he is not working with Artforz anymore then he is working with someone else. I don't think this theory is too far fetched.

I didnt go through every last BCX post, there's an awful lot of them, but I checked all the threads relating to coin attacks and saw a lot of talk but not many results. If there's some evidence for BCX killing more than one coin someone please feel free to post a link or two.

The Artforz link is certainly plausible, I didnt note links but from the comments I recall I would certainly believe they were connected back when Artforz was active. Hasn't been any sign of him for a while but doesn't mean he isnt keeping touch with old friends, but then that would throw a different light on BCX's recent claims.

Was there also something about Litecoin attacks? Then there is also using the attack to acquire a position if the coin survives, or even faking an attack in order to manipulate the price.

Edit: I am convinced that market manipulation plays a strong part here. Not in every case but in some cases.

Not working alone? Of course he isn't working alone. The  rich and powerful of crypto currencies probably discovered long ago that working as a team was mor profitable.

Someone can't take a joke (empty wallet)

What I posted was speculation and my honest assessment that BCX does not work alone after spending hours researching his past the other night. Take it or leave it, I don't care.

You can't deny he has successfully attacked coins in the past, writing it off as a lie would be dumb on Monero's part. If you look through his history when he announced he would attack a coin, there were people saying he was bluffing just like you. Those people turned out to be wrong on several occasions.

Btw... Is it true? Or is it just because it fits your profile of a Monero fan boy <link to every post you've ever made in recent history>  ;D

He is a terd.

Thanks for the write-up.

LOL another Moneroman88 alt.



~BCX~

yes BUT BCX did SFA to sunnykings coins.

Good detective work.

Doubt, since this guy actually hold 100 moneros, and provide facts not just shil/troll/FUD.

It's utterly ridiculous that BCX is as paranoid to think that every single account speaking against him is one of mine. It's not, neither of these are my accounts. Beyond that it's utterly ridiculous to think I have only 100 XMR - I'm all in Monero and in the top list of holders yet I'm not worried the slightest bit about this temporary fall in price caused by trolling/FUDing from BitcoinEXpress to buy in himself. XMR is determined to skyrocket once this small story of the fake exploit is over and forgotten.

Way to go, BCX, FAIL. Thanks for further promoting Monero for the long-term success it manifests.

the thread aint true dude, personally Ive witnessed many such takedowns initiated by wow the BCX

~CfA~

Don't take this post too seriously.

Anyone going to take seriously an insult made by a coward hiding behind a newbie account?

Well, if you are right Monero is in deep shit.

I'm just listing the facts from post history, I'm still waiting for someone to come up with some links to back up their claims about BCX. Look at the Aurora incident and its clearly documented - BCX repeatedly makes the threat, eventually AUR dev admits the KGW exploit is authentic and does something about it. In fact it would appear that BCX acted responsibly in the end with AUR, you could argue about the morality of his methods but he got a vulnerability fixed. With other coins the pattern is just that BCX makes a threat, people go "oh no BCX is going to kill it", and then nothing happens.

The speculation that BCX is fronting for someone else with this Monero attack is plausible, after all speculation doesnt require many facts and it covers those inconvenient ones like "BCX doesnt know how to code" and "BCX isn't an expert cryptographer". But if you have a genuine Monero killing exploit why do you need BCX to front for you and generate all this hype?

That just leads to more speculation though and this wasn't intended as a speculation thread, I just wanted to separate the myth from reality. Don't just post "I know BCX killed plenty of coins", spend a few minutes finding some evidence and post it.....

Wow - old devs coming out of the woodwork to tell people BCX is real.

This is soooo dejavu.  Still betting on Monero but prices need to be half of what they are now ...

BCX is a random guy, talking random things

whats with all the palm readings & tea leaf mumbojumbo? the guy loves attention, you guys give it. congrats.

we will just see if he said truth or not. how muc htime left till attack - 24h?

With ungodly amounts of money and hashpower.  He can do a 51% attack ... he's probably lying about everything else and will just brute force it.

His bonnets gonna be much more effective against monero than scaling gpus 4 aura was.

Should not have poked the bear moneros peeps lololol

Links...?

We are not scared.  Bring it on MF's.

BCX nothing but a fudster.

I would like to know this for my thread as well - It needs to happen by the end of Tuesday right ... was Saturday afternoon when he said 72 hours wasn't it?

That is fewer than 30 hours to go.

The fact that nothing is happening except a few concerned sell offs, smells too much like garbage. Seriously... timer for extra drama? It's like grade school in here.

BCX, just do it already. Prove that you can, like you said or else admit that you're just trolling and end it. This forum is 90% monero posts... wouldn't mind if it disappears off the front page one way or another.

Some men just want to watch the world burn.

Your a scared little bitch pretending to be a noob.

Your trying to pretend BCX has not proven himslef countless times before.. he doesn't have to do it again.

Your saying anyone that criticized Monero or more importantly the behavior of some of the deceitful account hopping Shills here are evil Trolls.
you'll notice most of the Monero talk is about Forum spammers playing games here manipulating the forum.. not attacking the coin itself.
and i bet your one of them.. just created a new account to attack BCX in return for being called out on your bullshit.

I think your a coward and your hiding like a little pussy !
BCX does not have to hop from account to account trying to play back stabbing little games accusing people of Trolling while you yourself Troll it up.

i am sooooooooooooooo sick of seeing fake ass fucktard brats get their ass owned here and go create new forum account(s) pretending to be an outraged noob here.
your not a noob and you prob been here a long time so cut the crap.. go log back into your other account chicken shit !

Post count = 5 comments
Walls of text spouting of like an Altcoin elite Expert ? ..Check LOL

want some cred douche then log back into your normal account coward.

i don't want to hear any pro / expert opinions from 1 post wonder thanks.. STFU.

PS:
Buying into Monero is your own damn fault.. don't blame BCX for your own stupidity.. you should have known better investing in a shit coin !

He has also contradicted himself as to where he is based.

On one occasion he said he was in the Philippines. On an earlier occasion he said he was based in California.

Both are bullshit cover stories, but it's interesting to see the way his mind works.

"cover stories"

implying anyone on the internet tells their true location and where they're based, especially in a community of arseholes like the cryptocommunity