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http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-foundation-vote-yields-no-new-board-members/


...or have they opted to not do their due diligence when they included Brock Pierce on the list?

They already lost two members due to scandals, one of which I love, while the other is French. Now, they're buckin' for adding another to their venerable org covered with taint (double-entendre intended).

I don't know who is Brock Pierce, but having Bobby Lee leading the list, I tend to agree with you

As far as I'm concerned the Bitcoin Foundation is irrelevant, they only have their name to make people think they are something to do with Bitcoin, it's a bit like how the Federal Reserve uses the word 'Federal' to make people think they're part of the government. Speaking as someone who holds to mainly Anarchist beliefs, they can fuck off, I can see exactly what they're trying to do and they're trying to make some kind of centralised company or group for Bitcoin itself, I'm grateful the devs don't really seem to give a shit and continue to release the code open source.

^what he said.

Brock Pierce....

-> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=590970.0

thanks phinnaeus for putting the links together.
worked through sources for two hours and after doing more research on pierce's past (esp DEN case)
i really despise seeing bitcoin foundation in any way related to this guy.

also found this:
http://virtuallyblind.com/2008/01/30/ige-pierce-debonneville-complaint/

dont care really about this foundation, it doesnt matter what they do

who gives a shit what they do? dont ever think about this foundation

Phinnaeus, wasnt it you that said you would quit from this forum, or am I wrong?

Maybe Brock Pierce could give his side of the story (as well as all the other stories) to a budding investigative reporter at bitcoin2014 in Amsterdam, he will be there apparently. Gotta say, it looks pretty bad from where I'm sitting.

I really think that the BF should ask prospective board members to disclose any lawsuits they are defending. Unless it is for something like an unpaid speeding ticket then the candidate should be asked to withdraw until their legal matters are settled.

What is the situation regarding Mr. Pierce?

As chair of the election committee, I can assure you the "foundation" had nothing to do with the results. The results are soley a product of the desires of the 102 industry members that voted. But, you don't need to trust me. Everyone who voted has proof that their ballot wasn't modified...the voters could fully audit the election themselves...by design.

I don't know Brock Pierce, but of course I know _of_ him. You'd have to have had your head in the sand not to.

It's funny I've always heard of this foundation but I assumed they Had something to do with bitcoin in terms of PR but I had no idea what they did. And I still don't know. I take it that the debs can do their own thing so I guess prior posters are right maybe we can just ignore them?  Sounds like the members can just bribe voters to get elected.

Why do we need a foundation?
We need a distributed organization in front of a distributed enterprise.

first have some tabloid articles around the whole DEN case:
http://boingboing.net/2007/11/15/goldfarming-empire-l.html

a capture of the mentioned radar magazine article Nov 2007 covering the connection between Collins-Rector and Pierce's former company IGE:
http://web.archive.org/web/20080418073324/http://www.radaronline.com/from-the-magazine/2007/11/den_chads_world_marc_collins_rector_1-print.php

http://www.buzzfeed.com/hunterschwarz/mystery-man-at-center-of-alleged-hollywood-sex-ring-has-vani
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bryan-singer-sex-abuse-case-699828

two wired articles on Pierce's career as a whole, DEN case is only briefly touched:
Part 1 "A Drive Through Laurel Canyon With Brock Pierce"
http://archive.wired.com/gaming/virtualworlds/magazine/16-12/ff_ige_pierce
Part 2 "The Decline and Fall of an Ultra Rich Online Gaming Empire"
http://archive.wired.com/gaming/virtualworlds/magazine/16-12/ff_ige?currentPage=all

as always take all of this with a grain of salt.

On a second thought i'm not sure what to make of this and if Pierce is still connected with Marc Collins-Rector today.
Regarding the fact that he began working for him at the age of 17 i have to say that i've seen a lot of people bumping into the wrong person during their early lifes.
One has to consider it often takes a long time to shake off the aftermath of these bad influences.
I'm still undecided if this is the case here.
Nevertheless Pierce seems like a dodgy character to me (as many other people involved in btc economy).

I'm not questioning the results. I'm questioning as to why he was on the ballot in the first place. As far the latter comment is concern, prior to me posting about Brock Pierce, there were less than a half dozen mentions of his name on this forum, chiefly in mundane posts.

Would it surprise you to learnt he took on Marc Collins-Rector's last name?

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yea after rereading your other thread, esp. the timestamps of both facebook profiles it's obvious now. (7am here, fatigue starting to get me)

i still don't understand why they would even publicly communicate via fb.
Just imagining someone like Collins-Rector having direct/indirect influence in bitcoin gives me the creeps.

Bitcoin Foundation is not relevant

whats relevant is the wallets and mining software that runs the bitcoin nodes

those are the real votes on the bitcoin network

Mining software? Isn't the mining hardware (hashrate) way more important?

When yet another person asks, "Why is the price going down?" I'm pointing to this thread.

I think it would be pretty irresponsible to not do a thorough background check on each prospective member.

The Bitcoin Foundation is currently paying Gavin a salary, so they are relevant since he has control over changes to the code.

A thorough background check
I did some checking and there is little (if any) doubt that Brock Pierce:

1) Repeatedly starts (and helps to start) companies that lose many millions of investor funds.
2) Allegedly cheated a partner for a huge sum in a stock deal.
3a) Left the country when he knew some "wild parties" had gone way too far.
3b) Was sued for child rape by more than one (alleged) victim.

I think the above is reasonably accurate, the sources are (relatively) easy to find on google and in current threads here.

To be fair, in a recent video Brock Pierce seemed like a great spokesperson for Bitcoin.
If the world is ready to completely forgive "thieves and (alleged) pedos", then he's the perfect man to help lead BTC into the future.

In re. the latter part, you're asking the same community to lend a blind eye that kicked Bruce Wagner to the curb, justifiable or not, for only penning ONCE about a three-prong attack involving two adults and an underage boy. What you penned above the fold is much more serious.

I see historical parallels here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/02/libyan-leader-gaddafi-ele_n_163071.html

EDIT: as the above is easily misinterpreted I realize now; OPs title should say 'bitcoin industry' rather than 'foundation'. Since what he perceives as a problematic outcome is ultimately the responsibility of the electorate.

Have you ever paid to the foundation Bruno ? Otherwise I dont get a point to talk about them.

https://members.bitcoinfoundation.org/current

Search for Bruno Kucinskas.

I always thought Bruce Wagner went away because everyone knew he was a thief, but I wasn't following it closely.



If wasn't "personally asking", it was just an if, but I understand your point.

Let's see if we can nail this coffin shut with...

Disturbing new internet child abuse sees toddlers raped and burned live on webcam as paedophiles use Bitcoin to stop being traced, warns police chief (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2609971/Disturbing-new-internet-child-abuse-sees-toddlers-raped-burned-live-webcam-paedophiles-use-Bitcoin-stop-traced-warns-police-chief.html)

...and, The Bitcoin Foundation, with its college-educated board members, thought it prudent to include a once accused paedo- on the list of candidates to be voted on to fill one of the empty board member seats vacated by an accused thief and Silk Road user, with apologies to Charlie Shrem.

Madness!

Truth from a long time friend, enemy, business partner & competitor:

Pretty amazing the amount of damage someone can do with some fake facebook accounts. I have to wonder what the agenda is here and if it has something to do with the Bitcoin Foundations elections...or worse someone trying to hurt Bitcoin as Brock is one of the most outspoken people in the Bitcoin space.

I clicked on Brock's timeline on his real facebook for the supposed above dates and he was in Los Angeles, California and not in Spain. Don't let someone troll you with fake facebook accounts.
Instead of reading all this made up crap and coming up with a bad opinion I suggest you reach out to him and talk to him yourself.

The true facts are pretty simple:
- Brock was associated with Rector when he was a teenager. I don't know any details. I personally think he was a victim. He has never mentioned it and I don't bring it up.
- Think about this one: Brock was my #1 competitor. If I could have used it against him I probably would have if there was something to use.
- Most everything is about money. People sue and make stuff up to try to get you to pay something. Sadly this is how it is.
- If you noticed on the lawsuit on his partners suing Brock for cheating his partners I took no part of because it was mostly lies.
- Brock makes more money for his investors that you know. He might fail in 3 out of 4 of his companies but that fourth one makes so much money for his investors which is why they keep investing in them.
- People get fired from businesses which why you only hear their side of the story and its always negative.
- I can also guarantee you without a doubt is Brock is a lover of women (so much that I fear that it keeps getting him into trouble).

From someone who knows all the facts. There is some agenda being played out here. What a better way to take one of Bitcoin's star advocates and link him to Paedophilia. This is FUD in the worst possible way. :-*

LoLz... probably that is the reason u r so concerned about this organization. Probably most of the bitcoiners are not :D

I was wonder how long it'll take before you weighed in on the subject.



I was pretty good in math during high school, thus I believe you're missing ~3 score Lancelots.

Also, I may or may not have seen pics contrary to your last bullet point, but even though I haven't been laid in a while, I still know what a woman looks like. I'm just saying. <Please, Jehovay, don't let me find out later that you put dicks on them bitches.>



Up in the air about KnC while all the while your partner, Brock Pierce, was secreting embracing them, culminating to a 7,000+ bitcoin mining rig facility at The Node Pole, with a couple more mega-pharms under construction.

And, I'm the one spreading fud.

Madness!

Is there already a wiki to collect information and sum up all the people (incl. their past career), companies and their connections in the bitcoin universe.?
If not it could really be helpful for the future to set one up...

A guy like Mark Lombardi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Lombardi) would have a lot of fun with it.
imagine something like this (http://adamdavidmorton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Mark-Lombardi-1999-Oliver-North-Lake-Resources-of-Panama-and-the-Iran-Contra-Operation-ca.1984-86.jpg) on a website.

Bruno K.: No way I am going to feed the trolls here. I have no doubt I would lose as anyone who reads these forums know that you are the King of Trolls =).

P.S: For fun on your posts on me (I know you spent a lot of time researching my posts to troll me so I will reply this one time).
- Black Arrow guys actually refunded 2/3rds of my money. So Kudos to them.
- Not sure what that second part is about. I can't even put it in context as I didn't write it.
- F*CK KnCMiner

Also, just to take the high road here: I sent 10 BTC over to Sean's Outpost.
https://blockchain.info/tx/ffe9742f16126262f0b7f534d6d63a9c27d7ee77ff492427b3d45a7a4195ea9e

I thought that Bobby Lee was a very good choice. He handled the situation in China in whatever way he could, even after facing enormous pressure from the Chinese dictatorship. Haven't heard much about Brock Pierce.

"you simply don't quit bitcoin"

that said, bobby lee? the ltc guy, the one that can only repeat again and again

"I created litecoin to be silver to bitcoin gold, no premine, has 84 million bla bla bla

about the others, i still reading but why the yantis guy say f* kncminers when knc were one of the most reliable
and what connection they have with knc china?

is gox takeover the new neo-bee?

They are brothers:
Bobby Lee (I think) is the CEO of a Chinese exchange and his brother Charles Lee, a former Google employee, is the LTC guy.

What a huge pile of horseshit that is. Here in the west there is no PBOC that can take care of the threat to fiat money, so the "system" has to use the media. And since childporn FUD is not strong enough, people read about that every day, it must be "enhanced" by burning toddlers. And BTC is to blame, wow such sincere journalism  :o

What is next on mainstream media? Aliens eating babies, paid with BTC?  :P

 It is just a private group of scammers and other kind of criminals, as other poster said their group name is just to cause confusion. But it is worrying 'cause as far as i know core developers are founding members of such group. We can't let bitcoin development in their hands.

 

to late!

Or people can just not use bitcoin-qt. Let the foundation play in their own bitcoin-qt only network.

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http://www.azzor.com/article/2006/05/general-news/truth-about-ige-and-gold-industry

The truth about IGE and the gold industry

http://wow.azzor.com/images/header/truthaboutige.jpg

Gold Selling.

To players like me, nothing is more corrupting than selling. In a virtual world where you are suppoused to earn your your status, some people like to take shortcuts, ruining the game for others (farming anyone?) After my recent post about what IGE owned, I got a lot of positive emails, thanking me for the info. With that feedback in mind, I decided to delve a bit deeper into IGE.

PLEASE NOTE: This has involved a lot of research. Archive.org, whois.sc WHOIS history, talking to people, investigating relationships. It has been an intensive process, and I have documented all that I could (and relied on reliable sources when I couldn't).

In the Beginning

IGE.com was originally used by an imagine processing company. Sometime in the middle of 2003, the company sprung up. While their original history is a bit muddled, the creation of the company is a bit quizzical. The company was founded by Brock Pierce, who was a child actor (his most famous movie being First Kid, with Sinbad). Originally based in Spain, the commpany moved to Hong Kong (I have verified by sources that is where they started). There was an internet rumor/article that later went on claiming that Brock's former partners (from a company called DEN) were infact child molestors. This culminated in the following vulgar flash video (NSFW). Some quotable news pieces:

DEN Founder Marc Collins-Rector Arrested in Spain After Two-Year Manhunt
- VentureReporter.net Monday, May 20, 2002, 4:15 PM ET
 

SIX-MINUTE SHOWS. Although they weren't named in the suit, DEN co-founders Chad M. Shackley, 24, and Brock Pierce, 18, also resigned. Company officials say they left with Collins-Rector because the trio is closely aligned and plans to start a new data-storage business.


As a (related) aside, DEN was one of the most spectacular flameouts on the web. An interesting read is the FuckedCompany board.

So Brock was management in a company that fleeced millions, happened to be in Spain where Collins-Rector was also, and then moved the company to HK right after he got arrested? Interesting bit of coincidences.

With that vulgar picture in mind, we take a break, and look at the original pioneer.

Gold Industry begins with Yantis

Selling virtual currency was nothing new when Brock came rolling in. eBay had tons of auctions for UO Gold (and still has quite a few). Yet what really got the market going was a Mr. Jonathan Yantis, of MySuperSales fame.

Originally starting with EverQuest, Yantis (as he was referred to) quickly became a villian in the game. Looking to broaden his appeal, Yantis bought out Monkly-Business, which was the favorite hangout for EQ Monks. Gaining more traffic from this, he then expanded and bought out Luclin.com and Prexus.com

What ensued was a firestorm. While M-B had been left alone, Yantis directly moderated the newly bought boards. Removing all bad press about himself, and seeding in threads about how great his service was, the two sites were completely dead within weeks, all links changing from the original sites to newly ones created by users. Yantis had tried using his money to buy part of the market, and he had failed.

This all happened before IGE even existed on the radar.

At this time, Yantis had successfully become the biggest player in the market. Dominating the marketplace at PlayerAuctions.com (Sony had successfully gotten eBay to remove all EQ auctions, and thus people used this site instead), he had also begun to aggressively advertise on other sites. With a 10% comission and a rumored 40% profit margin, Yantis was sitting pretty.

Then came IGE. Well-financed, the company started making inroads into the market. A professional service equal to Yantis, they started to gain market share.

Yantis was not sitting idly. For all the money he (and IGE) were making, their exposure was still very little. He owned a few sites, advertised on a few (but none of the big ones), and was paying quite a bit to advertise through Google and and Goto/Overture. It was with the introduction of IGE that in late 2002 Yantis started playing the SEO game.

A lot of SEO (search engine optimization) can be cast as spam. Stuffing their page with keywords, buying links from pages with high PageRank, these specialists game the system so that their sites show up on top of search engine results. (Please note: A lot of SEOers are great people, who don't spam or whore sites. But an equally large portion is a shady underbelly of the internet).

Suddenly Yantis was getting tons of traffic from search engines. He even broke top 10 on google for the word 'everquest', displacing quality sites with his platinum-selling storefront.

So while Yantis was rapidly getting new customers, whats a competitor to do?

And so begun a movement engineered by IGE to discredit Yantis. While Yantis was marked as being an individual using exploits and dupes to create gold, IGE set themselves up as the 'conscientous' choice, a good and moral company that didn't employ and farmers and just paid wholesalers.

Yes, I'm serious. The sentiment actually shifted with Yantis being blamed for all of EQ's ills and IGE looked up as a 'good' alternative.

But that didn't stop Yantis. Far from it. He kept growing and growing. IGE was also growing (and building contacts with game providers), but was still second to Yantis.

And so this continued until end of 2003. Suddenly MySuperSales went offline. Was all that money making just a mirage?

Not even close. While I cannot trace it specifically to IGE, the attack worked. Whois history shows Yantis suddenly moving to Rackspace after the worm was identified. You can see that Symantec marked its distribution high, so whoever put this out did a good job. Almost sounds like online rackateering.

But this worm was just a preview of the upcoming fierce battle.

Yantis begins acquiring MMO websites

Around New Year's of 2004, while everyone at SOE was busy eating and sleeping, Yantis announced the acquisition of a few sites. Starting with EQBeastlord and EQDruids, the sites had suddenly sold out to Yantis. But this time, instead of moderating the forums, Yantis opted to just stick his banner on the site, and leave it alone. A smart move - most newbies would end up just viewing the content anyway, missing all the bitching happening in the forums. And since he wasn't moderating the sites, a lot of the links never got removed.

And so began a movement that finally broke down the barrier and made currency selling common.

Happy with the results from the first days, Yantis started snapping up websites left and right. Before SOE even new what had happened, half a dozen class websites were under Yantis' ownership. And he wasn't done - not even close. Over the next few weeks, deals were made, only to be broken by IGE waving around money. The peak (with EQ) came with interealms.com - the largest forum community, it suppousedly went for over $50,000. What made this even more nuts was that Yantis had already bought and paid for the site. The owner actually returned the wire transfer and stated that Yantis, enraged with what had happened, actually threatened to sue him for breach of contract.

Along the way, in continuing to develop its relationship with game developers, IGE hired Themis Group, an MMO consulting company. After a fierce backlash, the company removed all signs of the deal ever having occured. Themis Group also owns the WarCry Network.

That never happened, as what happened next blew most people's minds.

IGE buys out Yantis

In the middle of this frenzy, where Yantis acquired 75% of the websites, IGE 25%, and SOE only moving to help out EQInterface (paying them over $10k/month!), a stunning announcement came: IGE had purchased MySuperSales.

Announced on January 22, 2004, the rumored value was that IGE had paid $10 million to Yantis. Of course, my sources confirmed this was not true. Instead what had happened was that Yantis (whose revenue was actually twice that of IGE) had not only realized that his image was tarnished, but also that with them competing with each other and the market growing, it was easier (and likely more profitable) to work together. The end result was that MySuperSales (a brand with a negative stigma) ceased to be actively promoted. In turn, Yantis became the biggest shareholder in IGE, and IGE started to use his backend (and suppliers). So much for the 'Yantis is an exploiter' idea. A funny aside is that IGE had used a lot of money to lure people from Yantis' side to IGE. These people were promptly fired.

At this time IGE had now become a juggernaut. With their management team (Brock as deal-making/schmoozing CEO, Alan as the president, Yantis for strategy/existing infrastructure, and Randy as their general counsel), IGE continued to grow while devouring its competition.

IGE's only visible competition at this time was Team-VIP. Suppousedly holding out for a million dollars, the company was suddenly engulfed by fraud and ceased to exist. The domain and site are now backup again, except this time owned by IGE.

At the same time, IGE had continued buying up marquee sites. While snapping up large sites like L2orphus.com for a reported $5000 (and generating that much in sales every day), the big payday came when IGE successfully purchased ThottBot. By far the most popular WoW website, it went for a reported $100,000, with Bill (Thott) hired at a $100,000/year salary. Not only did this give IGE the most trafficked MMO site on the internet, it also gave it a lot of leverage against Blizzard.

While all this was happening, IGE was still busy expanding. Hiring well-connected talent from other companies (such as Stephen Salyer, a Vice President at both Ubisoft and EA). This was a concentrated effort by them - connect and brand with users through MMO websites, and connect and establish relationships with developers through their hired executives.

And all around this time came the acquisition of OGaming. An upcoming network, IGE's latest purchase continued the trend of buying their way to prospective gold-buying customers. RPG Holdings was created as a new company that owns all MMO-fansite assets. IGE began to start advertising in magazines, and worked hard to hide the ogaming<-->IGE connection, and the Thottbot<-->ogaming connection. To their dismay, this relationship was exposed.

To further a positive image within the MMO community, a fake interview was put up on OGaming to push their agenda (this has since been deleted, but can still be viewed in the internet archive ).

Present Day

Today IGE stands as a monsterous multimillion dollar operation with a stranglehold over the MMO gold industry. Some recent events of interest to gamers include:

IGE made a fake bid of $60k a few months back for a vanguard site just to confuse/scare Sigil Games.

IGE has acquired key domains, including ffxi.com, daoc.com, mxo.com, eq.com

Yantis leaves the company, suppousedly 36 million dollar payday (but over 3 years).

IGE acquires other companies, including Enotts and ezgaming

Originally working on deals with SOE, Linden Labs, and WB, all three fall through as SOE launches its own system, Linden does its own thing, and WB sells MxO to SOE.

IGE continues picking up executives from Yahoo! and Vivendi Universal (owners of Blizzard) (press page)

IGE, suppousedly bleeding money and unable to afford Yantis payment (estimated 1 million/month) releases him from non-compete. Yantis creates GamerKing, with a wholesale deal with IGE, and immediately starts stealing away IGE affiliates and trying to buy out websites.

Mogs and Lewt emerge as new competition, IGE talking to both Mogs and Lewt about a buyout.


If that isn't enough activity for you, here's the big news:

IGE acquires Allakhazam.

The deal happened in complete secrecy in about November 2005. Even many IGE employees were kept in the dark of the deal that was almost certainly worth millions.

IGE's OGaming had been bleeding money, and IGE was looking for a new website strategy. After adding gold currency ads to sites like thottbot and Ogaming, IGE shopped Ogaming around to investers but no one bought in. Thottbot and OGaming take up over 100 servers.

The Spin

Working to integrate all of their web properties (Ogaming, Thottbot, and Allakhazam), IGE today announced plans to create a new super-network, Zam.com. This new MMO network is being spun to the community as if Allakhazam had purchased Ogaming when it was himself who was bought out. We thought the truth should be known.

Read Allakhazam's spin for yourself.


UPDATE :  WoWHead.com is aquired by Affinity Media and joins the ZAM Network of IGE owned websites.

UPDATE November, 2008:  Wired.com has posted a write up about the "The Decline and Fall of an Ultra Rich Online Gaming Empire" as it details more about the fate of IGE and a bit of an eye into the whole dark world of virtual gold and item selling.

UPDATE August, 2009: China bans gold farming and selling

I read on the news something about a "Bitcoin CEO" allegedly committing suicide. Then in various forum posts users stated that she in fact ran a company that traded in video game currencies.

Does this incident fit into the picture somehow?

Are you smoking crack? Kudos to Black Arrow? Fucking scam company hasn't delivered shit while KnC has delivered profitable miners.

Notbatman:

- On BlackArrow all I know is I bought 100 units from them and they refunded 2/3rds of my money when I asked them (they were no longer profitable and they had some shipping delays) and they didn't have to do the refund but they did. They shipped me approximately 40 FPGA miners which worked great. Since that time I have no idea what they are doing. The experience I had with them went well. So Yes kudos to them for that.

- On KNCMiner. I bought around 40 units from them (actually did the very first pre-order with them or at least this is what they told me). Didn't get a single one. It is a long story but to say the least I wasn't happy with the ending.

You may and others may have had a bad or good experience with either of the companies. I am just relaying my experience with them.

At first, the millionaire Yantis said he purchased 100 rigs, then later stated he purchased 40 rigs in the same thread months later, with said posts to bring cred to BA.


You need to read this post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=589304.msg6519637#msg6519637

KnC came onto the scene on April, 8, 2014. No where in the following you mention a purchase from KnC, yet your Sunlot partner, Brock Pierce, has a vested interest in them:

Topic: Buying ASIC Units in bulk - 1 million USD budget


From what I've ascertained from reading your posts, your bottom line is paramount yet, as a principal of Sunlot, you, et al. want to come across as looking out for Mt Gox's customer's best interest.

FYI, you and Brock Pierce become lifetime members of The Bitcoin Foundation at exactly the same time as seen here: https://members.bitcoinfoundation.org/current (the list was generated left to right, top down)

The Bitcoin Foundation pays Gavin and other developers to contribute to the protocol and client. Without the foundation, Bitcoin development and growth would decrease dramatically. Heartbleed could have been avoided if more donations (https://www.openssl.org/support/donations.html) were made to the OpenSSL foundation. If you want to stop using bitcoin-qt go ahead...you are still using the blockchain. I encourage both of you to donate to either of these foundations and keep your insipid drivel out of the forums.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=223248.msg2431659#msg2431659


KnC's secret mega-phram, now with 7,000+ miners, and counting, and churning strong, didn't worry you much while your partner, Brock Pierce, was investing in them.

Having their own private exchange to liquidate their mined BTC is not really looking out for bitcoiner's best interest, I don't believe.

BTW, did you take a look at the latest discovered funny? http://web.archive.org/web/20060208124607/http://www.fuckedcompany.com/den/ I've already viewed it three times, ready to watch it again right after I hit the post button.

Screenshot teaser below:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7385/13913396620_a89c652dec_b.jpg


MOD NOTE:
Removed embedded NSFW image...

Goddamn the mainstream media for spreading fud for the past 14 years!

http://www.mediawiredaily.com/2007/10/wow-that-kid-from-that-kid-movie-is.html

The Wall Street Journal doesn't mess around.
We have been alerted to accept our new generation of leaders, because they have arrived with a bold plan to assume control.

Does the bold plan include alt coins as well? Wait till you discover who the registrar for https://dgex.com/ is:

Pssst .. they are the ones who created them. eg. cryptos are the cashless society the elitist pedo warpigs have been dreaming about for centuries.

Was it mere coincidence that ASICs came to light not long after the devs had their meeting(s) with the CIA ?

Who do you think is presently easymining BTC and LTC with these mega-terrahash farms ?

BTC hashrate distribution  http://blockchain.info/pools?timespan=4days
http://img.techpowerup.org/140503/pools.png

While they are at it, how about inviting Bruce Wagner back and moving their HQ to Pattaya?

http://brucewagner.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/bruce.jpg

http://bloghopenchangery.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/automotivator_clinton_missmeyet21.jpg

Our movement is open to everyone?

This Pattaya place you mentioned sounds like a great place to hold a Bitcoin conference: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=39476

Meanwhile, on the Bruno's-just-spreading-fud front:

http://www.thegrouchygamer.com/?p=94


Quick aside: Each time I see the phrase "Pass it On" I'm reminded of my dear friend who's no longer with us: http://www.nashvillemusicguide.com/writers-night-legend-steve-bivins-battles-cancer/

http://brokentoys.org/?p=1780

I wasn't aware until now that Bill Clinton's dick resembled a microphone. That explains a few things.

http://i.huffpost.com/gen/678356/thumbs/o-HILLARY-CLINTON-570.jpg?4 http://www.freakingnews.com/pictures/54000/Hillary-Clinton-Singing-at-a-Club--54205.jpg

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7069/14090284572_f36a2eec54_m.jpg
"I approve this post!"

Hey what a small world!
That scammer who (allegedly) cheated the games has the same username as the guy who popped in to claim Brock Rectum Pierce is a good "innocent" guy.
What are the odds that a person from the Bitcoin Foundation would just happen to have the same online name?

It's the same guy, of which he confirmed such last year, thus is not in dispute. Like I said, him and Brock both became lifetime members of The Bitcoin Foundation at the same time, him first, then Brock, for the list was generated via joining date and not alphabetically.

Ironically, one embraces KnC while the other kicks them to the curb, meanwhile both are part of Sunlot destined to take over Mount Coxs.

Connecting the dots, srsplus.com and silkroad.com are one and the same.

http://www.ibtimes.com/mt-gox-may-rise-again-if-wall-street-veterans-burned-bitcoin-traders-get-their-way-1574092


http://www.silkroadequity.com/contact.html


http://www.whois.com/whois/silkroad.com


http://www.marketwatch.com/story/to-secure-your-bitcoins-print-them-out-2014-02-26

Feb. 26, 2014, 11:10 a.m. EST


http://web.archive.org/web/20051124170914/http://www.silkroadequity.com/investment__portfolio/index.htm


truesnetry.com is now http://www.truelook.com/, ergo http://web.archive.org/web/20051201030550/http://www.truesentry.com/?

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2929/13915194050_ef375f1900_b.jpg

BTW, Google shares the same address: http://www.google.com/about/company/facts/locations/


http://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/01/business/private-sector-a-maverick-has-plans-for-chicago.html


I'm sure "Flip" has Google's ear.

Now, about that Polish Bitcoin Exchange, Bitomat, that accidently erased all its clients data, but Mt Gox was kind enough to make whole...

Some questionable choices but I quite like Vinny Lingham
Comes across like a genuine guy committed to helping btc get mainstream

Here is someone very happy about it:

https://litecointalk.org/index.php?topic=19292.0

I took the liberty and rewrote the text:


Now that I've penned it in perspective, how could I have been so blind? We cried like babies when the press got it wrong about Bitcoin, but now we hand them the headlines: Pedo- Brock Pierce Bags Vacant The Bitcoin Foundation Seat (film at 11, 12, 1, ... See the show!)

Performing for your joy
we've a sight not for the coy
A man and seven boys
keep it cool, keep it cool
We would like it to be known
the exhibits that were shown
Were exclusively Bitcoin's own,
all our own, all our own

Come and see the show,
come and see the show
Come and see the show
See the show

For those not up to speed: http://web.archive.org/web/20060208124607/http://www.fuckedcompany.com/den/

http://yro-beta.slashdot.org/story/13/07/30/1228217/thailand-government-declares-bitcoin-illegal

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7189/14114934435_279b277110_b.jpg

Brock Pierce overseeing Mount Coxs and a board member of The Bitcoin Foundation would give the media a field day.

Then why is the vatican legal ? :P

Sell the vatican.. feed the World.

http://youtu.be/3bObItmxAGc

Care to guess who said the following?

There will be a run-off election, so falling short this time isn't enough to keep Brock Pierce from further penetrating the community.

Screw the bitcoin foundation, why dont we elect members to stand against the foundation that has money.  But it seems bitcoin is about greed, this is why I like the dogecoin members we should elect them

He should not be a part of the Foundation.
Bitcoin would further be unfairly seen as a criminal element with him.

Given the circumstances surrounding the departure of the two previous directors, one would think that candidates would be chosen who are as "pure as Caesar's wife".  This situation casts doubt not only the Bitcoin Foundation, but on the entire Bitcoin Community.

Nay, the whole human race.

Save the Human Race!
Stop Brock from getting elected.

Seriously, someone with his background is really close to getting accepted on the Bitcoin Foundation?
How?
Why?
You must be joking?

That sounds like something Crowley or one of the inbred royals would say...


BP will serve as a BTC self destruct button if/when they realize that cryptos cannot be controlled. Talk about a FUD bomb..

..., ergo my adamant stance.

When is the run-off vote, and do we have (public) access to contact info for every member of the foundation?

Not sure, but unless The Bitcoin Foundation has truly lost its fuckin' mind, Brock Pierce's name won't be on the next ballot.

I say for one we abolish this silly bitcoin foundation and elect Phinnaeus Gage as supreme overlord of BTC!

Perhaps he is a rising star, not ment to be stopped?
Maybe he's on a special assignment and for the greater good we shouldn't question his arrival?  :P

Don't make me vet that goat fucker!

We can not put any kind of presume on this foundation. It is their foundation and to be honest best thing we can do is to ignore it or create alternative one.

Donate to a foundation with criminal records and merely private interests. You gotta be kidding?

To pay developers all they need is to post a donation address. Nobody needs a foundation for this.

TBF is a closed circle following a questionable political agenda which is not in the best interest of the bitcoin community as a whole (e.g. "regulation").

Interesting to know

I think as long as BTC is hitting high and people are earning, why care for such foundation. :P

What you say is true. But we need somebody to explain this to people in general, big time. What kind of a method would work, to explain I mean?

The bigger and more popular the Foundation gets, the more they centralize Bitcoin. Why? Because the PEOPLE are so used to centralization, that they naturally look for something centralized to be a leader. Just look at all the business exchanges do.

The Foundation is NOT irrelevant. It's downright dangerous to the little bit of freedom that Bitcoin has brought into being among us.

:)

GO bitcoinfoundation, they'r the best thing to ever happen to bitcoin.

Why do you say the Bitcoin Foundation is the best thing to ever happen to bitcoin....?
Are you serious?
Is MtGox also the best exchange ever?

Not sure about the latter, but Bitcoin-Central has the entire European theatre covered with their venerable exchange as seen below.

http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/bitcoin-central.net

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7370/14129146851_6432e2812e_b.jpg-

Bitcoin-Central.net (& .com) is own by davout, of which is owned by Paymium, of which davout is an owner. Bitcoin Central is the only entity left of the five that Paymium built with their $400K USD VC from Gilitt. Then again, what would one expect to have with ONLY $400K USD?

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5491/14129562872_72ea969539_b.jpg

The way I'm seeing it is that the only people living high on the hog are the ones acting as the liaison between the VCs and the end users of any products/services provided, with many of them getting the shaft.

Sunlot is no better, for if you research their VCs, you see a many failed ventures as well. I firmly believe that Autumn Radtke knew it, thus decided to commit suicide(?) with her body found here:

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRdbcf7pbETM_I1-hEdpPKgV_26la0Vgvq9SXde5SQ29UjnhdZM

Autumn jumped(?) from her 2nd story apartment and the wind carried her body two blocks away and landed here. Note to self: Very windy in Singapore.

No MtGox was a horrible trajedy.

The Bitcoin foundation however, has been instrumental is spreading bitcoin, they are our dear leaders. Go bitcoin foundation!