Maybe you weren't around long enough to remember Matthew N. Wright (who finally ended up being permanently banned but not before his "scammer" tag was removed).

He is rather clever at social manipulation (and managed to con me out of quite a bit of BTC when I stupidly suggested that I could "help him" to repair his reputation).

In Mike Hearn's world it doesn't matter about what is "fair or reasonable" it only matters that the *state* can dictate what they want to.

So in his view no one can be innocent unless the *state* says so (this is actually the modern political dynamic that we live in - guilty until you can prove you are not and we'll prevent you from trying to even prove you are not - just follow what is going on in Australia in regards to "boat people" to get a taste).

This has been about the worst thing that has happened in the history of Bitcoin IMO.

The best we can hope for is that the 90% acceptance level won't be "changed" and the worst that could happen is basically going to hurt Bitcoin more than anything else ever has.

Personally I think that the Bitcoin community should be worried about what Mike Hearn is trying to do.

More and more I see it likely that Bitcoin is going to become "the worst nightmare we could have ever imagined".

Mike Hearn is one of those that will be remembered as a person that "paved the way to hell with good intentions".

As a person I actually have found him to be okay so it is disappointing that he just doesn't seem to see what it is that he has decided to support (which is complete totalitarian control over everyone's finances).

In the future I predict we'll miss when we had "cash".

Are you sure it was "downloading" or just "re-checking" the blockchain?

(the latter will be much quicker but will still take some time)

If it really became so bad that people could "double their money" then I think that Bitcoin would be over and judged as a "failed experiment".

There might have been the appearance of that but in fact there was never any *actual* attempt to do so.

The BTC would not have been so quickly returned to @theymos if my supposed "extortion attempt" was actually serious (when angry sometimes we say all sorts of things that we don't really *mean*).

If you've never had an "I hate you" moment with your wife (or significant other) then I guess you wouldn't understand.

Also if it would be of any help then I will gladly "refrain from posting again" in any topic other than that of the CIYAM project topic (the work is more important to me than me being able to post elsewhere on this forum).

I recognise that I have a personal problem with IQ/EQ (I have a very high IQ but a very low EQ) that is perhaps not very common. I am not trying to make that as "an excuse" but simply as an "explanation" of my behaviour.

I do not deny the fact that I made a very stupid post and upset many people from that.

I also do still have a lot to offer to the forum in regards to the work I am doing for CIYAM and the AT creation that is now being used to perform "100% decentralised Atomic Cross-Chain Transactions".

That work is unfortunately now going to be coloured by my stupid mistake which I think is unfortunate for many others that have worked on this project that in no way is related to "scamming" of any sort.

Whatever "punishment* the forum wants to impose upon me I will accept but I do think it is unfortunate if the whole AT project gets destroyed because of this.

I am no longer a forum treasurer so the problem that led to this cannot be repeated (as for sure the forum won't trust me again to be a treasurer) but for the sake of the common benefit of "decentralised development" I would hope that the negative trust could be changed to "neutral" (am not asking anyone to remove anything).

Seriously - you are still repeating this?

No-one is going to be "doubling their money".

A few days ago I was a trusted forum member and treasurer but after getting frustrated by what I considered to be a lack of moderation (to do with some nasty posts being made about my wife that were clearly off-topic and offensive) I pulled a stupid "stunt" by making a topic about losing control of the forum's BTC that I was holding (50 BTC) if the offensive posts were not removed.

I didn't realise that the stunt would "backfire" so badly on me, however, I did lock the topic when I came to my senses and have since returned the 50 BTC to the forum (this can be attested to by theymos).

The funds in question were actually never at risk as my offline PC actually doesn't even contain any data (as I use a bootable USB OS to access my offline funds) so the destruction of said PC wouldn't matter at all (and also I do have GPG encrypted backups of the private keys in case of USB device failure).

Admittedly this was a very stupid mistake (and having returned the funds to the forum it cannot happen again) and I hope the moderators who have given me negative trust might consider removing it as I've never even come close to being a part of any sort of scam or deception on this forum before.

As the topic in question was created in Meta I have created this topic in Meta also (but mods are welcome to move it anywhere else if they so see fit).

I am human, I love my wife and I made a very stupid mistake.

I am sorry.

Not everyone on this forum supports *haters*.

But for those that do then you should not be surprised to see yourself or your loved ones made the targets of "assholes" that only care about being assholes.

So you don't need to keep going on about it - just PM @theymos and I will send the funds to the address he wants me to as soon as I can do so.

You must think that you are a "genius" so congratulations on your incredible research.

If getting ridiculously nasty posts removed is somehow a "bad thing" then for sure I am guilty.
 

It is indeed sad that the moderation on bitcointalk.org sucks so badly.

As I already stated - once I regain control of my offline PC I'll send the BTC to @theymos when he gives me an address to do so.

Is that so hard to comprehend?

You can complain all you like about me being a treasurer "with a wife" as I guess you'd prefer all treasurers should have no wife (maybe @theymos should have stated that you are not allowed to be married to be a "treasurer" for this forum).

And your proof is?

I gather that I have "used up all my points" to defend my wife and should move the BTC back to @theymos.

Please give me some time to first get back my offline PC and then do this (once he has given me an address to send to).

It is sad that bitcointalk.org has become like this when it was actually so nice years ago but I guess that is just the way things are now.

Again - "tell that to my wife".

(it doesn't work)