The Monero community must be looking out for the thieves then? Thieves deserve a fairly distributed and ethically organized means through which they can cover their tracks, I see.

Wait, so it's ok if the thieves use Monero to launder their coins, rather than Dash?

I'm not saying that you criticizing Dash directly lead to anything that is happening with Monero. Or Dash for that matter. I'm saying that it leads to antagonism between the Dash and Monero communities, which in the long run will probably just hurt both. I fail to see how it benefits Monero, which I assume is your goal?

I'd guess that your logic goes like this. Dash becomes illegitimate, therefore people switch over to Monero. But in reality, it results in shit being thrown from both sides. There are adverse consequences for each side. Instead you could just focus on making Monero better, which would actually help Monero. But hey, it's your time. If you feel that it's best spent by trashing others, then that's your choice.

Take me as an example. In the past I may have gone out of the way to trash Monero, but for the most part, I stopped. I even advised people that both Monero and Dash are worthy of investment. If you and the rest of the Monero community didn't constantly antagonize, I would only have positive things to say about Monero.

It may be the lowest volume exchange for Monero, but it's still a somewhat popular exchange. I have an account there, although I haven't used it in quite a while. Either way, antagonizing Dash does not seem to be benefiting Monero much. I feel like you're expecting your actions to result in negative consequences for Dash. But the only thing that will bring down Dash is a glaring failure with Darksend, or an undeniably superlative competitor. Flinging shit only results in both parties becoming covered in shit.

I actually feel bad for Monero, because I think the developers are generally good people. It doesn't seem like they're in it exclusively for the money, judging by how much of their time and funds they put into a project that isn't expected to yield profits for a while. They could easily make pump and dump garbage, yet they work on boring (but very necessary) stuff like making a better database for Monero. If they didn't go around and shit on Dash all day, I'd be at peace with them. And I feel like the antagonism between the two coins could at least begin to subside.

Add Cryptoshekel (SHKL).
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=394123.0

Lol. Smooth, I haven't even heard of that exchange before. Look at Poloniex instead. On XMR's primary exchange (!!!), Dash is at 26 BTC volume, and XMR is at 40 BTC volume. Dash is catching up on an exchange that is the go to place for Monero!

Nothing wrong with this. The community decided it was legitimate, and that's all that matters.

Oh, Vertoe said it, case closed in that case. Disgruntled ex-team members never lie or misrepresent, so we know this must be true. Evan may be the main developer, but to say he is the sole developer is an outright lie. Troll harder.

That's nice, but rather irrelevant, considering that cryptocurrencies are not securities under federal law.

That has nothing to do with regulating the initial distribution of a digital currency. Evan was fully within his rights to determine how Dash would be distributed, and furthermore, make changes in the future. He could have premined it 100% and sold the coins for $1000 a piece, and it still wouldn't be illegal. It's obvious that you're grasping at straws.

Show me the law that regulates precisely how I can distribute my magic internet tokens.

We can agree to disagree. There are clearly situations where scam refers to "unfair", and not necessarily illegal. And you still haven't shown me which of Evan's actions were illegal.

I already gave you the definition on the previous page. Show me where it says that scams are necessarily illegal. Dishonest yes, but not necessarily illegal. You guys claim that the Dash instamine is a scam. Ok, please explain to me what part of it was illegal. By your own logic, Dash can't be a scam, now can it? Good job, you've done my work for me.

Correct, my contention is that a scam does not necessarily have to be illegal. As I have already stated, there are a large number of people who feel that cryptocurrency is a scam.

Ever heard of a thing called nuance? Words often have multiple definitions. There are clearly things that people would consider to be a scam, and yet are perfectly legal. Cryptocurrency is a great example. Many people outside of crypto consider digital currency to be a scam, and yet here we are.

Scam
noun
1.
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
verb (used with object), scammed, scamming.
2.
to cheat or defraud with a scam.


Fraudulent

adjective
1.
characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains:
a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
2.
given to or using fraud, as a person; cheating; dishonest.

Dishonest does not necessarily imply illegal. Is it dishonest to go into a restaurant and state that you hated the food (resulting in a free meal) when you actually didn't? Yep. Is it illegal? Nope.

I'm not going back. I respect those who are able to exploit the stupidity of others. There are many ways to do this legally. And a scam does not have to be illegal. Otherwise all you Monero trolls are using it incorrectly in describing Dash. There is nothing illegal about what Duffield did.

Not necessarily. If I buy something, and then tell the seller that I was not satisfied, and they give me free stuff, that's 100% legal. If someone convinces others to buy tokens that were generated at zero cost, that's 100% within the law. There are many forms of trickery that allow one to benefit, and yet they're completely within the law.

No, I only respect scams that are within the law. I would not respect a shoplifter, but if someone can go into a restaurant and figure out a way to legally get free food, I would respect that. I don't respect a bank robber, but I do respect a lawyer who uses a technicality to extract millions of dollars from some company.