I have already ignored that user since their post due to their activity so there's not much more I can do at this point.  I don't care about staking though and don't really feel your comment is relevant (LoyceV seems to, but that's no surprise as he's pretty clueless).  I care if the user can post a signed message with their username and hope that any misuse will come to light by the forum investigators who live for these types of threads that are rich with information they can use. 

Let's try to keep this thread on topic.  If you have concerns about users posting here, feel free to PM me.  I likely won't respond but I'll check to make sure I've already ignored any troublemakers so they do not get any further merit or attention from me.

That's interesting?  I knew what everyone knew after it was released and it was obvious how to leave a trust rating...  What I didn't know was that I was chosen as a DT member without my knowledge so that every person I distrusted (excluded their ratings from my network) for leaving dishonest ratings would team up and try to damage my reputation and the reputation of any project I choose to support as retaliation for their inappropriate behavior being excluded from the network.  I especially didn't think the person who thrust me into this position without my knowledge or approval would eventually empower these inappropriately behaving users to attack me and take no personal responsibility in the matter.  That not withstanding, I feel sorry for the users such as yourself that missed the bitcointalk golden era.  It was so awesome and everyone was so supportive of each other and willing to assist building projects.  It was such an amazing time that I'm still willing to put up with the trolling here and continue to do the right thing in the face of harassment as a thank you to Bitcoin.  Maybe had you been around for it you wouldn't be such a negative presence here and would know how to act right and encourage others to build on Bitcoin instead of trying to tear apart new users who don't behave according to your agenda.



It isn't a legendary rivalry.  Vod is a liar who trolls me because he has no life and is desperately seeking some form of relevance.  You would be disappointed with a documentary on the subject.  I spend a vast majority of my day sitting behind a screen working on various projects that are mostly non-Bitcoin related.  If it wasn't for the activity metric and lack of interesting community projects here as a result of the horrendous atmosphere that has been created, I would likely ignore him completely like I did for many years before this place became what it now is.

That’s because I was here before it was created and no information or notification was given prior to it being created. Therefore nobody knew what it was at the time and had to search out information on it once it appeared. Thanks for also sharing your ignorance. It’s great to be attacked by people who have absolutely no idea what they’re talking about, which is how I’d describe my last several years here. So much facepalm. If only people were knowledgeable enough to realize it. You’d be better served listening to my experience and learning from it than trying to pick it apart with semantics.

The Outpost was a more recent war film that I thought was worth the watch and it’s on Netflix.

I wasn't able to verify.  It could be a formatting issue.  I should probably update the OP to show the proper accepted format of sending a signed message, but I didn't want to be too much of a stickler on the newbies.  Nevertheless, learning to provide a signature in a verifiable format is somewhat important, and I was not able to verify the above signed message as it has been presented to me.

Your lack of experience on this forum is showing again.  I was never notified or told I was being put on default trust or ever given any kind of explanation of it.  There was no opting out.  I learned what DT was and that I was in it when I started being attacked for it by scammers which puts me in a unique position of easily identifying who the nefarious users on this site are.  I was confused why I was being attacked since I had nothing but positive interactions here through half a decade of daily trades/escrows, but knew all of my ratings and trust activity was honest, so I didn't worry as I assumed theymos would have my back for exposing myself and my family to hate on satoshi's forum's behalf (I now see I was used as a scapegoat).  As the years passed, more and more of these users harboring resentment for me joined up building trust connections and waiting to attack, which is what we saw as soon as theymos changed the trust network empowering nefarious users to attack those who had put in years of effort trying to keep this place from becoming what it is now.  An unsafe atmosphere that no legitimate project could ever flourish in.  

If someone like myself, who has safeguarded tens (hundreds?) of millions of dollars for others without a single legitimate complaint can have their narrative changed by an alcoholic with severe brain issues who can't hold a minimum wage job and a housewife taking out frustrations from her unhappy marriage on forum users, there is a clear failure from the top down.  This is what we're seeing here and as much as you'd like to see me pull a philipma1957 and cop out on my trust to avoid personal harassment so you and your buddies can have near complete control of the trust network, I don't feel that is the right thing to do for the forum.  If I only cared about myself, sure, being in DT is a thankless job that will get your family harassed, your motivations constantly questioned, and there is no upside or anyone in the administration who will stand up for you.  Luckily for me, I've got the time, am fearless, and I owe it to Bitcoin that helped me become blessed beyond expectation to continue fighting the good fight.  If you want me out of DT, keep pushing the narrative.  There will eventually be enough ignorant users here that have been bamboozled into thinking I'm not fighting for what is right here at my own expense.  I'm actually routing for you to achieve this goal on the inside as it would make my life easier, but I will continue doing what is right, even long after I am removed from DT because my role with this account is not to act in the best interests of myself personally, or theymos, or anyone else.  I am here for Bitcoin.  

I was unable to decrypt.  There is also no need to post the decrypted message.  It's a bit counterintuitive.

It is definitely a good thing to know exists and how to use before you need it.

The entire trust/flags system has gone to absolute shit. It doubled the amount of problems while presenting no solutions or resolution to the existing problem. All of my negative trust ratings stem from me being in DT (which I never asked for and wasn’t even notified of when it was implemented, long before what exists as the trust system today was put in place) and not trusting certain individuals as a result of various negative interactions. The entire DT experience for me, I would describe as someone else signing you up to run for president without your knowledge and then abandoning you once the attack ads start airing on TV.

I may have been premature on this one. He’s looking pretty good so far in his preseason debut.

Don’t even waste your time reading these emails. It’s like asking a telemarketer for more information.

Here we go folks!  NBA Basketball is back!

Predictions:
The Brooklyn Nets vastly underperform expectations.
The Golden State Warriors finish at best a 6th seed.
The LA Clippers get destroyed by the LA Lakers in the playoffs.
The Phoenix Suns make the playoffs.
The Sacramento Kings make an insanely dumb trade/signing.
DeAndre Ayton has a breakout season.
LeBron James leads the league in assists for a second straight year.
Kevin Durant suffers another season ending injury.
Kyrie Irving receives over $1,000,000 in fines.
Zion Williamson makes it clear he is better than Ja Morant.
Giannis Antetokounmpo sees his numbers decline for the first time in his career.
LaMelo Ball is a bust.

Nice.  You couldn't keep a simple database server running but think you can be relied upon to create something with the power to murder posthumously?  I never know when you're trolling or having another delusional episode from your drinking and brain damage but I hope you get the help you need either way.  Threads like this aren't good for anybody.  They make you look like an idiot, make bitcointalk look like it endorses criminal behavior, and further the misconception that Bitcoin is used by criminals for nefarious behavior.

Seems like we're getting mostly bounty spammers and alt accounts signing messages now.  I'd love it if that weren't the case...

Sounds like PGP only with security questions instead of private keys.  I'm not sure about your claim it is safe against memory loss though.  Don't you have to then rely on others to not forget the answers to their questions, or to select questions that can't be known by anyone else?  I like the effort, but I'd like to better understand the benefits to using this system as opposed to systems already in place.  It appears the lack of needing a key makes it a bit of an 'Encryption For Dummies' service.  Is that the intended benefit?  

Imagine standing behind Vod's ridiculous lies like LoyceV and suchmoon do while including him into their trust networks, and then trying to call out others for adding honest members with legitimate feedback to the trust network.  Is it clear yet that the goal for these users isn't an honest trust system tied to real life happenings, but to have control over who can or can't be in the trust network based on their own emotions?  Imagine wanting to exclude one of longest the most active trading histories on the forum because of honest positive feedback, while simultaneously including a user like Vod with now a very long verifiable record of lying (see recent example above) based on nothing but his own delusions while drunk.  It should be clear from this debacle that the trust network is not functioning as intended and needs some intervention from theymos.

You encrypted your PGP encrypted message.

@JTripathy - I ignored you a long time ago for being a bounty spammer.  Please stop posting in my threads.  I am not reading what you post.

A member has for years now been attacking trusted users and forcing the trusted users to remove inclusions for feedback that existed prior to them joining the forum.  They have done this in order to degrade the value of longterm member's earned trust ratings as a way to appear more valuable to the forum and have more influence on their own website which judges users on just these sorts of ratings.  

Conflict of interest?  Sure.  Shady as fuck?  Yup.  Dishonest?  Sure seems that way.  What is the appropriate response to such a user suchmoon?

I know you started it with that agenda, but it has actually correctly been identified as a thread to discuss your cultish trust usage and how it has enabled you to use this “self scratching” attack on reputable members multiple times over a period of years in the past as a way to exercise more control over the trust network than you deserve. Tell me, is that behavior deserving of a negative trust rating or just exclusion from the trust network?

This being the real reason Vod continues to troll me.  His lie-filled attacks on me are the only thing that give him relevance after nearly 10 years of participation here.  I don't think when all is said and done that he will be remembered kindly.  

I should also add that these creatures abuse the trust network as a team and so they utilize attacks like this "self scratching" nonsense because they know it cannot be used against them, since they are all working together to manipulate the trust network.  Actually not a bad approach.  Attack people for acting as honest individuals while giving yourself immunity for abusing the network as a team.  I will say as far as attacks go, this is one of the smarter approaches these creatures utilize.  Users like myself an philipma1957 were even fooled previously by it.



Obviously I wouldn’t make up a lie like that. I’ve never lost anyone’s money. Not a single satoshi.