If you think about going back through the past 2 or 3 years with scaling issues and arguments and proposing a hypothetical future where BTC is $xxxx and fees are 10 sat a byte or less often enough, as well as block weight resulting in 2mb blocks, I have a hard time imagining even the most ardent anti-Core person really disagreeing that this would be a bad outcome.

Yet I suspect even if the face of excellent numbers, people still can't overcome their cognitive biases/emotions and will still argue doom and gloom, or that this is a bad result thus far. Hopefully I'm wrong, but it seems to be common. Especially these days with the internet, that people dig themselves so deep in to certain worldviews that reality begins to become irrelevant. Are there still a sizeable amount of people like this within the community?

So I've been following this now for a few days and now reading I'm atcsecure and Prometheus' posts in the Blocknet thread basically confirming everything that's been said.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=829576.msg9407509#msg9407509

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=829576.msg9407751#msg9407751

So Dan was lying multiple times trying to cover up yesterday but now he's decided to come clean??? So everything is true basically???

So all the XC supporters have been screaming at the top of their lungs that the chat was faked and that Dan had no connection with Prometheus and now we have Dan saying he thinks Prometheus is 'ethical'. Okay, so how that everything has been confirmed nothing changes for all these people? What are they thinking? I'm confused.

Spoetnik's wild trolling about Dan being everyone and everything is being used to distract people from the facts it seems too.

The only person who hasn't really lied here it seems is Prometheus, since from what I can tell he never denied anything here. And then we have Dan and Synechrist lying their faces off trying to play damage control. I don't know how they managed to pull it off but they actually look worst than Prometheus in this whole drama.

Everyone from XC been saying that there's no way to prove the chat wasn't modified but now we have admissions that it's true. So, hello??? If the chat is not fabricated why aren't more people outraged? Dan was behind Halcyon! XC supporters were saying that this was so called 'FUD' and now we have an admission from Dan that he did in fact develop for Halcyon AND he published a CODE REVIEW for his own code under the pretense that he was an unbiased third party!

So now they try to divert attention away from the fact that everything turned out to be true and the chat is genuine(as it obviously was from the start!). They try to use the logic that this was a planned attack by Shadowcoin people. Well, who cares? Even if that's true, frankly who gives a shit, because all that matters is that they revealed the truth behind the scams.

What is wrong with people? XC is clear scumbaggery and everything that's wrong with the altcoin world. People that support these people and defend them after they've admitted to what they've done should be ostracized from the community.

If someone wants to defend these actions feel free to post and explain how Synechrist, Dan Metcalf and other XC supporters actions are ethical. Because from what I've read the last week or so is just disgusting. Everything from the pre-mine being drained and lied about by Synechist saying that it was drained by mid-September while everyone would plainly see on the block-chain that ~12k XC was pulled out right before the Blocknet ITO, to the confirmation that all the things they've been denying are actually true.

What do you think makes for a good distribution of currency? And what currencies do you think have achieved a good distribution?

I can think of two main metrics that one might measure currency distribution in: percent of total currency held by individuals, and total number of individuals who hold said currency.

Another variable is time. And the speed at which the currency is dispersed through out a population.

How important is this to you? Is it an overrated factor, or is it something people underestimate the importance of.

Is economic protectionism bad policy in general?

Do we gain more by sending jobs to other countries where the labour is cheaper?

Looking back over the past 15 years of globalization, has the US gained from outsourcing or in retrospect would have it been better to try to keep those jobs at home?

Historically there has been a strong correlation between bitcoin price increases and litecoin following suit and rising as well. With a new flood of competitors in the cryptocurrency arena has the market been diluted enough to divert capital flows away from litecoin and into other altcoins? And if the money isn't going in to other altcoins, where is it going? Is there evidence to suggest that the bitcoin generated from the mass litecoin sell off isn't going into other altcoins? Maybe it's being held in bitcoin?

The main point I'm speculating on here is just the apparent change in correlation between bitcoin and litecoin. The other questions about other altcoins potentially picking up that slack is just pure conjecture and I'm just curious if anyone believes that is the case, or will be the case soon.

Also if anyone has some evidence that litecoin is not decoupling from bitcoin I'd be more than happy to see that too. I have nothing at all against litecoin. I'm just find the evolution of the cryptocurrency market interesting.

Other than actually taking a loan from someone denominated in BTC of course.

I think I remember Bitcoinica offering this did they not? And has any other company picked up the slack since they went away?

https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=441465.msg7282674#msg7282674

How big of a flaw is this? What can be done about this?

Between this and Ghash.io being 50% at this point(could this even be another attack by Ghash?), are we looking at the biggest technical threat to bitcoin since the hard fork?

How much prenews buying or selling do you think goes on in bitcoin trading?

Has there ever been any obvious dumps or pumps prior to major announcements?

Where do you feel that is somewhere you need to visit before the end of your life?

Have you already checked off this place(or places)?

What is one place you think everyone should see?

Personally, I've never been to New York City or Rome. If I had to choose one or the other I would probably choose Rome over NYC just because I have an interest in the history of the Roman Empire. But in terms of modern cities I'd much rather see NYC. So it's a difficult decision really. Hopefully I can see both at some point soon.

Greatest television show of all time.

How would a modern day Wire look now that bitcoin is a factor?

Would Lester Freemon be analyzing the blockchain?

Would Stringer Bell a top seller on Silk Road?