As should be obvious by now (I guess the poll will tell
how obvious...), the Bitcoin Awards for 2011 run by BitcoinBetas is a complete scam. Since the general idea of having an awards contest is a good idea, I am asking all the winners to redonate the winnings to a new contest run fairly - by whom? I don't know, any volunteers?
Anyhow, obvious poll options
missing from BitcoinBetas's polls (and yes, they
were nominated):
- BTCGuild
- ABCPool.co
- Eligius
- yourbtc.net
- p2pool
- poclbm
- Amir Taaki
- Art Forz
- Jeff Garzik
- Joel Katz
- Luke Dashjr
- Mark Karpeles
- Martti Malmi
- Matt Corallo
- Michael Marquardt
- Mike Hearn
- Nils Schneider
- Patrick McFarland
- Pieter Wuille
Satoshi Nakamoto (he wasn't really involved in Bitcoin in 2011 I guess)- BitEgg/BitPizza
- Coincard/Coinpal
(before asking "who?", see
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/People )
Furthermore, when I brought up the concern of vandalism during nominations, I was told it was under control and not to worry about it. When I pointed out these major problems immediately after the poll options were public, BitcoinBetas basically said he had no clue about these obvious choices, and refused to fix it.
How is it a "scam"? Who got ripped off, who lost money, who was misrepresented, who gained/profited? Or is it just a scam because you didn't like the nominees?
Are the Oscars a scam? The Grammys? Surely there are people who deserved to be nominated but weren't, but those people don't call the Oscars a scam, do they?
Or how about you form your own award ceremony? The Oscars and Emmys have the Golden Globes and SAG awards, nothing is preventing you from having the Coinnys or whatever you want. There's plenty of room for more than one end-of-year award ceremony.
Or are you just throwing a tantrum like a child, calling the sky is falling because someone didn't get nominated? Something is unfair because your choices didn't get picked?
Also bitcoinbeta, I and CosbyCoin can be reached at
http://buttcoin.org/contact , but I prefer you donate any bitcoins to charity, preferably the Thailand Relief Fund
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