I completely agree. I think the best thing for Blockchain.info would be to force Roger Ver out.

Piuk if you wish to do that, and you need capital with which to accomplish it, feel free to PM me in confidence and we will see what we can do.

Ok, I'll change the title.

Roger Ver has PMed me asking me to lock this thread. His desire is to cover up information that will "damage Bitcoin." Of course the only thing Roger Ver is worried about damaging is Roger Ver. What he did is corruption, pure and simple, and Bitcoin will only be served by exposing him. Allowing snakes to hide in the grass will never be for the greater good.

He may not have done anything truly unforgivable, but what he did was wrong. It was wrong enough that it shouldn't just go away. It can't. He abused his position to serve himself. I don't like that. Unsurprisingly neither did anyone else who took the time to understand it.

I'm very pleased to see Piuk's response. Roger, take notes: that is how a professional acts.

I actually use Blockchain.info myself, although I only ever keep small amounts of coins on there, and for a short amount of time, because this is Bitcoin and I trust no one. After this I was going to stop using it, but Piuk's response was spot on and enough to reassure me that there is a professional involved. I'll be continuing to use Blockchain.info, at least in the very cautious way that I'd use any web-wallet.

Still, I think it's important that Blockchain.info users, and anyone else in the Bitcoin community understands what happened today. For that reason I will not be changing or altering this thread in any way.


The delusions of self importance are strong in this one. Particularly laughable is the "I am the most significant investor in Bitcoin the world has ever seen!"quote from the first thread along with a link where he is mentioned in passing on Forbes.com.

Wowee Roger! Can I have your autograph?

You leveraged it in private.

Also

Why break the habit of a lifetime, right?

I think you have the facts wrong though. No one is asking you to believe the "scammer". (In all honesty I don't think he's technically a scammer. Ver paid him back too much money in error and he kept it, not really a scam. More like Ver fucked up. A scam usually involves deception, not taking advantage of someone else's mistake, although of course that is also wrong.)

All you have to do is read what Roger Ver himself wrote in that thread. He said himself that he has access to a lot of information about account holders and their accounts, and we can see for ourselves in the email chain he posted that he was prepared to leverage this information to resolve a customer service dispute in a completely unrelated business.

Uh, no? I dunno what "cassing" is, but I'm pretty sure that you have the wrong guy.

Haha, I think it's pretty ridiculous that you would call me an idiot when you are unable to even write your insult correctly.

You have it completely wrong.

1. This guy wasn't a scammer. Read the thread.

2. Blockchain.info don't want their BTC back. It's a totally separate business.

3. The problem is, as I said, that Roger Ver has access to a lot of information about account holders and their accounts, and he was prepared to leverage this information to resolve a customer service dispute in a completely unrelated business.

It's a bit rich that you would call me stupid, really.

*You're

Ver could change the source code at any time. He could change the entire site so that all transactions go into his wallet, and he'd get everything until it was discovered.

You destroyed your entire reputation for the sake of $50 measly bucks, a loss that was your mistake in the first place.

You stupid, stupid man.

How can anyone trust you after this?

You may have used the word "could", but I think this implies that you would. Otherwise how can you say "none of this would have been an issue"?

You didn't leak any of it, but you have access to a TON of information about account holders and their accounts, and you were prepared to leverage this information to resolve a customer service dispute in a completely unrelated business. I call that abusing it.

Wow. What a scumbag.

Why should anyone trust you after this? After all, you have no problems going into people's accounts and just taking what you think you are owed in a completely separate business venture. You claim not to be capable, but I'm not sure that I believe a word you say.

BlockChain.info says: "Be your own bank"

What it actually means is: "Open an account at the Roger Ver Bank."

Roger Ver has access to the Blockchain.info database and is prepared to abuse it in order to take revenge over a customer service dispute in one of his other businesses.

See this thread for more details:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=131574.0

I'd hardly call it a death threat.

You are a fool. He has taken $50 from you. That is your fault. He has now also taken hours of your time, which you could have spent making money or doing something that is important to you. That is also your fault.

You now also look like an idiot to at least one potential customer. Again, your fault.

Why in God's name didn't you cut your losses at the fifty measly bucks?

Hahaha. Yes, yes please call the greek police. Make sure to report back here and let us all know how you get on. And record the call.

Also fuck dealing with you, ever. What type of company outs their customers personal information on a forum over a customer service dispute?

This guy didn't scam you. Scamming is where people deceive you into giving them money. You FUCKED UP. Obviously this guy should give you the money back, but this situation wouldn't have happened without your mistake. It doesn't give him the right to keep your money, but if I was you I'd just be like "Well, I screwed up here." and move on.

It's like if you ran a store, and you gave someone too much change in a transaction, and they just left without letting you know. Would you put up a picture of the person from the security camera on a noticeboard calling them a thief? Of course not. No shop keeper would. They'd admit their mistake, take the hit from it, and move on.

This guy should give you the money back, but you posting this makes you look like a joke. Your comment about getting in touch with the greek police makes you look like a manchild who is out of touch with reality, and all this post serves to do is draw attention to your own lack of competence.

Act like a professional, stupid.

Fuck, yeah. I saw that episode of COPS where they busted the guy who bought an 8th of weed off Silk Road. Apparently it was a $1m FBI investigation to catch some kid with 5 joints worth of fucking weed. Bad boys bad boys, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?

Use your brain for a change you dumb fuck.

Anything I've said to you, I said it in good faith, not as a troll. I have no interest in disrupting any investigation into Pirate.