Wild guess: Mike Hearn was hired by USA govt (bonus inside)

[Come-from-Beyond]

Read http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR1200/RR1231/RAND_RR1231.pdf and find 10 similarities with Hearn's actions and methods of cryptocoin discreditation.

[oblivi]

It should be pretty obvious by now. The banksters are starting to get shaky and resorted to a desperation move as their trojan horse wasn't working. Let's just hope that not a lot of morons panic sell as we will be recovering again in the next week.

[keepdoing]

It is more likely that blockstream insiders were paid off by the banks to intentionally stall bitcoin growth, create havoc, sow disharmony.

[Lauda]

It is also very possible that he was an inside man all along.

[BlindMayorBitcorn]

It is more likely that blockstream insiders were paid off by the banks to intentionally stall bitcoin growth, create havoc, sow disharmony.

It is also very possible that he was an inside man all along.

[mad.enchantment]

It is also very possible that he was an inside man all along.

That's possible actually, this is just like James Bond or Spy movies
where the goods guys are doing some undercover works to bring the tyranny down
The only difference is that Mike was the Bad guy here lol

[Kprawn]

It is kind of like a hostile takeover and Mike Hearn is working for the powers who want to take over the smaller company. They have the money and the government support to

take the smaller companies down. These people have been doing this for years and they worked out strategies to go undetected. Mike is just a puppet being controlled by his

masters and we are like kids watching the show. We see the strings, but we ignore it, because the show is too intriguing.  

Edit : Proof = https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/4141ud/video_proof_that_r3_controls_mike_hearn_and/

Charley Cooper Managing Director at R3CEV LLC

Chief Operating Officer U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission August 2005 – November 2007 (2 years 4 months)

United States Department of Defense Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense United States Department of Defense February 2004 – August 2005 (1 year 7 months)

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Associate Kirkland & Ellis LLP 2002 – 2004 (2 years)

U.S. Department of Justice Speechwriter to the Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice November 2001 – June 2002 (8 months)Washington D.C. Metro Area

Assistant Press Secretary Dole/Kemp '96 1995 – 1996 (1 year)

[Cconvert2G36]

Such BS. If Mike was so wrong and a hindrance to the project... the market would have rallied with the news he was quitting Bitcoin for good.

The real reason for the drop is that we very well may be firing Blockstream Core as the development team for Bitcoin this spring. That means uncertainty, lots of it, markets hate uncertainty. Already, half of the hashrate has signed on to the direction of Bitcoin Classic, and it isn't even released yet. Comparing it to XT is a display of ignorance.

The good news, once the fork goes off without a hitch, 1MB4EVA crowd rage dumps, we can rally HARD... and have the extra capacity to do it. 

[loneranger]

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned the fact that Wikileaks was greatly helped by Bitcoin. VISA and MasterCard and PayPal all were pressured by the US Govt to stop allowing donations to Wikileaks. It was only through Bitcoin, which hasn't been banned but is treated as a mere commodity rather than a currency, that Wikileaks has been able to survive.

This is payback by the US govt or the banksters trying to take over. We'll be seeing a subprime mortgage fiasco with their alternative blockchain if they have their way soon enough.

[btcprospecter]

To me it does look like a devious plan to destabilise bitcoin, a entity the banks and governments can't control it is not owned by them the people have the power to control it and it looks like they are running scared. Have to love the fact banks like blockchain but hate bitcoin.

[Bit_Happy]

Wild guess: Mike Hearn was hired...
You want wild guesses?
(Witch hunt coming...)
At least three people were sent to help destroy Bitcoin:
Mike Hearn
Brock Pierce
...and what is your guess to complete a list of three of more?
(Mark K@Gox, Big Vern?)

[Come-from-Beyond]

...and what is your guess to complete a list of three of more?

Obama?

[QuestionAuthority]

We can prove it if someone hires a hooker to take a pic of his underwear. All US government employees wear a specially designed underwear that cost $600,000,000 to develop.

Check for comfyballs.

[Bit_Happy]

...and what is your guess to complete a list of three of more?

Obama?

So a high-ranking forum member is secretly THE one and only Obama?
Who could it be...
He won a Come-from-Behind victory over Hillary in 2007/2008, that could be a clue:
Come-from-Behind == "Come-from-Beyond", hmmmmmm.