Micon blew up Pirate

[Mosrite]

I think we should all congratulate Byron Micon on successfully spotting and outing the Pirate ponzi scheme.

Congratulatiosns, byron.

[organofcorti]

I think we should all congratulate Byron Micon on successfully spotting and outing the Pirate ponzi scheme.

Congratulatiosns, byron.

He was far from the first. Congratulate him for jumping on a high visibility bandwagon instead.

[gnpeer]

I think we should all congratulate Byron Micon on successfully spotting and outing the Pirate ponzi scheme.

Congratulatiosns, byron.

Micon? Is that you? :>

[Mosrite]

He may not have been first, but he was the best. As a celebrity, Byron had the most to lose by sticking his neck out. We all owe him a debt of gratitude, if not actual coin.

[Shadow383]

I think we should all congratulate Byron Micon on successfully spotting and outing the Pirate ponzi scheme.

Congratulatiosns, byron.

He was far from the first. Congratulate him for jumping on a high visibility bandwagon instead.

This.
If you want to congratulate someone, look at Maged and Vandiroy for example, who took to the blockchain and worked out the size and scope of the scam.

[organofcorti]

He may not have been first, but he was the best. As a celebrity, Byron had the most to lose by sticking his neck out. We all owe him a debt of gratitude, if not actual coin.

Celebrity? First I'd ever heard of him was on Bitcointalk.org. He does seem to seek attention like a celebrity though.

Let me iterate Shadow383's post:

If you want to congratulate someone, look at Maged and Vandiroy for example, who took to the blockchain and worked out the size and scope of the scam.

[Mosrite]

Bciм вiдoмo, щo пpocтopy NASA дocлiджeння, мeншe людeй знaють, щo NASA вивчaє Зeмлю.

[laststop]

where can I find more info on this scheme?

[Mosrite]

Satoshi designed a special crypto-currency to take advantage of Lamar's limp-wristed betting style. That's all you need to know for now.

[organofcorti]

Bciм вiдoмo, щo пpocтopy NASA дocлiджeння, мeншe людeй знaють, щo NASA вивчaє Зeмлю.

A quote of a Russian news article about NASA? Do you have any idea about what Micon wrote about pirate, or when, or was that just a a blatant "I'm a newbie get me out of here" post?

[Mosrite]

It is Ukrainian. I am making allegory that just as NASA sees all, so does Byron Micon. He sacrificed himself for the good of all of us.

[organofcorti]

It is Ukrainian. I am making allegory that just as NASA sees all, so does Byron Micon. He sacrificed himself for the good of all of us.

Next you'll be saying Micon is a Jewish zombie magician.

[Mosrite]

There is no call for anti-semitic remarks here.

[gnpeer]

There is no call for anti-semitic remarks here.

What is wrong in being "Jewish zombie magician"?

[organofcorti]

There is no call for anti-semitic remarks here.

Not anti semitic. Anti christian maybe. And I was drawing a comparison between the reason you gave for quoting NASA, and then the messianic regard in which you hold Micon. I'm not anti Micon, but I don't think he

sacrificed himself for the good of all of us.

and I think your priest would be horrified to see you write that.

[Mosrite]

I have no priest. I am just genuinely grateful that Byron Micon, in spite of his celebrity, was willing to go out on a limb and identify a dangerous scam. I just hope that he is rewarded properly for his sacrifice.

BYRON MICON. A true hero to the bitcoin community. He and Satoshi should be commended.

[Mosrite]

Now the mainstream press is acknowledging Micon's pivotal role in uncovering this scam. I would note that he was also the whistle-blower who brought down Ultimate Bet, coining the term "super-user" in the process.

This man is a one-person, scam wrecker. He finds scams and shuts them down, selflessly.

"It's game over, just a question of who wants to believe it yet," Bryan Micon, a poker player and early pirateat40 skeptic, said in an email. "He has been paying interest since late 2011, albeit a helluvalot more recently... it looks like he doubled the size of the scam from April until it went boom." THE VERGE

[Shadow383]

There is no call for anti-semitic remarks here.

I think you'll find he was mocking christianity, but whatever, they're all basically the same...

[moni3z]

Bitcoin is weird like that. All the old scams and obvious fraud are now made new again. Surprised nobody here is peddling 'Offshore Trust Accounts' like that guy on talkgold who ran off with a few millions.

[Shadow383]

Bitcoin is weird like that. All the old scams and obvious fraud are now made new again. Surprised nobody here is peddling 'Offshore Trust Accounts' like that guy on talkgold who ran off with a few millions.

Give it a month...