Mike Hearn

[LiteCoinGuy]

[sillug]

I could not summarize his case better !

[criptix]

Please someone tweet him this xD

[franky1]

tries to run another implementation to not give total control to blockstream.. realises his financial backers are also the same ones behind the shell companies paying blockstream, and thus quits.
(mike hearn quits same month blockstream reveal PwC partnership)

soon we will see gmaxwell (who has been very vocal about bankers backing XT/classic) decide to call it a day too when he realises his 'consultation' fee's for working with blockstream are from the same banks as the R3 crowd

how many more are going to 'do a hearn'

edit.
keeping for posterity..
(blockstream lover starting to wise up to the reality)

This is what happens when you sell yourself to banks. The real question is who is the next person to ragequit and declare Bitcoin dead even though it keeps expanding.

[Lauda]

This is what happens when you sell yourself to banks. The real question is who is the next person to ragequit and declare Bitcoin dead even though it keeps expanding.

[the_poet]

Just to clarify this: did he really get rid of all his coins?

[tiffyroman]

I just literally laughed at this! This actually made my day LOL
Sucks to be him tbh.

[tntdgcr]

it's not wrong.

[thejaytiesto]

I wonder what he is thinking now that the price is on the best uptrend in years. What a moron. "I quit because my altfork attempt is a failure, therefore Bitcoin is a failure and dead" then here we are, months later and things looking better than ever. FUDsters just don't learn.

[yayayo]

It's quite funny to see this thread opened by LiteCoinGuy, who previously was an advocate of the big-block lunacy...

Hearn certainly had a quite narcissistic personality. He was easily offended if his ideas were rejected for good reason. It's quite a relief that he together with Gavin did not succeed with the attempt to weaken network decentralization by pushing for an excessive block increase. I'm quite sure that he would still try destroy bitcoin if he had a chance to make his defeat undone.

Hearn's and Gavin's attempts to seize control of Bitcoin development will not remain the only ones. We as a community must stand together and always stay vigilant to defend Bitcoin's decentralized nature against usurpation by those who seek power and control.

ya.ya.yo!

[LFC_Bitcoin]

I think the meme is funny & he threw his toys out of the pram like a little bitch but I don't think he sold all of his coins.

[cjmoles]

Yes, it's funny....BUT....be leary of a "Superiority Trap;" there's a lot more going on here than the trend or market cap might suggest.  The big bankers and their puppets are more guileful than they appear.  They might have their own meme with our faces on their LAN's somewhere.

[BellaBitBit]

Just to clarify this: did he really get rid of all his coins?

I have the same question.  Is there evidence that when he declared he was "leaving bitcoin" that he sold his coins...i mean, that would REALLY be leaving.

[franky1]

It's quite funny to see this thread opened by LiteCoinGuy, who previously was an advocate of the big-block lunacy...

Hearn certainly had a quite narcissistic personality. He was easily offended if his ideas were rejected for good reason. It's quite a relief that he together with Gavin did not succeed with the attempt to weaken network decentralization by pushing for an excessive block increase. I'm quite sure that he would still try destroy bitcoin if he had a chance to make his defeat undone.

Hearn's and Gavin's attempts to seize control of Bitcoin development will not remain the only ones. We as a community must stand together and always stay vigilant to defend Bitcoin's decentralized nature against usurpation by those who seek power and control.

ya.ya.yo!

what if i told you that wanting "block limit increase" is not actually being a big blocker..
what if i told you that wanting "block limit increase" is NOT actually being a hearn fanboy, or gavin fanboy
what if i told you that wanting "block limit increase" is NOT actually being a classic/xt cult member

now heres some stuff you can read and spend some time researching to open your mind further
knowing bitcoin 1mb blocks average capacity is 2500tx (as oppose to the dream that is mis-believed of 4000tx)

what if i told you all of core/blockstream roadmap features as of 2017. results as a potential 5.7mb block for just 7600tx capacity.
yet a logical "block limit increase" of 2mb offers average 5000tx, a logical "block limit increase" of 4mb offers average 10,000tx..

thats right the hard fork offers better byte per tx ratio than cores bait and switch
meaning that core/blockstream are actually the big blockers

before trying to use insults or deny it. please take time to research the numbers first. look into data needed per block to add confidential payment.
oh and dont even try to twist the data by talking about the light clients that dont validate, archive data.. keep any statistical rebuttle to full validating nodes