Funny Bitcoin HEADLINES!

[John (John K.)]

Thread moved to Off-Topic, and unlocked. Continue the FUD here please.

[misterbigg]

...Continue the FUD...

What FUD? Only a fool could possibly take these headlines seriously...and me having to point out that they are fake really ruins it.

[John (John K.)]

...Continue the FUD...

What FUD? Only a fool could possibly take these headlines seriously...and me having to point out that they are fake really ruins it.

Seriously, the newbies here will believe anything they see, especially with a title like that.

[LoweryCBS]

Excellent headlines! All-time Best-of material, certainly!

[misterbigg]

Excellent headlines! All-time Best-of material, certainly!

Thanks, I was inspired

[misterbigg]

"Blockchain Splits Force IRC Kicks" -gmaxwell (#bitcoin IRC)

"Ask Wall Fall Follows Client Stall"

[Spekulatius]

Gotta say some of those headlines are pretty creative.

I like the dead puppy one, although I dont get it

[misterbigg]

I like the dead puppy one, although I dont get it

It's an inside developer joke which I must not reveal, but I can say that it has to do with a high volume of economically unspendable transactions.

New headlines:

"Hoarders Get Great Deals While Blockchain Heals" -HYIP Monitor

"Price In Air During Blockchain Repair" -Bitcommunity

[misterbigg]

Let's wear it with pride!

Now that's awesome. But from what I'm reading, the bug was actually in 0.7. Version 0.8 just made it apparent.

"Chain Fork Trims Pork: Price Sliced" -The Weekly Meat

[misterbigg]

well my understanding is that if there wasn't a bitcoin 0.8 then there wouldn't be any forking, or spooning or whatever...

I guess if there was never another release after 0.7 then there wouldn't be a problem but the bug was in the 0.7 code not the 0.8 code.

[Bitobsessed]

I will just leave this here.
http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3tc188/

[misterbigg]

http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3tc188/

[misterbigg]

so can we call it a feature, not a bug?

Most probably not, it's a bug. The problem is that 0.8 created blocks that SHOULD have been okay, but apparently were not accepted by 0.7 on account of a bug. It was 0.7 that did not behave according to specification (because of a bug). I could be wrong though but that's my understanding.

[bbit]

ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[misterbigg]

it's funny

These headlines are funny. But the block chain fork isn't. There was a serious problem and if it wasn't for the heroic efforts of the developers, miners, and business owners (Blockchain.info, SatoshiDICE, mtgox, et. al.) working together to identify the problem and fix it as expediently as possible, Bitcoin could have taken on permanent damage.

[Bitobsessed]

That was incredibly quick thinking and action.

[misterbigg]

That was incredibly quick thinking and action.

The headlines? Yes, thank you   

"Blockchain Fork Borks Bitcoin Dorks" -Nerd World

[markm]

Mystery miner snaps up cheap coins using creative "attack block" - Speculation forum

-MarkM-

[misterbigg]

Mystery miner snaps up cheap coins using creative "attack block" - Speculation forum

"Mystery Miner Brings Price Chop With Attack Block, Dirty Deeds Do Coins Cheap" -Unidirectional Flow

[Bitobsessed]

"Coins in limbo, sends home bimbo"