Hi, just a few thoughts. I was given the link to this thread by a steemit user, because I had told him how mad I was and that I was about to go to the German authorities and the press, if I was presented with solid evidence of a scam or fraudulent behavior.
There was simply too much chatter of "centralized power", "scam", "dan`s big ego", "steem dumping", "bitshare buddies bailout", "envy" and bad behavior even among whales" etc etc etc., so it got me worried, because I had actually turned into a "True Believer".
Normal crypto-projects are B2B projects for me, so buyer beware rules, but I`m actually so exited about Steemit because this time "we crypto people", invite the moms and pops and little guys and poor africans etc into crypto and with end-users and non-crypto-experts, my line for fraud is pretty fat red and rather easy to step on. You don`t even have to cross it.
I also like Jeff Berwick and got to know him a little at Anarchapulco. He might not have a flawless character (not that I noticed anything unusual), but I think he`s honest.
I also like Synereo and hold some AMPs since ICO.
I am also a Dashtard and @smooth and @iamnotback and some other Monero guys with their SJW-like ultraorthodoxy have been getting on my nerves quite a few times here, since more than two years now.
But I love seeing them here now, because if they are so dead serious about Satoshis principles, I hope they would not fall for a crypto-scam that hurts little guys (as opposed to some bct troll freak, whom I don`t give a shit about).
@iamnotback:
Are you Anonymous or can one find your name if one wants? Same question for Smooth.
I`m asking because I am not anonymous and you can find my name if you want.
I`m also to be found on Steemit:
https://steemit.com/@fabio I`m a finance guy and after being in crypto since 2011, I`m growing tired of the old "oh, I hide my identity because I`m such an idealist" mantra, as in my experience, 95% of the time it`s just a lame excuse for being a coward at best and some criminal at worst.
But I don`t think this applies to smooth and you, iamnotback, it only makes it harder for me to trust you guys.
I don`t know shit about coding and I am not as smart as anyone here in the thread, but I`m an idealist and I`m going to raise hell, if it turns out that people I bring into steemit are being treated like stupid german money one more time by some US salespeople.
(I advise any Noob to not put a single Dime into it, what I do is another story).
So that being said, thanks for the thread, because it actually make me a little bit more condifent again, because nothing MWD64 has presented so far contains a single shred of evidence regarding Steemit (I don`t give a fuck about that Chile thing and yes, entrepreneurs are well allowed to fail). No offense MWD64, I really appreciate what seems to be good intentions, but you`ll have to put up some more facts.
PS: Harcore voluntarist here. You have no idea how much you have to piss me of if I ever threaten with calling the Gov for help.