Cobra-bitcoin compromised. Bitcoin.org is not safe bitcoin site anymore

[chek2fire]

As we all know cobra-bitcoin after some years in dark site the last months start to be active in twitter and reddit. For what he post there raise the warning that his account was compromised. Some says that the old owner of his account sell it.
The last post that he openly support bcash is another proof that his account is compromised

https://twitter.com/CobraBitcoin/status/970736614275153926

Increased my holdings of Bitcoin Cash today. There was a long need for a blockchain good for payments, that makes certain tradeoffs to achieve that, and I think from a UX point of view, Bitcoin Cash has much better chances of winning the upcoming payments war than LN.

for that reason imo bitcoin.org is not a safe bitcoin site anymore and that has compromised too.

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[Jerusareth]

Sorry but I didn't know who is this Cobra-bitcoin in the Bitcoin scene or here in the forum as I only knew Theymos, Cyrus, hilariousandco and some other.
Is he really the owner of Bitcointalk.org? what's his username here though?

[OmegaStarScream]

I'm pretty sure JihanWU support Bcash too so It make no sense If we take his last tweet in consideration where he is against Bitmain/Jihan WU. As for the site, theymos would've told us If that was the case as I believe he is in control of bitcoin.org as well.

[BitcoinHodler]

just because someone is supporting bitcoin cash it doesn't mean their accounts are compromised. they may have their  reasons for doing such things, maybe he wants it to get pumped so he can dump a large amount and make a shitload of money LOL.

but jokes aside bitcoin.org being compromised or not is a meaningless and dumb thing. bitcoin.org is just a website like any other website. people should never put too much trust in anything that is centralized. and bitcoin.org is centralized.

things people have to know are these:
source code: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/
how to verify authenticity of the binaries for bitcoin core: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1588906.0

[DooMAD]

Are we thinking the accounts were compromised before or after calling for this radical and reactionary Bitcoin hardfork?  If anything, splitting the current Bitcoin blockchain in such a contentious and ill-conceived fashion would only be of benefit to competing chains.  It's not like this is the first time they've said something controversial.  They also had some "interesting" ideas about the original whitepaper being rewritten.  Is this more likely just a simple case of some things being said without thinking it through to conclusion?  Is there even a chance they've reconsidered their priorities and had a genuine change of heart?

[tomahawk9]

for that reason imo bitcoin.org is not a safe bitcoin site anymore and that has compromised too.

I mean, sure, Cobra may have an agenda, or perhaps his twitter account was compromised, but tbh that single tweet doesn't provide enough information or even an specific reason to believe that Bitcoin.org isn't safe. Also, Cobra isn't the only co-owner of Bitcoin.org, Theymos is the other co-owner (as listed in the site: https://bitcoin.org/en/about-us#owners), so I don't think Cobra has full control over the site.

[5ensei]

Sorry but I didn't know who is this Cobra-bitcoin in the Bitcoin scene or here in the forum as I only knew Theymos, Cyrus, hilariousandco and some other.
Is he really the owner of Bitcointalk.org? what's his username here though?

He is not referring to this forum website but the actual bitcoin website (this is the chat forum and is (or was) owned by satoshi, now administered by theymos). If c0bra is down then they need someone else to hold rights to the domain. Too many eggs in one basket otherwise

[LTU_btc]

I think it's not likely that account of Cobra was compromised just because that he started to support Bitcoin Cash.
And Bitcoin.org is still safe, because Cobra don't have full control of this website, he have same power as theymos.

but jokes aside bitcoin.org being compromised or not is a meaningless and dumb thing. bitcoin.org is just a website like any other website. people should never put too much trust in anything that is centralized. and bitcoin.org is centralized.

I think it wouldn't be a meaningless thing. Newbies who looking for information about Bitcoin are usually searching for *official* website of Bitcoin. Bitcoin.com owned by Roger Ver already become official website of Bcash, what if same thing would happen to Bitcoin.org? It's centralized website, but at least it gives correct information, not like Bitcoin.com.

[chek2fire]

has not any sense in 5 months to publicly say that Bcash fork is an attack to bitcoin, then to promote a pow change to get the power from chinese miners and after that to say that you believe that ln will fail and the only solution is bcash...
And why bcash and not litecoin or any other shitcoin out there? What has bcash that has not any other shitcoin? Roger Ver, Craig Wright and Jihan Wu? And why bitcoin will fail if ln fail?
Whatever he says this guy has not any sense. Cobra-bitcoin was dark and anonymous for years. Finally before 8 months he start to tweet and to be active to social media.
I believe that his account is compromised and that the real cobra is pwnd or arrest or hacked or whatever.
I really dont care what Cobra or anyone believes. There are plenty of ppl that believes to shitcoins.
The real problem here is that this guy is an admin to bitcoin.org. If he is compromised then there is a great risk to this site.

[franky1]

that twitter account is only 6 months old... i smell phish

but then again cobra wanted to rewrite satoshi's whitepaper and still call it satoshi's paper.. so i think he has always had a few brain cells short of a braincell

[chek2fire]

that twitter account is only 6 months old... i smell phish

but then again cobra wanted to rewrite satoshi's whitepaper and still call it satoshi's paper.. so i think he has always had a few brain cells short of a braincell

bitcoin.com is a roger ver's bcash propaganda site. Bitcoin twitter account has pwnd from Roger Ver the previous owner sell it to him. Everyone can imagine what will happen if and bitcoin.org will fail. This site  is to satoshi white paper.

[reb0rn21]

I for one don`t see his logic calling POW change on bitcoin to kill jihan centralization and in next day or so, promoting bcash...
Must be some   

[squatter]

CobraBitcoin is minor figure in Bitcoin world and honestly i'm not surprised to see people to join Bcash community. Whether his account is compromised or not, i'm sure Bitcoin.org is still safe since he's not the admin of the website.

This. Cobra has never been a significant contributor to Bitcoin.org. He's just leveraging his reputation as "co-owner" to make himself seem important. As David Harding points out:

For those who don't know, @CobraBitcoin may co-own http://Bitcoin.org but he's had little to do with the production, translation, and maintenance of its content. His major contribs are allowing Google to track pageviews, reducing server security, and gratuitous pontification

I'm pretty sure JihanWU support Bcash too so It make no sense If we take his last tweet in consideration where he is against Bitmain/Jihan WU.

I believe Cobra has been using Jihan Wu and the issue of mining centralization as red herrings. The intent is to divide the Bitcoin community against itself. Inevitably, a hard fork change to the proof-of-work algorithm (with significant support) will cause a permanent, sustained network split. Who benefits? Jihan Wu, Bitmain and Bcash.

[FiendCoin]

CobraBitcoin is minor figure in Bitcoin world and honestly i'm not surprised to see people to join Bcash community. Whether his account is compromised or not, i'm sure Bitcoin.org is still safe since he's not the admin of the website.

This. Cobra has never been a significant contributor to Bitcoin.org. He's just leveraging his reputation as "co-owner" to make himself seem important. As David Harding points out:

For those who don't know, @CobraBitcoin may co-own http://Bitcoin.org but he's had little to do with the production, translation, and maintenance of its content. His major contribs are allowing Google to track pageviews, reducing server security, and gratuitous pontification

I'm pretty sure JihanWU support Bcash too so It make no sense If we take his last tweet in consideration where he is against Bitmain/Jihan WU.

I believe Cobra has been using Jihan Wu and the issue of mining centralization as red herrings. The intent is to divide the Bitcoin community against itself. Inevitably, a hard fork change to the proof-of-work algorithm (with significant support) will cause a permanent, sustained network split. Who benefits? Jihan Wu, Bitmain and Bcash.

Last thing Bitcoin needs is another fork.

[ruthbabe]

bitcoin.com is a roger ver's bcash propaganda site. Bitcoin twitter account has pwnd from Roger Ver the previous owner sell it to him. Everyone can imagine what will happen if and bitcoin.org will fail. This site  is to satoshi white paper.

So, maybe, Roger Ver is behind and/or has a hand on this news publication, The Curious Case of ‘Cobra Bitcoin’: The Peculiar Anon with a Lot of Power if it's affirmative don't get what he's up to as Theymos was mentioned...

"There are a few characters within the bitcoin space who are anonymous but have enormous amounts of control over certain aspects within the bitcoin space. For instance, there is Theymos, the co-owner of Bitcoin.org, and Bitcointalk who helps operate those sites with Cobra Bitcoin. (Theymos also controls r/bitcoin and the bitcoin wiki page). Cobra was first introduced in a Github update over three years ago as the co-owner of Bitcoin.org alongside Theymos. Since then his commentary and Bitcoin.org Github requests have been very contentious."

[Pursuer]

as much as I hate bitcoin cash and I believe it is an attack on bitcoin, but I hate it even more when people call everyone that talks about it as "shills, compromised,..." and the worst part is that whenever someone is fucking with bitcoin and even puts it in danger everyone is dead silent.
the same person was trying to literary rewrite history by replacing Satoshi's white paper with a new one. and he is also pushing for a change in mining algorithm which is something that others including bitcoin core devs like LukeJr have been pushing for too.

[Wind_FURY]

that twitter account is only 6 months old... i smell phish

but then again cobra wanted to rewrite satoshi's whitepaper and still call it satoshi's paper.. so i think he has always had a few brain cells short of a braincell

But then Theymos has to come out and declare the "Cobra" Twitter account is not really Cobra, right?

But it's possible. The @Bitcoin Twitter account was also possibly bought and controlled by Roger Ver. It has been making tweets about Bitcoin Cash being the real Bitcoin because "Satoshi's Vision".

[chek2fire]

as much as I hate bitcoin cash and I believe it is an attack on bitcoin, but I hate it even more when people call everyone that talks about it as "shills, compromised,..." and the worst part is that whenever someone is fucking with bitcoin and even puts it in danger everyone is dead silent.
the same person was trying to literary rewrite history by replacing Satoshi's white paper with a new one. and he is also pushing for a change in mining algorithm which is something that others including bitcoin core devs like LukeJr have been pushing for too.

i neither have a problem for anyone to choose whatever shitcoin he want and to promote it even this crap bcash. But i have a problem if this person that do this is the admin of historical site like bitcoin.org. This kind of site need really bitcoin believers and not ppl that promote shitcoins like bcash that is controlled by a bunch of scammers with their only propose to hijack the name and destroy bitcoin.
Imo cobra-bitcoin must remove asap from bitcoin.org or step down. Then he can continue to promote whatever he like as bcash, dollar, banks, IMF or whatever he like. Who cares.

[alyssa85]

Sorry but I didn't know who is this Cobra-bitcoin in the Bitcoin scene or here in the forum as I only knew Theymos, Cyrus, hilariousandco and some other.
Is he really the owner of Bitcointalk.org? what's his username here though?

According to the following cobra is joint owner along with theymos:

https://github.com/bitcoin-dot-org/bitcoin.org/blob/master/_templates/about-us.html

<h3 id="owners">{% translate owners %}</h3>

<div class="credit">
  <p><a href="https://github.com/cobra-bitcoin">Cøbra</a><span>Co-Owner</span></p>
  <p><a href="https://github.com/theymos">theymos</a><span>Co-Owner</span></p>
</div>

[chek2fire]

and is getting worse. a new tweet today

ASICBOOST patent drama is another great reason to change the PoW to something simpler, we can’t have Bitcoin’s security dependent on patent restrictions and alliances. Anyone should be able to create the most efficient ASIC without being encumbered by patents whatsoever.

https://twitter.com/CobraBitcoin/status/971365176774680576

this account is very clear that is a Jihan Wu propaganda tool. Why Theymos has not say anything about this situation? Cobra must step down from bitcoin.org or removed.