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[Vod]

First - congrats for making the list of notable topics this past decade.  

Latest update on the Pirate ponzi scheme.  Turns out OG was paid extra profit by Pirate to bring in more coin to scam.  Pirate swore to the SEC he returned thousands of coins to OG, but OG kept them and didn't make his investors whole.

https://web.archive.org/web/20160212042638/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=75843.0

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2834153.msg53277993#msg53277993

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[xtraelv]

First - congrats for making the list of notable topics this past decade.  

Latest update on the Pirate ponzi scheme.  Turns out OG was paid extra profit by Pirate to bring in more coin to scam.  Pirate swore to the SEC he returned thousands of coins to OG, but OG kept them and didn't make his investors whole.

https://web.archive.org/web/20160212042638/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=75843.0

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2834153.msg53277993#msg53277993

Thank you for the comments. I think this update is more suited for the History - Bitcoin Savings and Trust and Pirateat40 on Bitcointalk (PONZI) Thread that goes into more detail about Bitcoins biggest ponzi.

I haven't followed the whole OG saga closely but I will add a link to the thread there and look into documenting it more later.

[qwk]

August 15, 2010, [EXPLOIT]Bitcoin vulnerability creates 184 million bitcoins resulting in a patch.

It were 184 billion (with a B) bitcoins according to the wiki.

November 08, 2010,[POST] First reported use of the term "shitcoin" in reference to alt coins
You say that now, but if bitcoin really takes off I can see lots of get-rich-quick imitators coming on the scene: gitcoin, nitcoin, witcoin, titcoin, shitcoin...

The concept of a "shitcoin" had been outlined under the name "Zitcoin" before, so I believe it should at least get an honorary mention.

[GazetaBitcoin]

Hello xtraelv,

I come back with more suggestions for your historic thread.

If you think they worth, you can add these users to the list of notable persons: evoorhees (Erik Voorhees), Luke-Jr, Mircea Popescu and Bitmain.

Besides, regarding the list below:

Notable people:
Hal received the first bitcoin transaction
adam3us Creator of hashcash (1997) (Proof of Work)
Sirius Bitcoin Core Developer and Bitcointalk.org domain owner (First dev to work with Satoshi)
MemoryDealers Bitcoin Jesus
MagicalTux MtGox Founder
silkroad  & altoid Silkroad Founder
Altoid Silkroad founder
pirateat40 - the 500K BTC ponzi organiser Exlained here 

Famous people list will only contain usernames and will not identify their roles unless they have publicly disclosed it on bitcointalk.

I think you listed twice the Silk Road founder. Also, I think the ones mentioned in the list can be listed with their real names, as they are already public or they stated it public here. For example: Hal stated here that Hal Finney is his name; Adam Back admitted here that the profile adam3us belongs to him; Sirius admitted here his name is Martti Malmi; MemoryDealers states right into his signature he is Roger Ver; regarding MagicalTux I don't know if he stated / admitted here his name is Mark Karpeles, but this information is public anyway; pirateat40 could appear also with his name after it became public (Trendon Shavers); the only questionable profiles (about the true identity) being altoid and silkroad, where is difficult to say 100% sure that they belong indeed to Ross Ulbricht or not (or just to Ross or more people).

Maybe, if you take the above into consideration and you add the names to these profiles already listed, you could add their name and also their nickname (if any) - for example " MemoryDealers Roger Ver "Bitcoin Jesus"".

[squatter]

It seems like the epic block size debate and fork threads from 2015 and 2016 are missing from the OP. I'm not sure what the criteria are, but these threads are legendary to me:

Bitcoin XT - Officially #REKT (also goes for BIP101 fraud)
ToominCoin aka "Bitcoin_Classic" #R3KT
Estranged Core Developer Gavin Andresen Finally Makes Sensible 2MB BIP Proposal!

I used to spend hours and hours reading these mega-threads...

[GazetaBitcoin]

In addition to my previous post, I'd like also to highlight the profile of Charlie Shrem: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=21181. He can also be listed with hus real name since he stated as well his name here.

[Chlotide]

There are plenty of people around on this forum that are less well known and have made massive contributions to bitcoin and crypto in general.

Just a few of them.

As far as I know POS was also mentioned here first: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=27787.0
Might want to add it to the list :p

Saw you mention this thread somewhere else and thought to ask here as well so it would not get lost in the noise.

From what I can tell POS was presented first on bitcointalk

Exhibit A:

Proof of Stake (PoS) was first introduced in a paper by Sunny King and Scott Nadal in 2012 and intended to solve the problem of Bitcoin mining’s high energy consumption

link: https://cointelegraph.com/news/the-history-and-evolution-of-proof-of-stake

Exhibit B:

I've got an idea, and I'm wondering if it's been discussed/ripped apart here yet:

I'm wondering if as bitcoins become more widely distributed, whether a transition from a proof of work based system to a proof of stake one might happen.  What I mean by proof of stake is that instead of your "vote" on the accepted transaction history being weighted by the share of computing resources you bring to the network, it's weighted by the number of bitcoins you can prove you own, using your private keys.

If this is the case this QuantumMechanic guy should definitely be added on the list of "Notable people" imo, even tho this one one of his last posts here...

[malevolent]

New video: Why the blocksize limit keeps Bitcoin free and decentralized is historically interesting, the debate was a bit different to what it would later become.

keepbitcoinfree site is now owned by a BCH-er, archive is here.

[GazetaBitcoin]

Hey xtraelv, I have a question about the users which donated 50 BTC. I observed that on your list there are 41 users mentioned. However, when accessing this link - https://bitcointalk.org/donate.html - there are only 38. Do you have any idea why this discrepancy appeared?

From what I see these users appear on your list, but not also on the website:

Mt.Gox Support https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=42942
MagicalTux https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2134
Hal https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2436

Is it possible that they requested specifically to not be listed there? (In Hal's case this is hard to believe, as he passed away a long time ago.)


Excepting that, I thought that all users listed by you here were also supposed to have a VIP status. However, I found that two of them, which appear in the 50 BTC donators list, do not have the VIP status displayed at their profile -- any idea why? These are the two I'm talking about:

pirateat40 - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=35827
BitAvenue - R- -https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=54967  

[tranthidung]

Hey xtraelv, I have a question about the users which donated 50 BTC. I observed that on your list there are 41 users mentioned. However, when accessing this link - https://bitcointalk.org/donate.html - there are only 38. Do you have any idea why this discrepancy appeared?

I can not know the difference of 3 VIP members.

Excepting that, I thought that all users listed by you here were also supposed to have a VIP status. However, I found that two of them, which appear in the 50 BTC donators list, do not have the VIP status displayed at their profile -- any idea why? These are the two I'm talking about:

pirateat40 - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=35827
BitAvenue - R- -https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=54967  

but for these two members, I know. Stats on active & merit status of Donators & VIPs. In the past, when I checked, they are old scammers and their names are still in list of VIP donators. Likely their VIP badges were removed because of their scams activities.

Details:

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     | userid                           username     badge               status   meritstatus   lastactiveday   period |
     |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 17. |  35827                         pirateat40       VIP            abandoned          none       23mar2013     2455 |
 24. |  54967                          BitAvenue       VIP            abandoned          none       08dec2017      734 |

Other notes:

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     +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
     | userid         username                 newusername                     notes |
     |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  5. |  35827       pirateat40                                         OldScammerTag |
 11. |  54967        BitAvenue                          R-             OldScammerTag |

History - Bitcoin Savings and Trust and Pirateat40 on Bitcointalk (PONZI)

Some VIP members got the VIP badges without 50 BTC donation

Maybe they didn't donate 50 BTC but were gifted the VIP status because of their contribution to Bitcoin and the forum.

Right. I posted about this somewhere when I did it.

IIRC MagicalTux also got VIP without paying 50 BTC because he contributed significant resources in other ways.

MagicalTux got "free" VIP status for hosting the forum for a long time, too. I think that him plus Hal are the only free donator statuses I gave out. You'd have to do something pretty extraordinary to convince me to give out another free one.

I don't see any point in donating 5 BTC now and then 5 BTC later. You won't get Donator status until you've donated a total of at least 10 BTC. It'd be better for you to earn interest on the 5 BTC somewhere until you're ready to pay 10 BTC. The forum isn't in need of money.

[GazetaBitcoin]

Thank you for your reply, tranthidung!

but for these two members, I know. Stats on active & merit status of Donators & VIPs. In the past, when I checked, they are old scammers and their names are still in list of VIP donators. Likely their VIP badges were removed because of their scams activities.

I understand but, at same time, 🏰 TradeFortress 🏰 still has the VIP status... this does not seem fair...

Some VIP members got the VIP badges without 50 BTC donation

MagicalTux got "free" VIP status for hosting the forum for a long time, too. I think that him plus Hal are the only free donator statuses I gave out. You'd have to do something pretty extraordinary to convince me to give out another free one.

I knew that Hal received the VIP status post mortem, this is also why I was wondering why he appears in xtraelv's list as 50 BTC Donator, while he hasn't donated that amount... But I thought it's possible that I don't know all the story and, maybe, he donated 50 BTC though. However, your post clears the question about Hal and MagicalTux. I believe that xtraelv should remove them from the 50 BTC Donators list.

Now, the only remaining question is about Mt.Gox Support. Most likely, this user received the VIP status together with Karpeles (MagicalTux), for same reason stated by theymos above. In this case, this user should also be removed from xtraelv's list.


Excepting that, I just noticed that xtraelv's OP is empty and all the information appears in the second post of this thread... any idea why?

[xtraelv]

Now, the only remaining question is about Mt.Gox Support. Most likely, this user received the VIP status together with Karpeles (MagicalTux), for same reason stated by theymos above. In this case, this user should also be removed from xtraelv's list.


Excepting that, I just noticed that xtraelv's OP is empty and all the information appears in the second post of this thread... any idea why?

All information is based on historical information and data still present on the profiles.

Any removal of status I will list as "former". Currently those profiles still display the status.

The OP was used for timeline information only.

[ChiBitCTy]

OP- I think this would be a good add to your original post..some cool and important history here ( https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5174217.0 )