I'd like to record these claims here since it is history, although probably not wiki worthy..
vodBitcointalk trolls, internal dysfunction and all out flame wars. Guide to the scandals.
Alternative title: Strays, catfights and hissing competitions.
I’ve considered writing this earlier. It is with some reluctance that I write this. I do not want to re-open old wounds or getting inadvertently involved. It is written from a neutral perspective so that an outsider understands it. I decided to go ahead after Pugman published a list and then encouraged me to write an article about it.Corrections, additions and comments welcome.
Knightmb (Michael Brown)https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4547124.0knightmb on bitcointalk -went from owning 371,067.36 BTC to being jailed for Mitt Romney extortion.
Involved with bitcoin early on. One of bitcoins largest whales. Obtained the bitcoin in curious circumstancesv
Pirateat40 (Trendon Shavers)https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4464504.0Bitcoin Savings and Trust and Pirateat40 on Bitcointalk (PONZI)
More that 146,000 bitcoins were collected.
silkroad & altoid (Ross Ulbricht)Silkroad and Altoid were both accounts tied to Ross Ulbricht and subject to a DOJ subpoena
Silkroad Founder jailed for running a darkweb drug market
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4437773.0 MagicalTux (Mark Karpeles)Founder of hacked exchange MtGox,
Police suspect in Silkroad (never proven)
Hosted the bitcointalk on his servers and reviewed the code after the first bitcointalk hack.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4412667.0 (Mt Gox story)
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4405796.0 (Bitcointalk hacks and vandalism)
WME (Alexander Vinnik)Bitcointalk user WME was identified as Vinnick when he made this post:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=85977.msg1037908#msg1037908http://archive.is/6cFcY Other online activities by the same user account are alledged to link it to the hack on MtGox.
Investigations by Wizsec, a group of bitcoin security specialists, had identified Vinnik as the owner of the wallets into which the stolen bitcoins had been transferred, many of which were sold on BTC-e.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4412667.0Cablepair (Tom)https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=79637.msg1157524#msg1157524 Cablepair took a lot of orders for the bASIC miner and when the BTC priced spiked he started paying back USD valued refunds. More mining issues here:
Mining equipment scams, shams and failed deliveries.escrow.ms (Pankaj Bharadwaj)https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1359877.msg13840774#msg13840774Following a report in the India Times Escrow.ms got removed from the DT list.
The arrest was for credit card cloning and then converting it to bitcoin to launder and distribute the stolen funds.
Master-phttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1306301.msg13376914#msg13376914Master-p scamming people – When Escrow goes bad.
Goat / El Cabron (Chaang Noi)https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=622250.0;all VIP accounts can change their username. Goat renamed his account El Cabron.
Goat attacking theymos
Goat versus the forum administrator.... check out the cool signature....
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=622250.msg7030081#msg7030081
Banned since June 5 2014
Cyber pinoy V Gleb Gamowhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=990219.0;topicseen Cyberpinoy going after Gleb Gamow because Gleb caught him using a sockpuppet to shill his company.
Only half of the conversation remains. The rest was deleted by Cyberpinoy
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1012713.5aTrizhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2751956.0aTriz being naive and providing his signature to a scam
The exchange between aTriz and ibminer explains it.
It was a marketing strategy and they tried to say they raised so much in just a day or 2.
I doubt they raised anymore then 1 BTC.
You are ok with ICOs stating false information about how much they have raised to other potential investors... and you would call this a marketing strategy?
This is nothing but deceitful nonsense. What you call a "marketing strategy", I would call fraud.
Scammer: a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
Swindle: to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit
Fraud: a person or thing intended to deceive others,
typically by unjustifiably claiming or being credited with accomplishments or qualities.
No, but when I'm 2 weeks into a bounty program I'm basically forced to go along with it.
No, you are not forced to do anything you do not want to do here, especially when someone is being fraudulent. the Zeroxal case divided some of the community.
Shorena and OgNasty gave negative trust to the DTs involved.
theymos stance on extortion/blackmail by staffLauda/TMAN/minifrij/IronMarvel2/owlcatz extortion attemptLauda tried to get a confession using a sting operation from user Zeroxal who “was not able or willing to explain double evasion of forum ban, advertising of counterfeit goods, selling botnet/cloud mining packages.” according to
This resulted in Lauda leaving as a staff member of this forum.
Zeroxal is still and active member of the forum.
After this relations between Lauda, TMAN and Owlcatz soured against OgNasty and QuickSeller
Ognasty V Lauda
Vod v Ognasty
One of the few long lasting feuds / flame wars that didn't get resolved during the recent "forgiveness and reconcilliation".
TMAN V OgNastyhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1946142.0 I’m not the only one that remained confused after reading that.
[POLL] Should OgNasty be removed as a forum treasurer?should Og Be Removed from DT1 [POLL]Owlcatz V OgNastyhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3157259.0
TwitchySeal V Ognastyhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2214058.msg31139998#msg31139998Thttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2834153.msg30944546#msg30944546TwichySeal made the followning accusation:
I've been doing some digging on OgNastys 2012 involvement in the massive ponzi scheme known as 'Bitcoin Savings and Trust' run by Trendon Shavers aka Pirateat40.
BTC451.075 Total OgNasty profited personally (without risk) for ONE MONTH (June 2011)
Ognasty replied
This thread is a joke. The "evidence" is not evidence of any wrongdoing of any kind. There isn't even a victim mentioned in this "ponzi" allegation. It's quite obvious to anyone who has paid attention over the years that this is nothing more than a delusional attempt by Lauda/TMAN/TwitchySeal to enact some sort of revenge against me for their reputations being ruined as a result of their own shady actions.
Timelord2067 V Tomatocagehttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1183087.msg12461192#msg12461192Timelord2067 accusing Tomatocage of being random people
OgNasty V Lupinhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1589940.msg15966476#msg15966476OgNasty: "@Lutpin: Really should kill himself."
Quickseller escrowing for himselfhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1171059.msg12330041#msg12330041Quickseller was caught escrowing for himself and admitted it.
Resulting in a whole lot of negative trust.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1171059.0https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1174622.0 Tradefortress offers to pay QuickSeller (QS) to sue Vodhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1179238.msg12406935#msg12406935]
TradeFortress was the founder of hacked wallet provider inputs.io and coinlenders. (4000btc)
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=328053.0Vod is attempting to create an unlimited and unconsented liability by offering refunds for those who have rendered services from me.
To be clear, your liability only extends to those you escrow scammed. I've asked for a link for each request, so the community will easily be able to see if you scammed them, or if you properly used a third party escrow.
You could make this easier on everyone by providing a list of those you have scammed, so they can ask for the refund you have promised.
You know the first won't happen. Self moderated threads are self moderated and the OP may do so as they please; they've been there since the inception of the forum with "Local Rules".
I agree that Vod should certainly be removed from DefaultTrust. His remarks disparaging you as a scammer could fall under Canadian defamatory law; given the business activities you conduct on bitcointalk and the damages Vod's remarks could have on you, you might be interested in pursing civil action. And you'll get justice on Vod.
@Quickseller, I'll contribute 20 BTC towards a civil lawsuit against Vod. One of his email addresses is
mlawrence02@yahoo.com , as given here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=95795.msg1070760#msg1070760You may be able to subpoena Yahoo Canada for his IP address (via a John Doe-style civil suit), and then subpoena the ISP for account holder details.
Likely as a reaction to the ongoing feud it shows the dynamics between some of the long-term members on here.
people calling Vod a pedophile vodhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1248407.msg12962871#msg12962871This is essentially due to a false and malicious report made about Vod on the ripoffreport. The website is owned by Ed Magedson who makes it particularly difficult for process servers to find him. While he claims not to remove anything from his website. He will remove it for a ongoing fee. The ripoff report is currently in serious trouble in several jurisdictions.
In March 2017, the Italian Data Protection Authority affirmed that Ripoff Report's activities — namely, Ed Magedson's requests for money to edit web pages — are illegal in Italy. The Italian authorities also noticed that Ripoff Report's web servers are occasionally not reachable from Italy in order to evade controls by the authorities themselves. Besides, they noticed that some web pages — which were being investigated by the authorities — were deleted out of the blue by the website owner, despite the claim that Ripoff Report does not remove reports.
A federal court stated that victims have "probable cause to sue for extortion and racketeering".
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripoff_Reporthttp://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/the-real-rip-off-report-6445677http://drjaniceduffy.com/2017/05/ed-magedson-ripoff-report-darren-meade-sued-for-60-million/http://drjaniceduffy.com/2017/05/ed-magedson-ripoff-report-darren-meade-obstruction-of-justice/According to ripoffreport, you sent them information and content that should not be relied upon... and the accuracy of the information you sent them relies on anonymous authors and commenters.
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Lauda & Tman v The Russians With the introduction of DT voting there was concern that the Russian forum (second largest language forum after English) were strategically voting to get their representatives into DT1
This led to a number of prominent Russian accounts being distrusted by a number of prominent DT accounts.
Theymos put Tman on his distrust list and soon afterwards sent the email below to the DTs about Lauda.
Eventually some of the dispute with the Russians was resolved and a number of trustworthy Russians are now members of DT1 and DT2.
Some others are still excluded.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5099822.0https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5099978.0Theymos V LaudaA number of events culminated to a disagreement between Theymos and Lauda.
Lauda advocating for more pro-active tagging of scammers to prevent scams. At the risk of accounts being unfairly tagged.
Theymos having a more of a wait and see approach, forgiveness and reconciliation approach at the risk of people getting scammed.
Theymos and Lauda both wrote to most of the DTs to express their views.
digaran - The DT investigator:https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3779450.0digaran Started a thread called ” Re: Hire me to defend your case for 0.01BTC! “
Which is now changed to: Voluntary service to defend your case!
Digaran attempted to assist people in getting their negative default trust removed – initially for a fee with no guarantees. This resulted in a longstanding feud between digaran and certain Default Trust members that resulted in lots of red negative feedback for digaran and in constant posts by digaran complaining about Trust abuse.
This resulted in a lot of negative trust:
This resulted in lots of posts and accusations:
Vod trolling me with red tag!Marlboroza changed email address after getting on DT2!OgNasty is misusing the trust system for personal gains!Do not trust suchmoon, a blatant trust abuser.Marlboroza is abusing DT power!Please don't ban digaran. He'd be back with 500 accounts trying to prove how unfair the ban is.
Flat Earth topic:https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1009045.0This is a long running topic and people have received negative trust for expressing their opinions on there.
Prominent flat earthers include:
notbatman nomad13666BFL staff posting negative feedback on Theymos:https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4736673.msg42793771#msg42793771(Details further in this thread)
Spoetnik - FUD Philanthropist™FUD first & ask questions later™
Spoetnik (self proclaimed FUD Philanthropist) clearly likes to troll and some of his topics and posts can be amusing.
[P2P] Ever Wanted to Ask a Pirate Questions ?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1289771.msg13251832#msg13251832 [TRIVIA] Who's worse GOX or Spoetnik ?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1959687.msg19469329#msg19469329Noob.. you are an idiot.
Read the fucking sticky topic here about the rules.
Notice anything that mentions SPECULATION ?
Further more why would anyone give a shit about the scam coin anyway ?
I have never had anything to do with ETH nor will i so why would i give a shit about the price of it ?
Dishonerable mentions:Thank you to Pugman who provided extensive source material which I could expand on. Thank you to The Pharmacist for some of the troll history.
