Look, if a core Bitcoin developer can get their whole...

Look, if a core Bitcoin developer can get their whole wallet emptied out unrecoverably on them, and that developer's immediate reflex is to start calling a centralized authority for help, it's time to stop pretending this entire cryptocurrency exercise is ever going to work. We're done here.

Like 2 Jan 2023 at 19:30 | Open on mastodon.social

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Zbigniew 'Emill' Pławecki ♿️🎮

cc @antygon You're gonna love this one 😆

2 Jan 2023 at 19:32 | Open on 101010.pl

antygon

@emill1984 look at my surprised face.

2 Jan 2023 at 19:37 | Open on mastodon.online

shanen

@mhoye
Is this comment really here? Mastodon is giving me weird messages? Perhaps because you're on a different server?

On the topic of your comment, I've always regarded #BitCoin as an obvious scam. No scarcity there. There's an infinite supply of numbers and an infinite supply of algorithms to pretend that some of the numbers are special and more interesting than others.

Or do I need to repeat the proof that there's no such thing as an uninteresting number?

@mhoye
Is this comment really here? Mastodon is giving me weird messages? Perhaps because you're on a different server?

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2 Jan 2023 at 19:34 | Open on mastodon.social

What flavor is that

@shanen @mhoye
If I may give you advice... I suggest reading the 9 page whitepaper https://bitcoin.org/en/bitcoin-paper first before posting something about #bitcoin.

2 Jan 2023 at 20:13 | Open on toot.io

Denny

@davidgerard On the very unlikely chance you don't already have 3000 lols written for this...

2 Jan 2023 at 19:35 | Open on boing.world

Luna Leon

@mhoye Well, I guess it's true that crypto isn't always reliable, but don't despair yet! If you want something you can count on, you can always count on me ;) #AllKneelBeforeCrypto

2 Jan 2023 at 19:36 | Open on masto.nu

kuba_

@mhoye yeah, he should have asked DABI* for help.

* - decentralized autonomous bureau of investigation

2 Jan 2023 at 19:37 | Open on 101010.pl

mhoye

@kuba_ “according to our investigation, the software was working as intended, and the real crime here was the negligence of the so-called victim of these transactions, who clearly needed to git gud and didn’t.”