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posted by martyb on Thursday November 16 2017, @11:33AM   Printer-friendly
from the ethereal-ethereum dept.

Vinay Gupta, one of the main figures behind Ethereum, is having a meltdown. Someone he doesn't like (Gab.ai) was apparently considering using Ethereum for something. Gupta has posted some...interesting tweets. Key quotes:

"[Don't use] Ethereum. We are all communists"

"We will collude against you"

"We do infrastruture. You depend on us. We will find ways. Count on it".

Are these the kinds of things one wants to hear from the people behind a digital currency (and platform) that one is supposed to trust? They will "find ways" to "collude" against anyone they dislike?

Seriously, the more I learn about Ethereum, the less I like it. Full disclosure: I sold what few ETH I owned several months ago, for reasons related to "The DAO" mess.


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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by aristarchus on Thursday November 16 2017, @08:43PM (4 children)

    by aristarchus (2645) on Thursday November 16 2017, @08:43PM (#597881) Journal

    That's our jmorris!

    Commies ain't smart. But that is the big reason I haven't went dark yet, not wanting to make a half assed effort at it means I need a way to fund an alt-identity and there isn't a foolproof way that isn't a hell of a lot of work.

    Complete lack of understanding of his imaginary enemies, not dark (as in (((white)))?) yet, and to lazy to not be who he is!

    May I make a suggestion? There is a way, jmorris, for you to alter your identity without having to be all dark about it. It is called "education". Still takes quite a bit of effort, so if that is your foundational malfunction, well, good luck with that. But you could change who you are, and be able to stay public, and be proud and confident of yourself, instead of hiding in the bunker, or in the closet with Jeff Sessions. This would mean that we would lose our jmorris, but I think I speak for all Soylentils when I say that although we would mourn the loss, it would be worth the gain. Pax vobiscum, jmorris.

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 16 2017, @10:33PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 16 2017, @10:33PM (#597952)

    You do not speak for all, I would not mourn the loss of his current level of ignorance one bit. I suggest he take a hint from old marketing trends and eventually create e-jmorris. Like that will happen though, he seems like the type that will dig in his heels instead of learning.

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by aristarchus on Friday November 17 2017, @12:24AM

      by aristarchus (2645) on Friday November 17 2017, @12:24AM (#597994) Journal

      Shouldn't that be "i-Jmorris", or is that only if he really goes dark, like to the Dark Side: Apple.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 17 2017, @10:36PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 17 2017, @10:36PM (#598434)

    Psssst. Your sneer is showing.

    • (Score: 3, Informative) by aristarchus on Saturday November 18 2017, @12:33AM

      by aristarchus (2645) on Saturday November 18 2017, @12:33AM (#598473) Journal

      At least that is better than my sheer snowing. Offer not valid where prolapsed. Pardon my steer snoring.