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There is a chat group in Telegram, called "BitGrail Trollbox". It doesn't have a direct link, but one can join when searching the group name through client appl

by kaivi 9y ago

There is a chat group in Telegram, called "BitGrail Trollbox". It doesn't have a direct link, but one can join when searching the group name through client application. The Bomber dude is there, and it seemed like there is a discussion about what car to buy with all that money. I was removed from it the instant I joined, maybe someone can join and quickly dump the chat log?

jxub 9y ago
It seems relevant to add here that the most famous message from the trollbox was "What if price falls to 2k?", which became a popular meme in the community when talking about price. The guy was referring to satoshis instead of dollars though. Many people believed BitGrail was a good guy, a tiny minority thought they were evil, and few believed that they were just plain stupid. And we believed that a centralised entity can paradoxically store Nano better than some web wallet, and waited patiently for Ledger support. It's a shame that this stuff happened to Nano as the community is one of the best in crypto, with quite a lot of developer involvement [1]. If Nano meets it's TX throughput and speed guarantees, all of that while proving that the network is resistant to spamming or can cope with it by chain pruning effectively, this little DAG wunderkind will definitely be here to stay. A large part of the early holders may be bitter by what happened on that Italian exchange though. Nano's struggle resembles the Bitcoin Early Days. Being a Protocol Adopter means ultimately embracing the idea of being a lab rat. And rats may inherit the post-human (or post-fiat money) world. [1] https://github.com/RaiMakers/awesome-nano https://github.com/RaiMakers/awesome-nano
yorby 9y ago
What car to buy with $170M? it must be a kid...
- bb88 9y ago
  What country do you want to buy?
  - yorby 9y ago
    You probably could buy a really small island but it is probably a bad investment since they are saying that the sea levels will rise...
almostApatriot1 9y ago
maybe being the owner of bitgrail he owned a not insignificant number of xrb himself. Enough to buy a new car even.
- koonsolo 9y ago
  So he personaly didn't lose any nano, only his customers did? And he's now using his personal, non-lost stash to buy a fancy car? I don't see how this can possibly make the situation any better.
thunfischbrot 9y ago
Couldn't find the car reference, may be gone already. Here's the group history as of right now though: https://we.tl/SR1VZcdObr https://we.tl/SR1VZcdObr

by kaivi 9y ago

jxub 9y ago

It seems relevant to add here that the most famous message from the trollbox was "What if price falls to 2k?", which became a popular meme in the community when talking about price. The guy was referring to satoshis instead of dollars though. Many people believed BitGrail was a good guy, a tiny minority thought they were evil, and few believed that they were just plain stupid. And we believed that a centralised entity can paradoxically store Nano better than some web wallet, and waited patiently for Ledger support. It's a shame that this stuff happened to Nano as the community is one of the best in crypto, with quite a lot of developer involvement [1]. If Nano meets it's TX throughput and speed guarantees, all of that while proving that the network is resistant to spamming or can cope with it by chain pruning effectively, this little DAG wunderkind will definitely be here to stay. A large part of the early holders may be bitter by what happened on that Italian exchange though. Nano's struggle resembles the Bitcoin Early Days. Being a Protocol Adopter means ultimately embracing the idea of being a lab rat. And rats may inherit the post-human (or post-fiat money) world. [1] https://github.com/RaiMakers/awesome-nano https://github.com/RaiMakers/awesome-nano

yorby 9y ago

What car to buy with $170M? it must be a kid...

bb88 9y ago
What country do you want to buy?
- yorby 9y ago
  You probably could buy a really small island but it is probably a bad investment since they are saying that the sea levels will rise...

almostApatriot1 9y ago

maybe being the owner of bitgrail he owned a not insignificant number of xrb himself. Enough to buy a new car even.

koonsolo 9y ago
So he personaly didn't lose any nano, only his customers did? And he's now using his personal, non-lost stash to buy a fancy car? I don't see how this can possibly make the situation any better.

thunfischbrot 9y ago

Couldn't find the car reference, may be gone already. Here's the group history as of right now though: https://we.tl/SR1VZcdObr https://we.tl/SR1VZcdObr