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This is full of little gems. Like: > We were just reached out to by a CoinDesk journalist that Ethan contacted in an attempt to rush out this publication. This

This is full of little gems. Like: > We were just reached out to by a CoinDesk journalist that Ethan contacted in an attempt to rush out this publication. This may be the biggest scandal I have ever heard of from what has been portrayed as a professional 'responsible disclosure'. Ethan is clearly in complete conflict of interest and pushing this for his own gain, this is no longer about academic merits, but a desperate attempt by Ethan to make money. I can be wrong but the suggestion here seems to be that Coindesk journalist reaching out to the Iota team was a ploy to force them to pay a bounty. But, after devolving into a personal attack. They expect him to reply back a month later? > Hi Ethan, I can't get a single reply from you, looks like you put me on ignore on Twitter. This whole saga seems to be symptomatic of the cryptocurrency scene. Lot of expertise on money, economics, cryptography, programming language etc is out there. But, any criticism of cryptocurrency devolves into either personal attacks or a know-all attitude which ensures not many people want to lend their expertise. Edit: After re-reading the blog post, I realized the agenda of this leak was to show evidence of conflict of interest. The correct link for the post should have been: http://www.tangleblog.com/2018/02/24/full-emails-ethan-heilman-digital-currency-initiative-iota-team-leaked/ http://www.tangleblog.com/2018/02/24/full-emails-ethan-heilm...

smrtfkkr 9y ago
> But, after devolving into a personal attack. They expect him to reply back a month later? What are you talking about? Ethan went AWOL from the conversation long before this whole discussion came to an eventual end. The only one who was met with ire was Neha after the IOTA team realized they basically published right when they realized there was no vulnerability after all. > But, any criticism of cryptocurrency devolves into either personal attacks or a know-all attitude which ensures not many people want to lend their expertise. This whole exchange was completely civil up until the point DCI threw their weak hand cards on the table. Stop trying to paint IOTA in a bad light. After the release of these emails you'll just look like a complete moron.
eastWestMath 9y ago
I’m a bit nervous for the graduate student in this equation. There’s a lot of angry people in the iota subreddit - maybe the iota foundation is trying to direct an angry internet mob at this student. The lab director should have handled all communications.

smrtfkkr 9y ago

> But, after devolving into a personal attack. They expect him to reply back a month later? What are you talking about? Ethan went AWOL from the conversation long before this whole discussion came to an eventual end. The only one who was met with ire was Neha after the IOTA team realized they basically published right when they realized there was no vulnerability after all. > But, any criticism of cryptocurrency devolves into either personal attacks or a know-all attitude which ensures not many people want to lend their expertise. This whole exchange was completely civil up until the point DCI threw their weak hand cards on the table. Stop trying to paint IOTA in a bad light. After the release of these emails you'll just look like a complete moron.

eastWestMath 9y ago

I’m a bit nervous for the graduate student in this equation. There’s a lot of angry people in the iota subreddit - maybe the iota foundation is trying to direct an angry internet mob at this student. The lab director should have handled all communications.