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https://twitter.com/peterktodd/status/906189639802859520 https://twitter.com/peterktodd/status/906189639802859520 Jorge Timón was pitched it > Was he soliciti

by nope96 8y ago

https://twitter.com/peterktodd/status/906189639802859520 https://twitter.com/peterktodd/status/906189639802859520 Jorge Timón was pitched it > Was he soliciting investment though? > Jorge Timón @timoncc Yes, he and another guy were claiming the classical computers simulating quantum would be a mining revolution.

DalasNoin 8y ago
i'm honestly trying to verify this. i'm quiet skeptical about the character of some developers of bitcoin, i dont know about peter todd. bitcoinerrorlog is linking to this video of him talking about quantum computers as a proof. this is the closest i have come to hard evidence of this extreme claim. i have listened to the first half of the video, just him talking about quantum computers. Very impressive talk for a 19 year old. https://youtu.be/DkUpZkeqhF4?t=16m46s https://youtu.be/DkUpZkeqhF4?t=16m46s
- nope96 8y ago
  How about Vitalik himself http://archive.is/bXZaW http://archive.is/bXZaW
DalasNoin 8y ago
http://archive.is/bXZaW http://archive.is/bXZaW interesting, but that sounds quiet differently from the claims from maxwell and your original post.
- nope96 8y ago
  Did you expect him to say, "Yes you caught me guys!" - instead he blames it on "a team" and it only had 5% chance of working, etc. He has never denied trying to get money for a quantum project. If rumors were floating around that I had I'd instantly deny it 100%
  - DalasNoin 8y ago
    so vitalik says he just had a short term connection to this team before he grew suspicious. if he really was the head behind a scam, why did noone sue him? why is there no evidence, like former employees, payments, company registration?
    - nope96 8y ago
      > why did noone sue him? perhaps because not a single person was dumb enough to fall for it? How about this- for 4 years people have been talking about this, not once has he simply replied "I never tried to raise money to build a quantum bitcoin miner"
      - DalasNoin 8y ago
        well, i guess he gave a talk about quantum computing and bitcoin, you could see that as an ad for that company. this looks to me like a motte-and-bailey argument. if he gave a talk, grew suspicious of their plans, quit supporting them, then there is no wrongdoing here, no proof that he ran a scam company.

by nope96 8y ago

DalasNoin 8y ago

i'm honestly trying to verify this. i'm quiet skeptical about the character of some developers of bitcoin, i dont know about peter todd. bitcoinerrorlog is linking to this video of him talking about quantum computers as a proof. this is the closest i have come to hard evidence of this extreme claim. i have listened to the first half of the video, just him talking about quantum computers. Very impressive talk for a 19 year old. https://youtu.be/DkUpZkeqhF4?t=16m46s https://youtu.be/DkUpZkeqhF4?t=16m46s

nope96 8y ago
How about Vitalik himself http://archive.is/bXZaW http://archive.is/bXZaW

DalasNoin 8y ago

http://archive.is/bXZaW http://archive.is/bXZaW interesting, but that sounds quiet differently from the claims from maxwell and your original post.

nope96 8y ago
Did you expect him to say, "Yes you caught me guys!" - instead he blames it on "a team" and it only had 5% chance of working, etc. He has never denied trying to get money for a quantum project. If rumors were floating around that I had I'd instantly deny it 100%
- DalasNoin 8y ago
  so vitalik says he just had a short term connection to this team before he grew suspicious. if he really was the head behind a scam, why did noone sue him? why is there no evidence, like former employees, payments, company registration?
  - nope96 8y ago
    > why did noone sue him? perhaps because not a single person was dumb enough to fall for it? How about this- for 4 years people have been talking about this, not once has he simply replied "I never tried to raise money to build a quantum bitcoin miner"
    - DalasNoin 8y ago
      well, i guess he gave a talk about quantum computing and bitcoin, you could see that as an ad for that company. this looks to me like a motte-and-bailey argument. if he gave a talk, grew suspicious of their plans, quit supporting them, then there is no wrongdoing here, no proof that he ran a scam company.