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Edit: Looked deeper into it. It's a really weird story, where it looks like they got hacked (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/27/russian-criminal

by dayvid 4y ago

Edit: Looked deeper into it. It's a really weird story, where it looks like they got hacked (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/27/russian-criminal-mastermind-4bn-bitcoin-laundering-scheme-arrested-mt-gox-exchange-alexander-vinnik https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/27/russian-c...), he tried to fake financial data to make it look like they had money, and he got caught. In the end, he's making more money off of lying and the original investors are screwed. That's really lame. It's also unfortunate, because a lot of the vibe I get from crypto people I run into (more online than in-person), is survival of the cleverest, and anything is cool if you can get away with it. People I knew outside of crypto who are into it (more on the eng-side), are pretty cool, though and usually don't only trust Bitcoin and see most alt-coins as scams.

vmception 4y ago
Nobody got paid yet. This is going to drag out for a long long time. I also think the BTC-E issue is bigger and gives me reason to think Mark Karpeles wrongfully served jail time in Japan (for the reason that he served time, there could be other reasons if people like that kind of consequence).
newguynewphone 4y ago
Every crypto nut I have interacted with, will call you all sort of derogatory terms if you don't agree that web3 is the future and if a scam happens on any exchange, its because the user were stupid to trust them. Zero accountability for the scammers and fraudsters, it's always the "stupid" users fault.
- bcrosby95 4y ago
  Well I guess it depends upon how you define "nut". I know several people that are big into crypto (we call them "true believers"), and look at scams failing as good things for the long term health of the system, while not blaming the victims, and they don't get particularly offended if you don't believe in web3 or crypto. If your definition of crypto nut is that they yell at you if you disagree with them, then yeah, by definition there will be no reasonable crypto nuts.

by dayvid 4y ago

vmception 4y ago

Nobody got paid yet. This is going to drag out for a long long time. I also think the BTC-E issue is bigger and gives me reason to think Mark Karpeles wrongfully served jail time in Japan (for the reason that he served time, there could be other reasons if people like that kind of consequence).

newguynewphone 4y ago

Every crypto nut I have interacted with, will call you all sort of derogatory terms if you don't agree that web3 is the future and if a scam happens on any exchange, its because the user were stupid to trust them. Zero accountability for the scammers and fraudsters, it's always the "stupid" users fault.

bcrosby95 4y ago
Well I guess it depends upon how you define "nut". I know several people that are big into crypto (we call them "true believers"), and look at scams failing as good things for the long term health of the system, while not blaming the victims, and they don't get particularly offended if you don't believe in web3 or crypto. If your definition of crypto nut is that they yell at you if you disagree with them, then yeah, by definition there will be no reasonable crypto nuts.