Why are you a member of this forum?

Brand new to Bitcoin, and just looking to learn more.
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Sick of censorship on other forums.
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Other reasons (State your reason below and we will add it to the poll)
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Why are you a member of this forum?

Mon Sep 21, 2015 5:34 am

This is our first poll for the forum.
Everyone should feel free to make their own polls as well.
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Re: Why are you a member of this forum?

Mon Sep 21, 2015 6:09 am

I've been a very active member of bitcointalk since mid 2011. Sadly, I no longer consider it a good venue for Bitcoin discussion. Without getting into details, it suffices to say that theymos and the other mods of bitcointalk and /r/bitcoin (on reddit) are aggressively removing threads and posts that they don't agree with in a self-admitted campaign to hide others' views. This has pushed myself and others to seek new bitcoin-focused communities without aggressive censorship. I hope this forum and others thrive.
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Re: Why are you a member of this forum?

Mon Sep 21, 2015 6:20 am

Those are the same reasons I'm here, and why I was motivated by the people on /r/BitcoinXT to setup this forum.

Please help spread the word that this forum will permit dissenting views.

In an open debate, the truth will likely win out in the end.
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Re: Why are you a member of this forum?

Mon Sep 21, 2015 9:40 am

I've been in bitcoin since the begin of 2013. the problem with bitcointalk and reddit is that it is controlled by the same person which is a big problem in my view. theymos will always censor stuff when he thinks it is necessary. it already happend. it will happen again.

it would be even better if bitcointalk, reddit and this forum would have different mods, but at least now we have 2 different forums. :P
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Re: Why are you a member of this forum?

Mon Sep 21, 2015 9:06 pm

Just reserving my username before someone else gets it.

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Re: Why are you a member of this forum?

Tue Sep 22, 2015 12:31 am

Found in the #Bitcoin IRC channel. Figured it wouldn't be bad to grab my name and make a few posts.

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Re: Why are you a member of this forum?

Tue Sep 22, 2015 4:24 am

I don't think there's any kind of censorship going on in bitcointalk.org but came here trying to reserve my username anyway.

Let's see how anti-censorship the admin of this forum is.

Roger Ver is a lightning rod for bad publicity about Bitcoin. The bad publicity he generates (Mt. Gox, Bounty Hunter, suing Amiir Taaki, losing his citizenship and then complaining that a clerk in a passport window won't adjudicate his legal issues, etc.) far outweighs any good he did by investing in Bitcoin companies.

https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/roger-v ... t-dispute/

Roger Ver has access to the Blockchain.info database and is prepared to abuse it in order to take revenge over a customer service dispute in one of his other businesses.

See this thread for more details:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=131574.0

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'Are you going to order a hitman to kill me now?' Digital millionaire 'Bitcoin Jesus' turns tables on blackmailer
by placing $20,000 online 'bounty' on his head

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -head.html

Mt. Gox is totes fine, guys. Roger days before MyGox collapsing.
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Re: Why are you a member of this forum?

Tue Sep 22, 2015 4:57 am

I don't think there's any kind of censorship going on in bitcointalk.org
Obvious shill is obvious.
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Re: Why are you a member of this forum?

Tue Sep 22, 2015 5:04 am

I don't think there's any kind of censorship going on in bitcointalk.org but came here trying to reserve my username anyway.

Let's see how anti-censorship the admin of this forum is.

Roger Ver is a lightning rod for bad publicity about Bitcoin. The bad publicity he generates (Mt. Gox, Bounty Hunter, suing Amiir Taaki, losing his citizenship and then complaining that a clerk in a passport window won't adjudicate his legal issues, etc.) far outweighs any good he did by investing in Bitcoin companies.

https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/roger-v ... t-dispute/

Roger Ver has access to the Blockchain.info database and is prepared to abuse it in order to take revenge over a customer service dispute in one of his other businesses.

See this thread for more details:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=131574.0

source


'Are you going to order a hitman to kill me now?' Digital millionaire 'Bitcoin Jesus' turns tables on blackmailer
by placing $20,000 online 'bounty' on his head

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -head.html

Mt. Gox is totes fine, guys. Roger days before MyGox collapsing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4SCAw264qM

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Re: Why are you a member of this forum?

Tue Sep 22, 2015 6:14 am

I don't think there's any kind of censorship going on in bitcointalk.org
Obvious shill is obvious.
Man, Roger. The heaviest form of censorship going on in bitcointalk was theymos moving posts asking people to download and run bitcoin XT to the altcoin board. You're actually more of a shill here since you're trying to cash in on the drama while I'm mentioning facts.

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Re: Why are you a member of this forum?

Tue Sep 22, 2015 1:35 pm

You're actually more of a shill here since you're trying to cash in on the drama while I'm mentioning facts.
In that case, thank you for helping me cash in by participating on this forum.
Please bring your friends.
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Re: Why are you a member of this forum?

Tue Sep 22, 2015 2:37 pm

I am a member be cause I like bitcoin and bitcoin supporters.

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Re: Why are you a member of this forum?

Tue Sep 22, 2015 7:40 pm

Theymos made me seek a new digital home.

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Re: Why are you a member of this forum?

Tue Sep 22, 2015 8:39 pm

Sick of censorship on other forums.
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Re: Why are you a member of this forum?

Tue Sep 22, 2015 10:18 pm

Here to watch this hilarious clusterfuck, I'm here to watch this blow up and watch Roger go back to jail.

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Re: Why are you a member of this forum?

Thu Sep 24, 2015 12:16 am

I registered to follow and maybe participate interesting discussions about Bitcoin where everyone is allowed to voice his/her views no matter how unpopular they might be.

I hope the tone of these discussions would stay respectful despite the lack of aggressive/partisan moderation and regardless of unavoidable trolling (there's no need to respond in kind). Maybe that's too much to hope for, but we'll see how it goes.

With freedom comes responsibility.

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Re: Why are you a member of this forum?

Thu Sep 24, 2015 12:14 pm

Also, sick of censorship on other forums.

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Re: Why are you a member of this forum?

Thu Sep 24, 2015 5:39 pm


Obvious shill is obvious.
Man, Roger. The heaviest form of censorship going on in bitcointalk was theymos moving posts asking people to download and run bitcoin XT to the altcoin board. You're actually more of a shill here since you're trying to cash in on the drama while I'm mentioning facts.
Nah, the censorship's quite real. Try posting this bitcoin address on bitcointalk:

13fcCRJz1e1qhXJMwHFjpyhqogz7imYJiG

And get back to me :)

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Re: Why are you a member of this forum?

Thu Sep 24, 2015 5:50 pm

Reserving my username, that's all.
So, this is Roger Ver's reinvention of cryptocrypt? Good riddance.
I personally have zero intention to use or contribute to this forum.

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Thu Sep 24, 2015 5:53 pm


Man, Roger. The heaviest form of censorship going on in bitcointalk was theymos moving posts asking people to download and run bitcoin XT to the altcoin board. You're actually more of a shill here since you're trying to cash in on the drama while I'm mentioning facts.
Nah, the censorship's quite real. Try posting this bitcoin address on bitcointalk:

13fcCRJz1e1qhXJMwHFjpyhqogz7imYJiG

And get back to me :)

and in the end it is pretty healthy to have one forum which is not controlled by the same guy.
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Re: Why are you a member of this forum?

Thu Sep 24, 2015 6:01 pm

Reserving my username, that's all.
So, this is Roger Ver's reinvention of cryptocrypt? Good riddance.
I personally have zero intention to use or contribute to this forum.
I have no idea what Cryptocrypt is, but thanks for the participation!
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Re: Why are you a member of this forum?

Fri Sep 25, 2015 12:41 am

I'm here to reserve my username. That's all for now.

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Re: Why are you a member of this forum?

Fri Sep 25, 2015 2:14 am

Hello,

I am a regular visitor of bitcoin.com so I registered naturally when I discovered the forum. I just noticed differences between this forum and bitcointalk, like information of author is at right side thread/post and there's a soundcloud in my post toolbar? Probably more differences I didn't notice yet :o

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Sun Sep 27, 2015 6:22 pm

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Re: Why are you a member of this forum?

Sun Sep 27, 2015 7:50 pm

Joined the forum after hearing about it at Decentral. Been on Bitcointalk since 2013 and to be honest I wasn't a fan... sometimes their was just to much noise.

I believe everyone should have the right to their own opinion. Censoring that opinion to shape the opinion's of others is the strategy of the current mainstream media. We should have a place we can have open discussion and debates in order to further innovation within the space.

I'm glad to see the slight decentralization of the forums and having more then one resource to turn to is a great step forward.

Keep up the great work :)

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Re: Why are you a member of this forum?

Mon Sep 28, 2015 2:52 am

Other: too much trolling/flaming on bitcointalk.org and /r/bitcoin.

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Re: Why are you a member of this forum?

Mon Sep 28, 2015 3:56 pm

Here to watch this hilarious clusterfuck, I'm here to watch this blow up and watch Roger go back to jail.
Glad to see ElectricMucus around here.
The stuff is sticky and a bit gross, but there's nothing like it to grab the electric debris and sneeze it out.

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Re: Why are you a member of this forum?

Tue Sep 29, 2015 1:32 am

I'm here to reserve my username. That's all for now.

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Re: Why are you a member of this forum?

Tue Sep 29, 2015 3:04 am

Reserving my username, that's all.
So, this is Roger Ver's reinvention of cryptocrypt? Good riddance.
I personally have zero intention to use or contribute to this forum.
I have no idea what Cryptocrypt is, but thanks for the participation!
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Re: Why are you a member of this forum?

Tue Sep 29, 2015 3:50 am

I became a member on this forum because I needed a change from the old bitcointalk forum and hope some of my input here can help others.

Welcome to all the new members and lets make this the no1 go to bitcoin forum, that will be hard considering the head start the old forum has but there is a lot of members on that site not happy with the way things are being run and likewise with Reddit/bitcoin.
If we listen to the concerns these members have we could make this the forum everyone serious about btc would want to talk on.
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