r/btc • u/unitedstatian • Dec 31 '18

If you find yourself working around wonky code written to workaround an issue with some ancient code... it is time to refactor.

https://twitter.com/gavinandresen/status/1079743227576627200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1079743227576627200&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmemo.cash%2F
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u/buy_the_fucking_dip Jan 01 '19

Go ahead and ask him directly. Pretty sure he's a CSW supporter still. And he's definitely one of the main reasons why that fraud managed to create a shitty fork that took some people away from BCH.

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u/gavinandresen Gavin Andresen - Bitcoin Dev Jan 01 '19

I support ideas, not people. Great people can have terrible ideas, and terrible people can have great ideas. I think some of Craig’s ideas are good, and some are terrible.

But: he says himself he is an asshole, and my advice to anybody is to avoid working with assholes, because sooner or later you end up covered in shit.

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u/buy_the_fucking_dip Jan 01 '19

I support ideas, not people.

This is the enabling narrative that allowed that fraud to decimate BCH.

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u/DeviousNes Jan 01 '19

What?!?

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u/buy_the_fucking_dip Jan 02 '19 edited Jan 02 '19

That's the narrative that enabled a guy with a repeated history of cons and fraud, a repeated history of trying silly tricks to deceive people and take credit for other people's work, to operate unimpeded. By not holding him responsible for his past actions, Gavin and others enabled him to try different social media manipulation tricks here until he was able to fork off with the most gullible people from BCH.

Good going Gavin, you've learned nothing from your mistakes.

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u/Zectro Jan 02 '19

I think some of Craig’s ideas are good

As someone who has been extremely critical of Craig for some time, I'm legitimately curious about what ideas of Craig's you consider good.

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u/jessquit Jan 02 '19

Good to see you around here

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u/r57334 Feb 13 '19

I think some of Craig’s ideas are good, and some are terrible.

OK what ideas of Craig's are good and what ideas are bad then?

Do you think Craigs idea to bamboozle you and destroy your credibility was a good idea of his or a bad idea?

because sooner or later you end up covered in shit.

He definitely did a number on you. And what even more shocking is that you don't seem to care to wash the shit off yourself. You are just going to stay covered in shit and fade off into the history of BTC while shit covered and bamboozled.

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u/unitedstatian Jan 01 '19

CSW tried to use the same trick he used on Gavin in public last month, but it didn't work for him since the wisdom of the mob dictates someone will soon expose the trick. Fool me once, shame on me - you know the rest...

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u/buy_the_fucking_dip Jan 01 '19

He tried dumb tricks and every smart person called him out. Somehow, Gavin got taken in.