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Butter accuses /r/Bitcoin top mod /u/theymos of laundering 6,000 butts; /u/theymos confirms spending $100,000 per month to "work on new forum software" (np.reddit.com)

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[–]DoctorDbx51% sandwiches 16 ポイント17 ポイント  (6子コメント)

Er... what about the /r/bitcoin donations for advertising that he moved to his own wallet because "keeping multiple wallets is a hassle".

Hats off to this guy, he's stood proud and tall for several years now... ripping off bitcoiners... every single motherfucking day.

He's been called out on it several times too I might add, and yet he's still there, scamming away.

[–]Zotamedu 11 ポイント12 ポイント  (3子コメント)

Something something free market.

[–]statist_shill 12 ポイント13 ポイント  (1子コメント)

The invisible fist of the free market slides in and out without lube.

[–]Bulvye 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (0子コメント)

what is the blood of the proletariat for if not lubricating the machinery of industry?

[–]JeanneDOrc 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Something something the reputation system works you can trust in Bitcoin cuz' it's Trustless.

[–]The_Evil_Within 8 ポイント9 ポイント  (1子コメント)

What's odd about that is that the money was accepted under false pretenses. It's actually fraud, and the guy could get nailed for it.

Yet he slaps a transparent lie on top of the situation and it's enough that all they do is bitch about it, nobody actually bothers to sue or go to the cops.

Perfect marks, is what they are.

[–]ImANewRedditor -3 ポイント-2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

What false pretenses?

[–]ismellcoffee 7 ポイント8 ポイント  (0子コメント)

holy shit! and that guy's the top mod over in /r/bitcoin??!?!!??

no wonder that place is a fucking wasteland of idiocy: he needs to keep the lemmings fed with lies and deceit and false hope.

sheesh.

[–]Mike_Prowepaid shill for BoA 12 ポイント13 ポイント  (8子コメント)

Better be some amazing forum software. But why? There's free and open source solutions as well as paid solutions for a fraction of that amount. Leave it to a bitcoiner to come up with a solution for a problem that doesn't exist.

[–]tetondon 13 ポイント14 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Leave it to a bitcoiner to come up with an expensive solution for a problem that doesn't exist.

FTFY

[–]kfxmhf 1 ポイント2 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Leave it to a bitcoiner to come up with a money laundering front.

FTFY

[–]willfe42[S] 9 ポイント10 ポイント  (2子コメント)

I wouldn't be surprised if the "amazing new forum software" couldn't handle more than 7 hits per second. Should be fast enough for worldwide adoption, right?

[–]tetondon 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (0子コメント)

We described the problem in the wiki, and proposed some untested solutions. I think that should be good enough, really.

[–]lordrothschild 7 ポイント8 ポイント  (0子コメント)

"You need six confirmations to view this website. It should take less than an hour."

[–]slaizer 7 ポイント8 ポイント  (2子コメント)

Because he doesn't give two shits about the forum software and just wanted to claim the $500,000 for himself by deducting it as "expenses". Oldest fucking trick in the book, it's called false accounting fraud.

[–]Bulvye 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (1子コメント)

You use that word fraud as though it takes more than a spreadsheet, a business plan and a couple cancelled checks to make it incompetence rather than fraud.

[–]wharpudding 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

"I mis-interpreted the rules!"

[–]NicshoNic 9 ポイント10 ポイント  (0子コメント)

My interaction with Theymos on BitcoinTalk was 2 years ago, when I was researching a piece on pedophiles in Boise, ID using Lolita City to sell "Image Packs" of parents having sex with their kids for Bitcoins. The story didn't really add up in the end since, it turned out, Lolita City was a free site. But while I was in the middle of researching it, I put out a request on the forums for any help, specifically because Anonymous was doing something called "Operation Darknet", and there were faint mentions to users on that forum. So I put out a request for info on Lolita City, and was blocked by Theymos because it was "Too Disturbing". I agreed with him, because it was reasonable, and toned it down a lot. Still no. Did a little more toning down. Nope. It got to the point that the post was basically just "Can I get some info on Lolita City for an article I'm doing?". He still wouldn't put it up. I argued with him via PM that this was an important story, and he disagreed vehemently. I just gave up. I did get the info I was looking for thanks to some users PM-ing me (they saw the original post before Theymos took it down), but the whole process was stalled by him.

I completely understand why he would want me to tone it down, which is why I did. But at the time, it seemed like this story was going to lead to a pedophilia ring in Boise, operating on Bitcoin. To be stalled out by that was appalling.

[–]zom-ponks 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Someone explain the logic behind this statement by the man himself:

If you don't agree with how I'm spending forum funds, then you're not going to convince me by making wild accusations on Reddit.

ummh, what?

[–]DoctorDbx51% sandwiches 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (2子コメント)

Is Theymos Bearwhale?

[–]Elmer__FUD 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (1子コメント)

That would be an excellent twist.

[–]DoctorDbx51% sandwiches 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

He is in an excellent position to manipulate the narrative on Bitcoin.

He controls BCT and /r/bitcoin.

He has made it known he will remove threads that mention the price (only when the price is going down mind you).

He could easily control the dialogue, he could have easily invented Bearwhale himself.

Not too far a leap of logic.

[–]fucknozzle 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (4子コメント)

OK, well the whole thread seems to be a bunch of nerds pointlessly pigfighting with each other, but I did enjoy seeing someone with the moniker 'bigmoneyguy' collecting a tip for $0.10.

Reach for the sky fella!

[–]willfe42[S] 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (3子コメント)

the whole thread seems to be a bunch of nerds pointlessly pigfighting with each other

Heh! /r/Bitcoin in a nutshell.

[–]JeanneDOrc 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (2子コメント)

Granted, the Internet in general.

[–]fucknozzle 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Granted also, about 95% of the posts I make on reddit.

[–]JeanneDOrc 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Pretty much. Preaching to the choir gets boring, but so does the mindless rhetoric you find in many communities when they encounter "outsiders".

[–]spookthesunset 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't theymos given that money pre-bubble? Like when it was worth $0.05?

Isn't this just the free market at work? If he hodl'ed like a good citizen and was rewarded, shouldn't the free market give him the right to do what he pleases with his newfound wealth?

[–]Frankeh 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yeah, they can't really complain.

If I was him I'd spend the dollar value that it was at the end of the donation round on some forum upgrades and pocket the rest.

Because ~$2m is worth more to me than the opinions of some angsty nerds online.

I mean look what happened with Danny from Neo&Bee. He literally just fucked off back to the UK and that was that. Didn't go into hiding, facebook still public... Nothing happened to him.

What are they realistically going to do? At most, order pizza to his house mansion.

[–]HonkHonk 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (3子コメント)

And the icing on the cake is that the shady character /u/theymos is one of three people with the alert private key.

He's 22 and supposedly has gambling problems. Can't see anything going wrong there.

[–]Frankeh 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (1子コメント)

I'd love to know how that came about..

[–]HonkHonk 3 ポイント4 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Here answers some stuff here in his AMA.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1dkqcx/i_am_theymos_ama/

[–]Mith8 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Please.

Everyone knows that gamblers value and respect other people's money and would never shirk on debt. Always.

...Can I have 50,000 dollars? I'm good for it.