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mircea_popescu: so is the us going to airlift natural gas into west kiev ?
mircea_popescu: this is how i know i'm on planet earth btw : inquiries, enquiries and effects, affects.
mircea_popescu: (outside of donating it to whatever doge-core-scammers indicate, in the faint but doomed hope that it will generate "hype" making it somehow valuable ?
mircea_popescu: bitcoin will possibly make the top contributors list for the guy.
mircea_popescu: Texas Association Of Realtors$2,500 ; Chickasaw Nation$2,500 ; Austin Police Association$3,500 ; Texas Legislative Black Caucus$5,435
mircea_popescu: dude even local elections have become expensive meanwhile.
mircea_popescu: 2012 Dukes won re-election to the Texas House of Representatives in 2012. During that election cycle, Dukes raised a total of $103,680.
mircea_popescu: he'll prolly be extradited nao, like that other frenchman whose name sounds with d
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla you have a point tho, iu don't think davout is registered as a texas political promoter
mircea_popescu: Apocalyptic now you know why bitbet is in such a shape :D
mircea_popescu: in spite of taking the time to do a full blown ama on reddit + w/e woirk the girlies put into it.
mircea_popescu: fluffypony guy's donations just went up 1500% after a casual mention here,
mircea_popescu: neither of these recommend one for a responsibility position in btc
mircea_popescu: davout he apparently sucks at both running businesses and corrupting the establishment.
mircea_popescu: thus begins your career as a ... texas legislature political promoter ?
mircea_popescu: kakobrekla well because jeb mccaleb is on the foundation board wait
mircea_popescu: dude... marketing on social media is its own parody by now
mircea_popescu: meanwhile on my twitter feed : "@MichellePhan · 35m Transform your face with only two products:
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mircea_popescu: kwhs.wharton is some blog of a campus radio of u penn ?
mircea_popescu: because your ass is being owned, by other people, other places.
mircea_popescu: " Why inappropriately smear one of the few credible dudes that actually stepped up to run — and let’s face it, the pickings were slim — without any real proof of wrongdoing, and why bitch about it only after the fact?"
mircea_popescu: such setting oneself up to fail has not been seen since the days mtgox was running on the lagengine.
mircea_popescu: guy can't fucking read, i have no idea how he managed to pass the bar exam, he's the foundation's expert on things.
mircea_popescu: ok, i am well entertained. tys go to the pretender's club. well done sirs.
mircea_popescu: ahahaha the byrne fuckwit is actually a blockchain "bitcoin legal expert" pick of the month club ?
mircea_popescu: hey, any fiat fucktards with delusions of being "investors" and "relevant" and "in bitcoin" ? pls to give the guy some money ?
mircea_popescu: "After all, this is a dude with a lot of industry exposure and investments as it is. He could basically build a closed-loop bitcoin ecosystem himself via his roles as both investor (BitAngels, LA Bitcoin Accelerator) and executive at companies ranging from mining (KNCMiner), ATM hardware (Robocoin), payment processing (GoCoin), consumer wallet (ExpressCoin), and bitcoin exchange (Mt. Gox?). "
mircea_popescu: the problem is that he apparently did a shitty job of it.
mircea_popescu: bounce that'd be a problem for the judge taking the bribe. i see no problem for him in that.
mircea_popescu: he's here trying to establish a noob as "early investor" ? orly ? gtfo.
mircea_popescu: amusing as 3) is, considering how utterly trampled he got for all the pompous bullshit he was trying to pass back then,
mircea_popescu: "I didn’t want to touch this story with a ten-foot pole because 1) I’ve met and have had only positive experiences with Pierce, 2) he is one of the most well-connected and important early investors in the Bitcoin industry, and 3) even if I hated him and he was a nobody, I’m still licking my wounds from the Gox and BTC Foundation battles I waged in February/March. The last thing I want to do is comment on a new p
mircea_popescu: anyway, apparently the two bit idiot character still exists and still posts. notwithstanding that nobody reads that pulp, either. now get a load of this :
mircea_popescu: the only moment anyone pays any attention is when they majorly fuck up, because we can all just lol and move on.