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mircea_popescu: let's not be splitting the nets.
kanzure: you're saying i should be grateful for irc? that's a funny one
jurov: asciilifeform maybe there's nice little sauna near the summit
mircea_popescu: must suck to be stuck on the shittier platform, eh ?
ThickAsThieves: dexX7 I do not understand your question, but it's unlikely I have any timelines to offer at this time
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform you know, just like true love reduces to you waiting ouside the door while they do it.
mike_c: "we’ll use multiple security layers to verify that you have authorized the request. This will initiate a sequence of secure steps to get your requested bitcoins transferred to your wallet within 24 hours."
asciilifeform: maybe i'm thick, but it seems to reduce to a poor version of 'brainwallet' but with a 'priest'
dexX7: investigation - what timespan?
mircea_popescu: that's the problem, they can't really.
asciilifeform: how do the mountain people decide whom to disgorge a key to?
ThickAsThieves: The basic reason is that, with my role being largely to facilitate transfers, I could not perform my contract without guarantee it would not make me party to the trading activity under investigation. As mentioned, Neo also recommended halting all such activity as well.
benkay: the scam contention being that there's no way they can actually resist a haircut.
jurov: bitcoins are supposed to be mostly the backing
jurov: benkay sure it is. they do work with euros
benkay: didn't think so. wiser heads, etc.
mircea_popescu: benkay cyprus uses the euro. there's no such distinction really.
neoncillo: I think it's not since bitcoin is not money in the EU
asciilifeform: the way that a child drawing a stick figure in mud 'begins to make sense', but a drunken hippie taking a shit onto a canvas doesn't
benkay: is NeoBee under the authority of Cypriot or EU banking regulators?
mircea_popescu: hehe that you did
asciilifeform: well i said 'begin to' make sense, rather than 'makes sense'
mircea_popescu: "try to" is not an actual service
asciilifeform: but afaik this is not what is happening
asciilifeform: re: the mountain: it would at least begin to make sense if the people involved provided an actual service - say, they hold keys and try to verify that you are the meatbag the key belonged to when you walk into an anal probe chamber
mircea_popescu: frenchie kasa32 this is in the log.
kasa32: ThickAsThieves - what made you terminate the agreement since you spoke with Danny on 21st?
frenchie: TAT: can you disclose what motivated your decision to terminate the contract ?
ThickAsThieves: kanzure, no they were not
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform itd be a pretty korean thing to do, you know ? buy a mountain, sculpt the faces of great bitcoin jesuses all around, have a light at the top to represent satoshi...
GreenBits: May I ask if this lack of communication contributed to your decision?
mircea_popescu: wait no that's not how it went
kanzure: ThickAsThieves: were the terms of your contract public?
mircea_popescu: mike_c aaa, but was it built from the ground up with a cock in mind ?
mike_c: no no ascii, they have "layer on layer" of security. it'll be fine.
mircea_popescu: it's just big enough to fit in a mountain.
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform mostly, their head.
asciilifeform: you know, the fellow with the password
asciilifeform: do they also bury the user in the mountain?
kanzure: even if everyting is okay it is probably a good idea to terminate
mike_c: xapo will fix all these problems. they bury shit in a mountain.
GreenBits: Im not too concerned this is a cut and run, too much capital invested at this point. But that is interesting TAT
mircea_popescu: like this fellow : https://twitter.com/Mircea_Popescu/status/449558141525827584
artifexd: ThickAsThieves Can you tell us when was the last time you had any direct communication with Danny?
asciilifeform: just feels like a mindfuck to wander into, e.g. leningrad hermitage and see... colouring books.
mircea_popescu: mike_c which means some eager young fellow full of hope and good intentions is about to show up
frenchie: so you initiated the termination of your contract with neo for what reasons ?
mike_c: well, one way it existed until now is TaT fronted five of the funds. now he's down to zero.
benkay: thanks, ThickAsThieves
mircea_popescu: you know, like coloring books, nobody says they shouldn't exist, just, they should exist in a much more fucking responseible fashion
asciilifeform: i'm just trying to wrap my puny brain around the conundrum of why 'havelock' etc. still exist
asciilifeform: phacebook luserbase might pay with anal virginity, but at least they're not spending actual money
jurov: TaT wants to get bashed :D
mircea_popescu: "how hard is it to just sit on that cock!!1"
mircea_popescu: asciilifeform question of mothers towards their young sons that got a girl pregnant, since forever :
mircea_popescu: "<benkay> would you clearsign a statement that I can host please" read to me that you want him to permit you to host it in writing lol.
asciilifeform: how hard is it to simply sit on coin?
benkay: i'm asking for a thing that stands on its own.
benkay: i don't need permission to host it
asciilifeform: does the chumpatronium never run out?
mircea_popescu: benkay no i get that part, but once he signs a gpg statement what do you need permission to host it for ?
asciilifeform: as someone quite far from all of this, i still find it interesting just how much of the '2011 bitcoin' world is still chugging along.
ljack: Yeah, I dont expect to hear the whole of it
jurov: that's why the paranormal suggestion
benkay: i want a gpg signed thing!
benkay: are you not reading logs today mircea_popescu ?
artifexd: While I expect that TAT will only issue an "I am no longer affiliated" type statement, adding a reason why would be nice.
mircea_popescu: you mean the chan log ?!
ljack: GreenBits from the forums btw
neoncillo: aliens always ruining nice things, first egiptians, then mayans, now neobee
ljack: I dont mind them freezing it; just want to know I didnt get burned. Guys claims they are legit though
velacreations: of course the whole forum is here, they want to hear the news
jurov: the text would be "I was notified of paranormal activity and decided to blabla"
benkay: sorta the same thing (sorta)
ljack: I purchased some of the btcapples shares, concerned about the authenticity of them
benkay: would you clearsign a statement that I can host please, ThickAsThieves ?
ljack: wasnt trying to insult; just read on the forums that you were no longer involved, was seeking clarification
ThickAsThieves: my gpg is tied to the same
benkay: ;;ident ThickAsThieves
ThickAsThieves: feel free to check
ThickAsThieves: no one "missed" any announcement, so far as the asset was halted beforehand anyway
ljack: i see now; ill know better in the future
benkay: welcome ljack this is where the biz actually transpires.
ljack: lol, i never use irc. until today.
BingoBoingo: Oh, the whole forum is showing up
benkay: ljack: i'll host it too.
ljack: I hate that I missed your announcement TAT, is there any chance you will be posting it in a public place besides here?
velacreations: mp, it's not convenient when "official news" has traditionally been given through other means
mircea_popescu: velacreations this chan is the gazette of record of all bitcoin asset matters, but that aside i agree it's not convenient for various investors etc to not get info in whatever channels and forms they prefer.
benkay: thanks, TAT
ThickAsThieves: gimme a few mins to auth and sign message
mircea_popescu: ;;ident ThickAsThieves
Diablo-D3: and say there has to be 25 uses of the code
Diablo-D3: with a coupon code thats like
Diablo-D3: think if I start a forum thread, in dollars
jurov: ^ tat, i agree
ThickAsThieves: benkay, is that not evident otherwise?
Diablo-D3: I want you to prove I should accept Bitcoin for my business.
benkay: ThickAsThieves: would you clearsign and pastebin something to the effect of "I am no longer affiliated with Neobee, your next point of contact is thus and such."?
velacreations: mp, what I mean is that he has (in the past) given advanced notice, and it was sent on official channels, like the exchange, company website, fund thread, etc