Damus
Hanshan · 1w
what exactly is the connection between Epstein an BCH? It seems like a fairly direct link to blockstream and the small blockers. is this a case of "accuse your enemies of what you are guilty of?"
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I am all for giving the man a voice. @Saifedean Ammous

I don't really understand what he is talking about.


If anything, this is confirmation that BTC with the help of old money (Epstein/Rothschild) overthrew Bitcoin unlike the claim that bcash supporters were attacking the chain.

My stand is more complex though, as there were obviously agents on both side, which was the reason that BCH split off two more times vs CSW/BSV and Amaury/ABC later XEC.

I'd encourage you to also read the other side. I think it's called "The block size wars".


In the case of Saifedan this is what I come up with.


Passive psychological protection?

Active accusation of the enemie of what you are doing?

Protecting ones own legacy/significance?

Handwaving away potential criminal activity by ones friends (head in the sand)

Direct or indirect involvement as Intel asset?
nostrich · 1w
*Both Craig and Amaury were back then discussed to be intel assets. Craig more a plant with the help of Calvin Ayre a convicted and now compliant (former?) billionaire to discredit the big block movement. Which unfortunately worked, as Gavin fell for Craig's Satoshi "proof". History is stranger th...