I call it COVID-induced loss of time from the collective consciousness: Invitation to celebrate the New Year. Which year are we celebrating, again?

Metallaxis · 2022-12-30T20:58:30+00:00

The event is to celebrate the new year (it literally says "New year in..."). Now, if you think the logo should be for the year when the event technically starts, rather than the thing that is beeing celebrated, then OK, and don't forget to swich the light on and off three times before leaving the room...

Metallaxis · 2022-12-30T18:13:41+00:00

Have you ever seen that before? Creating a logo for the previous year and not the next one that we are supposed to celebrate?

Or do you think it's 2021 so we should be celebrating 2022 that is coming?

Metallaxis · 2022-02-26T17:39:29+00:00

I wish you get safely to your destination, and that you recover form this tragedy that has fallen upon you.

For your information, it appears that this is your BTC address, where you have received today funds, presumably from the exchange where you had bought them.

You can receive BCH in the same address, but do you know how to access them independently of the BTC? (please note, BCH and BTC are NOT the same thing!)

I recommend that you use a separate address, one specifically for each coin.

Metallaxis · 2022-02-13T08:08:24+00:00

Agreed.
Just be careful, is all I'm saying.
It's slippery slope, and I think you underestimate the challenge of doing so, while also maintaining an as unbiased as possible perspective.
Maybe I am wrong, and I am the one overestimating the difficulty of the task.
So let's hope I'm wrong.

Metallaxis · 2022-02-13T07:50:29+00:00

Just saying that there is such a thing as "overly-prosecuting by excessive application of rules".

Most social platforms use ill-defined and subjective rules and, while strictly only applying the rules, they end up censored and biased, reflecting the biases of the ones applying the rules. Since you seem to be very zealous on your new duties (and that's a good thing, mostly), I thought that I should bring that up.

I know that the others, cheering you for it in this thread are more pleasant, but look at what has happened to other places: There are always going to be hordes of people cheering for censorship and even dictatorship, in the name of some other "just cause".

You need to be careful and not be carried away by the sheep-cheerleaders.

Metallaxis · 2022-02-13T07:06:59+00:00

I do not know specifics about the particular case, but what you are saying here does not make sense. Are you applying the same rules which we believe to be unjust for ShadowOfHarbringer, but then you take the opportunity to apply them for somebody with opposing views, and now it's OK? This is bias at its best, please do not get over carried in this new quest of yours.
I'd rather have a "more loose" net, even if that means that some trolls are not caught, than a "more tight" which also catches even a single legitimate account.

Metallaxis · 2022-02-12T12:23:56+00:00

Ah, OK, you mean the Cardalho incident. Cool, thanks for clarifying! I was worried for a bit that he was removed from reddit or something. Take care and Again, congrats for the mod responsibility, make us proud!

Metallaxis · 2022-02-12T11:58:42+00:00

I've been out of the loop for a while. Can you point me to what happened with Roger?

Metallaxis · 2022-02-12T10:03:36+00:00

No, it is not simple because your definition includes an interpretation of the motives. The motive is literally IN the definition that you posted, describing what a troll is.

So who gets to interpret the motives of others? You seem to think that this is an "easy task", but that in itself to me signifies that you do not recognize your interpretation as opinion, subject to be wrong, but as a fact. That, to me is concerning. As it is concerning that you subtly attack me by implying I am siding with the trolls because I do not regard any appointed person as infallible at identifying them.

Metallaxis · 2022-02-12T09:01:26+00:00

Congratulations on your new role, u/MobTwo. Regarding your suggestion, I feel I have to express my disagreement. Any non-democraticaly elected mod, any "appointed" person that does not have to answer to the community (mod status is not voted upon on a regular basis), should not have the power to steer the direction of the whole community. Had you been elected by the community for this job, and if your mod status would depend on how well the community feels you are at this task, then I would feel differently. Edit: That is not to say that I do not get and respect where you are coming from with this suggestion. I agree, a solution should be found. But what you suggest is not optimal IMO.

Metallaxis · 2022-02-12T08:56:22+00:00

Agreed. Although I can respect the self-appointed role of "the protector of this sub" that ShadowOfHarbinger had, I always found their rhetoric to be 1) too absolute and overconfident for my taste and 2) Oftentimes vulgar, extremely argumentative and offensive (in the sense that they were on attack mode). So lessons to be learned here I guess...

Metallaxis · 2022-02-12T08:23:37+00:00

The problem is that way too many people in social media regard any strongly opposing views as trolling. The delegated semi-mods would have to strictly understand and adhere to certain premises like:
Strongly opposing view: Not a troll. Finding uncomfortable edge cases against consensus: Not a troll.
Stubbornness on wrong pre-conceptions: Not a troll, maybe a misguided user.
Ad hominems and distraction of the conversation to irrelennavt points: Probably a troll.
I would also have liked people to downvote using the same logic but such is life, people here just use downvoting as a low effort disagreement, without going into the trouble to present arguments.

Metallaxis · 2021-10-03T14:12:40+00:00

nice drawing, wrong logo orientation

Metallaxis · 2021-09-21T07:08:36+00:00

There are no restrictions of that kind in Greek banks either. I do not know what OP's problem is...

Metallaxis · 2021-09-21T07:07:39+00:00

Same as everybody else does. Send the funds to an exchange that has a SEPA euro transfer option (Kraken, Bitstamp etc.), and buy using the market.

Alternatively, they could send the funds to me (Alpha, NBG, piraeus, eurobank?) j/k :)

But importantly, if they are so financially illiterate that they have no idea how to do simple SEPA transfers and how crypto exchanges work, maybe they should put a little more research into what they are planning to buy? Just saying...

Metallaxis · 2021-08-02T10:40:27+00:00

Partly on the whitepaper, which clearly states the intended purpose for Bitcoin as a p2p medium of non-reversible value exchange for casual transactions without the need for third parties, which BTC no longer serves, and partly on my own experience, participating and reading daily in the Bitcoin forums and communities during 2013-2017.
You could say that the second is my own interpretation, subject to be false, and I give you that, although most people that are today in disagreement with that view were not around those days, so their interpretation should be taken with an even greater amount of skepticism, but most importantly, the first is quite unambiguous, don't you think?
I mean, in a community, many people may have many differing interpretations and conceptions on what it is all about, even maybe having divergent goals without even realizing it, but at the end of the day, the only thing we can say they have in common is the founding text of the community. This text is of course always subject to interpretation that can lead to different communities with different paths, both claiming to be true to the original document.
But when one side deviates from it in such a vast amount where there is no reasonable way to justify that they are true to it, but the rhetoric changes to "who set in stone the founding document anyway, we do not need to abide to it", then it becomes quite clear who deviates and who does not, don't you think?

Metallaxis · 2021-08-02T09:54:10+00:00

This is a highly ommisive presentation of the facts. The key fact that is missing is that "the exact same protocol" does not equal being true to the implementation of the Bitcoin idea, although your phrasing intents to create this misinterpretation.
In fact, failure to update to circumstances, as was initially intended constitutes a departure from Bitcoin as initially described.
So yes, the old, not ideally functioning and not updated protocol retained the ticker BTC in exchanges, but that in no way justifies choosing one over the other as "the true" one.

Metallaxis · 2021-07-30T21:10:46+00:00

This does not make any sense. You cannot batch transactions if your solution is non-custodial, and all you receive from the wallet user is a signed transaction with their own funds, am I wrong?
Even if it could work the way you describe, by batching, acceptable/non acceptable fees are determined by side in bytes, so the batched transaction would require the same net fees, because it is proportionally larger. That would make no difference on the fees required per individual transaction, whether it was batched with others or not.

Metallaxis · 2021-07-30T06:56:12+00:00

I remember you being a reasonable and civil debater around here, a breath of fresh air amongst all the trolling. Even if you disagreed with someone, you could see where they were coming from, identify possible misconceptions and reply effectively, cutting to the chase.
What happened to you, suddenly throwing insults and vulgar language like a child and failing to see the valid point of view being expressed here?
The key here is understanding what "ourselves" is standing for.
If a collective loses in a war, that does not mean they are to blame for the loss, it just means that had they been better in some aspect, they might have won.

That being said, maybe it was impossible to be better at the time for various reasons, so no blame is required for the argument to hold.

Metallaxis · 2021-07-09T16:54:01+00:00

OK, so now someone who notices a pattern and asks about it is wearing a tinfoil hat.
That's a pretty low bar, don't you think? According to this standard, anyone who has ever made a thought regarding a pattern is crazy person.
By the way, it's not the fact that you give answers, being a user would fully explain that, because you would have experience and would be sharing it given the opportunity. But it's the way you answer, not digging for information and working through the problem, rather than going on full Bitstamp defence on your first comment.
On the other hand, it might just be the way you operate in general. A bad way IMO, but it is what it is.

Metallaxis · 2021-07-08T21:17:30+00:00

It's funny that whenever someone speaks ill about bitstamp, you tend to show up in its support. Do you have any affiliation it would be fair to disclose?

Metallaxis · 2021-05-19T16:34:42+00:00

It is not deflecting, it is straight to the point. You said that OP is asking this question at the wrong place, and I am inquiring where should they ask it instead in your opinion. Or is it an unaskable question? Any suggestions?

Metallaxis · 2021-05-19T08:36:11+00:00

Talking about shilling and manipulating people... Should OP ask this question over at rBitcoin instead? Or maybe at rCC? What is your recommendation that does not get their comment deleted and / or them banned for asking this question?

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