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Re:Ethereum Sharding FAQ by nope96 on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @07:48PM (#16927534)
Did you expect him to say, "Yes you caught me guys!" - instead he blames it on "a team" and it only had 5% chance of working, etc.

He has never denied trying to get money for a quantum project. If rumors were floating around that I had I'd instantly deny it 100%

Re:Ethereum Sharding FAQ by DalasNoin on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @08:12PM (#16927672)
so vitalik says he just had a short term connection to this team before he grew suspicious. if he really was the head behind a scam, why did noone sue him? why is there no evidence, like former employees, payments, company registration?
Re:Ethereum Sharding FAQ by nope96 on Thursday April 26, 2018 @03:26AM (#16929612)
> why did noone sue him?

perhaps because not a single person was dumb enough to fall for it?

How about this- for 4 years people have been talking about this, not once has he simply replied "I never tried to raise money to build a quantum bitcoin miner"

Re:Ethereum Sharding FAQ by DalasNoin on Thursday April 26, 2018 @05:25AM (#16930301)
well, i guess he gave a talk about quantum computing and bitcoin, you could see that as an ad for that company. this looks to me like a motte-and-bailey argument. if he gave a talk, grew suspicious of their plans, quit supporting them, then there is no wrongdoing here, no proof that he ran a scam company.