<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div>Mike,</div><div><br></div><div>In all seriousness, are you on the payroll of the NSA or similar to repeatedly attempt to introduce privacy leaks[1] and weaknesses[2] into the ecosystem not to mention logical fallacies like ad hominem attacks; disruption[3] and FUD[4]? </div><div><br></div><div>Why do you answer objections by hand waving and misdirection as opposed to sound technical reasoning? Remember how hand waving ended for you the last time with your p2p getutxo pull-request[5] and the public flogging the ensued because you refused to accept your implementation was not only flawed but critically vulnerable to attack[6].<br></div><div><br></div><div>Given your intelligence, education and experience, it would seem logical that your behaviour is not random or irrational, but in fact calculated and planned.</div><div><br></div><div>references:</div><div>[1] <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2byqz0/mike_hearn_proposes_to_build_vulnerable/" target="_blank">http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2byqz0/mike_hearn_proposes_to_build_vulnerable/</a><br></div><div>[2] <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1qmbtu/mike_hearn_chair_of_the_bitcoin_foundations_law/" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1qmbtu/mike_hearn_chair_of_the_bitcoin_foundations_law/</a></div><div>[3] <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/28zts3/mike_hearn_interview_quotes_progress_on_the/" target="_blank">http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/28zts3/mike_hearn_interview_quotes_progress_on_the/</a></div><div>[4] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMIzMVABFxQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMIzMVABFxQ</a></div><div>[5] <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/4351" target="_blank">https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/4351</a></div><div>[6] <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2eq8gi/getutxos_a_convenient_way_to_crash_bitcoind/">http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2eq8gi/getutxos_a_convenient_way_to_crash_bitcoind/</a> </div><div><br></div></div></div></div>