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Yes, but there are also people - like Bram Cohen - who view Coinbase, Bitcoin Classic and others as a hostile agents attempting to take over control. Also see: https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/bitcoin-community-on-brink-o... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11228807



Bram Cohen has always hated Bitcoin.

https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/41exno/bram_cohen_hate...

Which makes it strange how in 2015 he suddenly took an interest in Bitcoin and (1) supports everything Blockstream is doing (2) writes blog posts attacking long-time Bitcoin contributors like Mike Hearn and Gavin Andresen.

Perhaps Bram Cohen is "consulting" for Blockstream? They admit they spent over $10m+ in their first 12 months of operations in 2015 which is a high burn rate considering how few full-time employees ("founders") they had during that time.


Bram Cohen doesn't hate Bitcoin. He's fascinated by it and someone skeptical of its future; when you attack people for having moderate views that acknowledge real risks and limitations you increase the perception of Bitcoin as a ponzi scheme.

Bram, like almost all other technical experts holds a collection of views that you disagree with. He's never been paid by Blockstream.

Your claim with respect to blockstream's finances are incorrect, and you know they are incorrect since you were previously corrected on them; I can only assume that you're continuing to repeat them in an effort to intentionally defame Blockstream. You should stop.




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