Blockchain Space Doesn't Listen Enough

Everybody is always in marketing mode. 24/7.

Yapping.

"This project does ___", "blockchain is a financial revolution that will...", "We're going to ...!"

This space could benefit a little bit from learning to shut the fuck up and listen to others.

Allow people to dislike Bitcoin. Its fine. They don't need to be attacked for it. Even if you think they're wrong.

Be open minded to the possibility that YOU could be wrong. Even in spite of all the research, fancy degrees, multiple times you read the whitepaper, etc., you may still be wrong.

And that's okay.

Listening would do this space good.

Exposing Monero For What it is

Full blown thread can be found here = https://twitter.com/librehash/status/1378920646625820674?s=20

This campaign isn't going to stop at this point because Riccardo Spagni is a bad actor in the blockchain space.

That thread above breaks down Monero to the minutiae to show mastery of the protocol's inner workings as well as the historical events that have occurred with Monero.

Then it extrapolates from there to show the double-spend vulnerability that Monero faced back in 2017 (and erroneously claimed that nobody had exploited despite providing no evidence for this claim)

Riccardo Spagni is an Idiot Pt. #232389

Check out this Reddit post by Riccardo Spagni.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/kfpw6y/you_should_read_the_annotated_version_of_the/ggccxsb/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Here he states:

" I found Surae on Reddit, in r/jobs or r/forhire or one of those subreddits. He was a mathematician but had no cryptocurrency experience at all. I offered him a job to annotate the whitepaper"

- Despite being the alleged "lead" that forked the protocol to begin with, you felt the need to hire someone else to annotate the whitepaper for you? The whitepaper is <20 pages, and we're just talking annotations here - not rewriting it. This should be a simple task for someone that's allegedly the lead developer of a protocol to follow through with.

- The people that he hired were individuals that had no knowledge of cryptocurrencies at all. Perhaps they knew math & cryptography, but a critical factor for success in building a well-developed cryptocurrency is...actually knowing something about cryptocurrencies.

- These people were hired off of r/jobs on Reddit. So, its clear that he was down to hire just about anyone on the internet to annotate th e whitepaper for him (*sigh*)

- Why was Riccardo paying someone to do this in the first place? Seems like Monero has been a financial pursuit since the beginning

Riccardo Spagni "stepped down" as the "lead developer" because he doesn't know shit about developing.

He doesn't understand Monero on a conceptual level.

He can't actually speak up and comment on how the protocol works in a substantive manner.

That's why there was a double-spend vulnerability detected in the protocol.

Bombshell announcement related to NFTs coming out soon.

This is not being stated to “hype” anyone up about it beforehand or anything like that.

I’m hoping to:

1. Protect the end user (you). I run this channel on a daily basis alongside a Discord, Twitter, blog, forums, non-profit & many other blockchain-related initiatives. I’ve been doing so for 5+ years, so if something confuses me, then I assume it’s gotta be confusing the hell out of a lot of other people too. That motivates me to get to the root of “what’s going on”, trim the marketing bullshit and give you all the raw.

2. Provide verifiable information & leads to the extent where you all can corroborate anything being said in here or come to your own conclusions about it. My primary motivation for doing this stems from my first experiences in crypto. Wasn’t sure who to trust, who know what they were talking about vs. who just wanted my money etc. ; it was hard as hell to compare X to Y, because there’s often no *objective* source of information for either one. All content related to X might day “Wow, X is this exciting new thing doing all of this! X has figured out blockchain”. But then Y’s content would say “Wow, Y this exciting new thing doing all of this! Y has figured out blockchain”.

3. Force the channel to be held to account for theories / ideas being espoused. I had to keep it real with myself at a certain point when entering crypto years ago. Did I care if so and so was legit as long as I still got my bag? But on the flip side, do I really want to be one of the ones that enables someone to do something I personally feel isn’t ethical? Are my morals worth $X?

Trust me when I say I get it. I know some people are completely aware of how shiesty certain things are and they just want to make their money.

They know some of these projects are “scam farms” & maybe they think they can get their $$ out before the potential rug pull.

Maybe they’re aware plenty of DeFi projects are pyramids wrapped within Ponzi schemes. Or that a project like Arweave could never work in practice. But they also couldn’t give a fuck less because they see said project has appreciated by +20% in a day or a week.

Librehash is designed to satiate this latter individual too. You don’t need to have a “holier than thou” and “only in it for the tech”. Be in it for whatever reason you want to be in it. Who am I or anyone else to sit here and impose mandatory values upon you?

Librehash is an honest attempt to try to provide an objective medium that can satiate a diverse array of motivations / needs for high-quality, objective information in the blockchain space.

Just Caught Paolo Ardoino of Bitfinex in a Massive Lie

Or may be it was a mistake...you decide.

About an hour or two ago, 1.2(B) billion USDT were minted ; this was relayed by the 'whale_alert' Twitter bot

https://twitter.com/whale_alert/status/1379380299977662465?s=20

Paolo Ardoino responded to this mint saying:

"PSA: 1.2B USDt inventory replenish on Tron Network. Note this is a authorized but not issued transaction, meaning that this amount will be used as inventory for next period issuance requests and chain swaps."

https://twitter.com/paoloardoino/status/1379380606916833284?s=20

Proving Paolo Ardoino Lied

It turns out that I have a screenshot of the Tron Tether rich list from April 4th, 2021.

So I decided to compare the balances on that day to the balances today.

I found out that:

1. +328M USDT went to Binance

2. +640M USDT went to OKex 1

3. +88M USDT went to Huobi's cold wallet

4. +80M USDT went to Bitfinex's address

I provide screenshots from April 4th, 2021 and April 6th, 2021, and annotated both so that its very easy for anyone to see and follow along

https://twitter.com/librehash/status/1379400489792536578?s=20

Questions For Paolo Ardoino

Why lie and tell everyone that the 1.2B USDT mint was "[An] authorized but not issued transaction, meaning that this amount will be used as inventory for next period issuance requests and chain swaps"?

As we can see from the screenshots that are provided in that tweet that I provided in the previous message, this USDT was clearly disbursed to the exchanges immediately.

So why claim that its an "authorized but not issued transaction", when its clearly been minted and disseminated to your partner exchanges? (same 4 partners in crime: Huobi, Bitfinex, Binance, Okex)

Draymond Green's mother (and family) also received hats from Thou Art Clothing:

https://twitter.com/Aaliyahwp12/status/934801545014657025

Draymond Green's Mother Purchased from 'Thou Art Clothing'

There are a ton of people that have been running around with this mythical Steemit article claiming to expose me as a "scammer" that's committed multiple crimes.

This is something that I usually ignore, but since Riccardo Spagni is that stupid, I figured I would debunk it in here, then I'm going to take a poll to ask everyone how much I should sue him for, for defamation.

Kevin Durant's Father Purchased a Hat as Well

That's the real Wayne Durant, in the flesh.

I'm sure that this tweet is still up on his profile to this day.

I'm not sure why its seen as a bad thing to sell clothes. I enjoyed the experience - it taught me a lot about business. No regrets doing it at all.

Edit: Kevin Durant's mother bought these hats too (yes, the one he was talking about when he said, "You the real MVP")

This is a post made by Riccard Spagni ; you can view the full rage here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/lz1v61/second_jp_aumasson_fundraise_should_be_created/gpyojsb

Strikes me as odd that the de facto leader of Monero would be making false claims about my "horrendous track record of exit scams"

He's referencing an article where I allegedly stole hats from people. But I have actual screenshots, invoices, and pictures of inventory - and all he has is a Steemit article made by an unidentified, anonymous individual that refuses to provide one single link to any of these tweets, messages, etc., that I allegedly made.

Succesfully Graduated From the University of Maryland (undergrad)

The article that the leader of Monero shared states, "The hashtag #UMD15 refers to the University of Maryland where he attended, but was expelled for child pornography after the university was notified. This explains his scams which we will get into."

Let's debunk that claim in a couple of seconds.

I Was Featured in the UMD School Newspaper

Here's the article (almost forgot about this one): https://dbknews.com/2016/08/12/article_64149f4c-450c-11e4-a0ba-001a4bcf6878-html/

Diamondback = University of Maryland's Official School Student Newspaper

In that newspaper, it states: "The student, senior government and politics major James Edwards, said he was asked to show his ID outside..."

1. This debunks the claim that I was a math major (which is flattering; but no)

2. Also heavily debunks the claim that I was "kicked out" because if that were the case, I wouldn't be featured in my school's official newspaper

Where Everything Falls Apart

The article calls me "nigger", then attempts to attach my identity to someone that neither looks like, is my age, nor lives anywhere around me, simply due to the fact that their name is "James Edwards", when there are over 6,500+ different individuals in the United States with the exact same first and last name combination as myself.

Attacks on the Owner of This Channel Will Make Your Fate Worse

Riccardo Spagni and others are going to have to step up like men and actually answer the claims that are being made about Monero's wallet having an incorrect construction in it (in essence, a 'backdoor').

Trying to distract and deflect with a bunch of inane accusations just makes the situation look worse.

Maybe it used to work to some extent back in 2018, but it definitely doesn't now. DMCA requests as well as legal takedowns have already been initiated (on top of the whistleblower reports filed with numerous different federal agencies this week).

I'm going to get rid of all of these little distractions so that we can get to the heart of the matter

And for those watching, make sure you're observant

Also, make sure to ask yourself, "If Librehash / Cryptomedicated is completely wrong about what he's saying, why won't they just address the merit of his content instead of trying to immediately assassinate his character with demonstrably false rumors and attacks?"

That Steemit article is the most cliche response to exposing corruption ever. Notice how I didn't need to even address the credibility of Fluffypony, the anonymous author of that article or anybody else in order to debunk those claims.

I just addressed the statements made by providing irrefutable, empirical proof that the claims in there cannot be true.

Too bad fluffypony can't do the same

■■□□□ Data-Leak: [4.8m] Paxful.com (EMAILS , PASSWORDS , PHONES , ADDRESS) being sold online at prove of 1 BTC.

IMPORTANT! Read This!!

If you had an account with 'paxful(.)com', you need to change your account credentials ASAP!

It appears that they were recently hacked.

No confirmation on the veracity of the offer online, but this channel is pretty reliable when it comes to information like this.

Better safe than sorry; you have nothing to lose in making sure your account is safe.

General Security Tips

1. If you're using 2FA, always opt for authenticator 2FA if you can. Do your research on a good 2FA app if you're getting one for your Android phone. Never use the QR code, get the actual alphanumeric input for your 2FA. Then store the code in a password manager. Make sure your 2FA codes aren't stored in the same place your actual passwords are at (for obvious reasons)

2. Consider using your browser's password manager; Firefox's built-in password manager is safe, but if you don't trust it you can opt for Keepass (and use the open source extension add-ons to connect the version of Keepass from your computer to your browser for log ins)

3. Use something that generates hard passwords if you can help it. Your password is supposed to be hard to guess, not convenient to remember. Use a password manager if you want convenience (that's literally what they're designed for)

4. Consider using a site like 'simplelogin.io' for your e-mail registrations. It helps you don't have everything going to "johndoe@gmail.com", because once that gets compromised, you're really fucked to be honest (just about every site allows for you to click 'forgot password' and opt for it to be sent back to the registered email)