[PCGamer] The creator of Ethereum got into crypto because Blizzard nerfed his character

[lexluthermiester]

but I do think if he truly cared about environmental change he would let go of his own hubris and ego and move to proof of stake faster.

This. The guy is a greedy hypocrite.

 

[Vayra86]

see post number 23 above yours

Interesting thoughts, and probably true.

 

[Sithaer]

Man I'd be a less than a stump by now if I lost parts over every nerf I encountered in gaming life

Same here, oh boy I can't even imagine to count the nerfs I had to deal with since I'm gaming especially my past online gaming years.
Tbh after a while I actively started avoiding clearly OP things cause I knew that sooner or later it will get nerfed/fixed so better not even get used to it in the first place.

Most of the time I just shrug it off and mind my own business as usual and keep playing/adapt but I would lie if I said that certain nerfs/changes/fixes did not annoy me a few times.
Tho I don't think I ever threw a tantrum over it or even rage on forums like some ppl do.

Other than that I found this little bit of info kinda interesting in a way, I had no idea how ETH came to existence since I barely follow anything crypto other than checking hardware prices every now and then + check in the Crypto topic in case there are news about its 'potential' end. 'yeah one can hope right'

 

[mtcn77]

I think the irony is the $1B, otherwise we wouldn't be laughing his joke of a career.

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

All the nerfs flew over my head, clearly.

 

[mtcn77]

"Love to see the thing you've put the singular most amount of effort into in your life get appropriated for a techbro-born planet-destroying pyramid scheme," Hindes wrote in a follow-up tweet.

Wait until visa and mastercard tagteam joins the same copyright title fight. I long to see these debased coin makers see the end of the road.

 

[Metroid]

Mindblowing to me... if WoW had not nerfed Warlocked... the world might look entirely different, without ETH supporting crypto momentum, BTC might not have even made a comeback, no one could ever reall know these things. Just mindblowing. lol

Well we will never know, I think if eth has not been created, another coin would have taken its place, probably almost the same or better than eth, my point is, history is strange, many projects better than eth did not go on because eth might be somewhat similar to what they wanted to create and they let it go.

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

Well we will never know, I think if eth has not been created, another coin would have taken its place, probably the same or better than eth, my point is history is strange, many projects better than eth did not go on because eth might be somewhat similar to what they wanted to create and they let it go.

If they could make it decentralised, very efficient , and actually effective for large scale transaction use, while POS then I think they would be onto something.
Possibly.

It's really his reasoning for creating it that's got me baffled, they're only related or relevant to each other (Wow spells and crypto)by the use of computers.

And the waffle of bitcoins, gains had no influence, my arse!.

 

[AsRock]

So a cry baby 16 year old wow player screwed the world oh haaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaa

Must been a total awakening for him, company's been nerfing shit for like ever ( POE anyone ? ) and he got butt hurt. But clearly has skills to do better stuff with his life although it's a shame it's crypto.

 

[neatfeatguy]

part of it is due to the autism spectrum, some people are more on the spectrum then others, those people I pity - because they will have difficult lives. as I am also on the spectrum I can relate, however I am not that far on the spectrum, so I can't relate to this particular story. but I do think if he truly cared about environmental change he would let go of his own hubris and ego and move to proof of stake faster. he sure did take his sweet time. excuses excuses. more like... people with lots of ETH whispering in his ear is my guess, and since he is most likely on the spectrum(I think he said as much on Lex Friedman's podcast, but don't quote me on that, its been awhile since I watched it) - it feels nice having friends and being liked, so he doesn't know any better as someone on the spectrum, I know in those rare moments when I do finally get friends irl, it clouds my judgement from time to time. truly I feel sorry for him and I hope he can rise above and save the day, rather than continue in these foolish endeavors that damage the planet.

I'm a stickler for numbers and attention to detail for things that I like. I played a MUD for years and the staff that ran it had issues with doing "stealth nerfs". They'd make adjustments to things - how spells worked in terms of damage or how weapons functioned and so on without making announcements.

I'd call them out on changes to parts of the system that I made use of because numbers weren't adding up. I'd have to hound them for days, weeks even asking if there was a bug that cropped up or if they changed something. Eventually, the GMs would finally admit they adjusted how something worked because they basically felt like changing something they didn't personally like.

For things I called out, other players never noticed the changes until I pointed them out. Eventually there'd be a large group of people asking what changed and why or if it was a bug that needs to be fixed.

For me it's not about if something gets changed, change doesn't really bother me, I just need to know why it was changed or if it's broken and when it's going to be fixed.

 

[Space Lynx]

I'm a stickler for numbers and attention to detail for things that I like. I played a MUD for years and the staff that ran it had issues with doing "stealth nerfs". They'd make adjustments to things - how spells worked in terms of damage or how weapons functioned and so on without making announcements.

I'd call them out on changes to parts of the system that I made use of because numbers weren't adding up. I'd have to hound them for days, weeks even asking if there was a bug that cropped up or if they changed something. Eventually, the GMs would finally admit they adjusted how something worked because they basically felt like changing something they didn't personally like.

For things I called out, other players never noticed the changes until I pointed them out. Eventually there'd be a large group of people asking what changed and why or if it was a bug that needs to be fixed.

For me it's not about if something gets changed, change doesn't really bother me, I just need to know why it was changed or if it's broken and when it's going to be fixed.

in contrast to this FFXIV mmo just did a 7 hour patch note video the other day... and youtubers summarized it in 20 min to 1 hr video... different communities lol

 

[ShiBDiB]

Holy cow that article is a edgy piece of garbage that has no business being on a "legitimate" website.

 

[Space Lynx]

Holy cow that article is a edgy piece of garbage that has no business being on a "legitimate" website.

I mean if the guy who created eth actually said that and they verified the source, which they seem to have done, then mmk.

 

[ShiBDiB]

I mean if the guy who created eth actually said that and they verified the source, which they seem to have done, then mmk.

Just because a story contains facts doesn't excuse awful writing/reporting.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Just because a story contains facts doesn't excuse awful writing/reporting.

The article was well written and stated.

 

[ShiBDiB]

The article was well written and stated.

Very few of us subsequently cry ourselves to sleep, quit the game, and then dedicate the rest of our lives to a pyramid scheme for dorks that contributes to an environmental crisis, graphics card shortages, art theft, and ends up being banned in China.

The article reads like a blog post of a rambling neckbeard.

 

[GreiverBlade]

interesting ... it was invented by a random bob who played a "faceroll" class ... who knew ...

("Faceroll class" was the nickname for Warlocks in my guild ... "you put your face on one end of the keyboard and then roll over to the other end", only achievable with a NKRO, you notice a bad warlock if it does not work, he clearly did not do enough research on that ultra developed technic.)

Holy cow that article is a edgy piece of garbage that has no business being on a "legitimate" website.

the guy played a Warlock ... he was probably edgy ...

 

[Metroid]

If they could make it decentralised, very efficient , and actually effective for large scale transaction use, while POS then I think they would be onto something.
Possibly.

It's really his reasoning for creating it that's got me baffled, they're only related or relevant to each other (Wow spells and crypto)by the use of computers.

And the waffle of bitcoins, gains had no influence, my arse!.

Yeah, eth as it stands is somewhat centralized, plus supply will be infinite, pos will always reward eth, just like mining but at less rate than mining. Anyway, I play the market, I hold no crypto long term, going as it goes can earn a lot lot more money than just hold long term, plus we never know what could happen to cryptos overnight.

 

[R-T-B]

This. The guy is a greedy hypocrite.

It's not so simple. He wanted to do the move literally years ago. He faced being removed as the head dev and/or a hardfork happening if he went through with it.

Crypto users have dragged their feet on this way more than him.

Must been a total awakening for him, company's been nerfing shit for like ever ( POE anyone ? ) and he got butt hurt. But clearly has skills to do better stuff with his life although it's a shame it's crypto.

I was in a similar boat when I realized I couldn't do journalism anymore (was getting painful for me at the end). At the end of my crypto series I had a design doc to make a coin that rewarded users via a time based lottery for having IPv4 addresses that were verifiably unique. I called it a "proof of presence" algorithm.

I didn't release or even finish the dev of it, out of fear people would take a good idea to eliminate energy consumption, and instead break the IPv4 web gobbling up IPv4 addresses. And you know they would.

I instead went into security consulting. Riches? No. But I can sleep at night.

 

[lexluthermiester]

The article reads like a blog post of a rambling neckbeard.

Yup, saw that. Even quoted it in post #20. There was nothing technically wrong with the structure and context of that statement. You have issues with it either because you identify with the person who was the target of the statement or because you're a supporter of cryptocoin, perhaps both.. Don't take it personally.

It's not so simple. He wanted to do the move literally years ago. He faced being removed as the head dev and/or a hardfork happening if he went through with it.

Crypto users have dragged their feet on this way more than him.

That means nothing. He needed to make the change and didn't. Whether the reason was greed or a fear of losing power is irrelevant, he failed to make the correct choice and that makes him a hypocrite.

 

[R-T-B]

That means nothing. He needed to make the change and didn't. Whether the reason was greed or a fear of losing power is irrelevant, he failed to make the correct choice and that makes him a hypocrite.

Maybe. But you have to realize the ultimate point was things would have went along this way with or without him... there wasn't really much the "right" choice would have done except curtail his future ability to direct the project.

 

[Space Lynx]

Maybe. But you have to realize the ultimate point was things would have went along this way with or without him... there wasn't really much the "right" choice would have done except curtail his future ability to direct the project.

so basically his rage from a WoW patch opened a pandora's box he no longer could control... so now we are living in a God of War game because of a patch from a WoW game, because a kid was super lonely and got upset over a patch.

honestly I feel fucking sad. I hate this modern world we live in, and I honestly don't blame the ETH creator at all, in fact I wish I was his friend back then on some WoW server. this state of existence we have is just so ****** up.

honestly I think there might be some evidence for Elon Musk's claim that this is all just a computer simulation, too much crazy *** **** has been going on for a decade now.

 

[R-T-B]

That's my take on it, yes.

 

[Space Lynx]

Hackers drain cryptocurrency accounts of thousands of Coinbase users

They apparently phished for passwords and then used a flaw in Coinbase's 2FA to empty the victims' accounts.

www.pcgamer.com

Even accounts with 2fa were stolen from apparently... wow... nothing beats physical cash. That's what modern society keeps teaching me over and over.

 

[Vayra86]

Hackers drain cryptocurrency accounts of thousands of Coinbase users

They apparently phished for passwords and then used a flaw in Coinbase's 2FA to empty the victims' accounts.

www.pcgamer.com

Even accounts with 2fa were stolen from apparently... wow... nothing beats physical cash. That's what modern society keeps teaching me over and over.

Note the phishing for passwords. They didn't just circumvent 2FA.

But let's face it, you say modern society is strange, but really, the cat and mouse between burglar and bank is how old now? Thievery is of all ages and the nature of it evolves as does security.