1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
|
Received: from sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.192]
helo=mx.sourceforge.net)
by sfs-ml-3.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76)
(envelope-from <luke@dashjr.org>) id 1UFO2a-0007rM-O0
for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net;
Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:10:48 +0000
X-ACL-Warn:
Received: from zinan.dashjr.org ([173.242.112.54])
by sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76)
id 1UFO2Y-00014C-Vn for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net;
Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:10:48 +0000
Received: from ishibashi.localnet (unknown [173.170.142.26])
(Authenticated sender: luke-jr)
by zinan.dashjr.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4D0F827A2968
for <bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net>;
Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:10:41 +0000 (UTC)
From: "Luke-Jr" <luke@dashjr.org>
To: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:10:32 +0000
User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/3.7.3-gentoo; KDE/4.9.5; x86_64; ; )
References: <513ED35A.8080203@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <513ED35A.8080203@gmail.com>
X-PGP-Key-Fingerprint: E463 A93F 5F31 17EE DE6C 7316 BD02 9424 21F4 889F
X-PGP-Key-ID: BD02942421F4889F
X-PGP-Keyserver: hkp://pgp.mit.edu
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: Text/Plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Message-Id: <201303121210.34515.luke@dashjr.org>
X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--)
X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net.
See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details.
-2.6 RP_MATCHES_RCVD Envelope sender domain matches handover relay
domain
X-Headers-End: 1UFO2Y-00014C-Vn
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Some PR preparation
X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9
Precedence: list
List-Id: <bitcoin-development.lists.sourceforge.net>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development>,
<mailto:bitcoin-development-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=bitcoin-development>
List-Post: <mailto:bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net>
List-Help: <mailto:bitcoin-development-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development>,
<mailto:bitcoin-development-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:10:48 -0000
On Tuesday, March 12, 2013 7:03:54 AM Alan Reiner wrote:
> I'm sure it won't be long before Slashdot and a variety of sources start
> reporting on this event. Bitcoin has been in the media a lot lately, so
> this story is likely to get some attention. The blowback of this event
> is mostly psychological, so I think it would be exceptionally wise to
> start preparing PR comments that can be posted on articles immediately
> after they go public. This event is likely draw much more negative
> attention than it deserves, and getting some positive&informed comments
> posted up front will potentially make a difference in the way the story
> is received.
>
> Undoubtedly, many articles (and especially commenters) will shape this
> into "the end of Bitcoin". I would describe it as "there was a short
> and mostly-harmless lapse in the ability of the network to reach a
> consensus, causing transactions to get delayed by a few hours." It
> *really* needs to be emphasized that coins are safe, and nothing anyone
> has/could do will change that. And that it would've been extremely
> difficult to exploit for gain. Transactions got delayed while a bug was
> fixed. End of story.
I think we should be careful not to downplay the reality either.
For a number of hours, transactions could have received up to N confirmations
and then still been reversed. While we could contact the bigger payment
processors, I saw people still trying to buy/sell on OTC, whom could have been
scammed even by taking standard precautions.
Luke
|
