Charles Hoskinson sent cease and desist letters and mobilised as much political, commercial and legal leverage as he could to attack and threaten publications who had reported on the onchain discovery that he had unilaterally forked the chain in order to take control of funds, and covered it up so nobody knew what he had done, at the time - or post-fact.
And they didn’t like it. Even though he started spending tens of millions of dollars to buy Coindesk and others to make sure they talked positively about Midnight pre-launch, it’s his Trumpian behaviour they remembered.
So I’ve got little sympathy for those now complaining as these same publications rightfully bury him for yet another unhinged, but unnecessary, ego-driven, public crashout and gaslighting episode.
He’s been attacking them for a lot longer than he’s been paying them. And now it shows.
At the time, I mentioned that the beef with Whale wasn't about the stablecoin impact on price, but that Whale was seen as an impediment to IOG access to the treasury (and the stablecoin beef was a more palatable tool for attack). If there's one thing that will prompt attacks from Charles, its getting in between him and access to his ADA supply vehicles (treasury, parameter changes, etc)
@IOHK_Charles@MicroProofs@ItsDave_ADA@phil_uplc hey charles, long time no see, congratulations on getting midnight launched!
since you're something of a mathematician, could you describe the volume chart below? find it incredibly fascinating.
🎭Confession of a Cardano "Ecosystem Strategist" Who Mastered the Game (and Never Shipped Anything Meaningful)
I’ve spent 7+ years “contributing” to Cardano without ever writing production Plutus code, auditing a serious smart contract, or...
What is fascinating about yesterday's event is how Cardano recovered from a minority chain and got rid of the symptom while preserving most of the history and progress since the incident.
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@IOHK_Charles@ItsDave_ADA You tend to go after people you disagree with, not based on merit, but by attacking their person/business.
Look at how you went after optim fi, merely for **staking** with someone you disagreed with.
All the while you pretend Cardano is decentralized.