Jamie Dimon (JP Morgan Chase CEO) thinks Bitcoin will be stopped. This is my response
https://twitter.com/XMRpromotions/status/662214071907807232Bitcoin cannot be "stopped" either but it can be monitored without the permission of its users thanks to its transparent blockchain.
With Monero, transparency is still possible but only with the permission of the user by sharing their viewkey. Monero transactions are unlinkable and private by design. Monero is not only unstoppable but perfectly fungible.
The great thing about XMRpromotions is:-
1. It ferments a lazy community, because "Fuck it, XMRpromotions is on top of it and he's officially part of Monero."
2. It makes outsiders and potential investors think that Monero would be nothing without the Monero team having to promote it this way. Implied conclusion is that Monero is a risky investment because the promotion does not come organically.
Monero devs have nothing to do with XMRPromotions, as far as I know. Therefore, the "promotion"
is happening organically.
I disagree that the community is lazy. Rather, it tends to attract a larger proportion of developer types that are inspired by the technology. They donate their hard work to further the goals laid out by the core devs. Then there are community members like AmericanPegasus, who is genuinely a marketing force of his own. We are like internet construction workers steadily going about our tasks to build the future of money.
You're missing the point entirely.
Who knows that XMRpromotions is not part of the Monero core team?
Does Erik Vorhees know, when XMRpromotions cold calls him?
Does Tutanota know, when XMRpromotions cold calls them?
Does anyone, who has no knowledge of Monero, understand that XMRpromotions is not affiliated with the developers?
Of course they don't know, why would they? Just because
you know, doesn't mean that anyone else does.
The obvious solution would be to ban from the subreddit
accounts that take on the form of those who could seemingly be representing the Monero team but who really aren't.What would happen if XMRpromotions was actually a deep-cover troll? Where is the defense protocol for this? I can't believe you guys aren't on top of this yet.
As for "lazy community", I'm not suggesting Monero has a lazy community. It patently doesn't. I'm saying that as long as a single account has the superficial aesthetic of representing the core team, and is seemingly injecting promotional labour, then it lessens the urgency of investors to participate - because "the core team already has it covered."
A new rule needs to be passed that can be applied here and on the subreddit. Community labour is great, but there needs to be protocols in place that prevents imposters imitating the core team.
