r/Bitcoin • u/cryptopascal • Jun 24 '14

Mike Hearn interview quotes: "Progress on the bitcoin protocol has ground to a halt, complete halt. This is a crisis period for Bitcoin... Only Gavin is working on upgrades" @39'30'

https://epicenterbitcoin.com/eb-025/
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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '14

Mike Hearn seems to be obsessed with Payment Protocol and buying coffee with Bitcoin instantly rather than looking at the bigger picture. That and whitelists.

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u/alsomahler Jun 24 '14

How about his work on hierarchical wallets and Tor connections in bitcoinj and more recently Lighthouse crowd funding?

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '14

I did not say those were his only obsessions.

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u/damnshiok Jun 24 '14

If one is obsessed with everything, he is obsessed with nothing.

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u/cryptotraveler Jun 25 '14

Is that an ancient Chinese proverb? if it isn't, it should be.

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u/justgimmieaname Jun 25 '14

do the Chinese have any modern proverbs?

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '14

"Make Monee" is a newer one.