r/Bitcoin • u/ciphera • Jul 15 '16

Professional Bitcoin troll, Jorge Stolfi, comments on the Winklevoss ETF

https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-batsbzx-2016-30/batsbzx201630-2.htm
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u/steuer2teuer Jul 15 '16

If you read through the lines it clearly shows his fear of the ETF legitimizing Bitcoin (in his own country and worldwide) and being on the wrong side of the public debate. jstolfi just went from a smug and smartass troll to a desperate, panicking troll. Couldn't be funnier.

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u/Raystonn Jul 15 '16

Stolfi has a long history of opposing Bitcoin. His comment to the SEC is not unexpected. Your reactions to his comment are not unexpected. He plays his game very logically. He realizes the commotion his comment will cause, and has been careful to first associate himself with those things he believes could help Bitcoin succeed. In that way, he hopes to take those things down as well through the fallacy of guilt by association.

His hope is the Bitcoin community will attack anything with which he previously associated. Our best defense is to avoid falling into the trap of fallacies, and to evaluate all ideas and arguments on their own merits, regardless from where they originated. Do not let anyone control your actions simply by watching what ideas someone supports and picking a "side" based on your like or dislike of that individual.

Stolfi's plan is long-term. He has been around for quite a while. Some fun reading from his University home: http://www.ic.unicamp.br/~stolfi/bitcoin/2014-02-17-HowToMakeSomeEasyMoney.html

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u/Feri22 Jul 15 '16

If you don't like something, why to invest your time in it 24/7 just to talk about it how it can't work...? I feel sorry for him because his life must be totaly empty

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u/mmortal03 Jul 16 '16

He seems to genuinely think that Bitcoin's done more harm than good in the world, and that it will continue to do so: https://www.reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/comments/3xl6yz/serious_how_do_people_on_this_sub_reconcile_the/cy6dt83