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by pbear2k21 1296 days ago
>Do your homework! You're not the first person who ever thought of attacking a bitcoin node. While I'm sure there are areas for improvement, you're not likely to be able to make useful suggestions from a position of almost total ignorance.

again, i've successfully found remote crashes and dos issues in 25 - 30 blockchains. i don't care if you're a biased developer who takes this to heart. i'm going to see to brutalizing bitcoind and making it clear to you what happens when i attack nodes. cocky academics like you motivate me. he who laughs last etc.
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nullc 1296 days ago
Fantastic, I'm sure the bitcoin developers will appreciate the free labor. But if you care you have any reputation as anything but a hotheaded fool-- you should probably tone the public announcements down until you've actually completed your work! Otherwise, even when you do carry work though until you find something interesting (and I'm sure you would if you work at it long enough)-- you'll still have earned a poor reputation regardless.
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pbear2k21 1296 days ago
i don't guard my reputation. this isn't 48 laws of power. i'd never become a blockchain socialite to the extent of social climbing to become blockstream's cto. i answer to no one and don't try to mold how others perceive me. interesting insults though - though i can assure you wholeheartedly that you don't want to make it personal. just so you know where you stand, who i am and who pulls rank on who. i rce'd slack too. bitcoin is food now. there is a dos here regardless - but thanks for the motivation
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dgislame 1296 days ago
Haha. Typical digitalgangster/aoler/irc kiddie behavior. You are no one. You have no power. Your obsession with vanity handles shows who you are and what you're about. Making an announcement on a non-bug when you don't know about slowloris style attacks or how a one-liner derails your entire existence is just sad.

This is a great opportunity to get your ego in check. If you're really interested in security, follow the right path. No one here is impressed that you RCE'd slack (likely using someone else's research, and exploit dev nonetheless). No one is impressed with your Twitter or livejournal handle. And btw fuck anti and rj2 and the rest of those spam/scammers.

You probably smell bad. Dork.

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