I should maybe do this in PM, but at the moment I don't care.
Hueristic, thank you for working through this with me. It is pretty obvious right now that I have been suppressing how much the end of that scene hurt. I used to hang out on IRC with those guys on the regular...
I have said before, and I still believe, one of the things that really gives me hope is that quite a few of the early Bitcoin folks are OG folders, fundamentally altruistic individuals.
This world could do with an elite class with something other than their own quarterly gains in view.
Hueristic, thank you for working through this with me. It is pretty obvious right now that I have been suppressing how much the end of that scene hurt. I used to hang out on IRC with those guys on the regular...
I have said before, and I still believe, one of the things that really gives me hope is that quite a few of the early Bitcoin folks are OG folders, fundamentally altruistic individuals.
This world could do with an elite class with something other than their own quarterly gains in view.
I completely agree man, Folding for 6 long years by myself and then noticing there were teams was a blessing. I really dove in and met some of the greatest people this earth has to offer. Sometimes the competition would get the best of them but it was all good for the research in the end. I only stopped because I could no longer justify the cost and my income had changed dramatically so I was bleeding out and not seeing any progress on their end. I do regret not switching over 2 machines I was planning on to BTC back then but we were slugging it out for first (with you guys IIRC) and I also had had a injury setback so I just let the systems stay running.
Dammit, I just spent 5 minutes trying to find the thread I did on making the Jade Monkey Head and it looks like its gone. OCN fucked up the board pretty bad the last 10 years and lost alot of shit. I'll upload some shots for you.