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Is DarthCoin a troll?

6334 sats \ 60 comments \ @F 6 Aug 2022 bitcoin

He claims to personally know multiple people with 100x more bitcoin than Michael Saylor.

Yes34.4%

Yes3.1%

For sure21.9%

Definitely31.3%

yes9.4%

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245 sats \ 3 replies \ @nout 6 Aug 2022

Here's my humble take,

From what I gather DarthCoin stacked up on BTC early on, which allowed him to retire and now in his free time he's providing great BTC tutorials and balancing that by being a dick to random users everywhere else.
Of course this includes sometimes being right and sometimes lying / making up facts and posing them as "the truth" (the trick is to say 80% truth to balance 20% lies).
For the users getting triggered by DarthCoin comments - this is a great spot to train your self-control in not getting triggered. Take a breath, count to 10. Get used to it, get used to people having a different opinion and not being "nice" about it. The beauty of Stacker News is that you have the power and responsibility to use your sats wisely to change the world.
Even though DarthCoin likely pushes away some number of new folks wanting to enter the community, I ultimately see DarthCoin as a benefit to Stacker News, because DarthCoin is providing useful test cases for the incentive model and is likely representative of the things that are to come with more usage.

WDYT?

240 sats \ 0 replies \ @glix 6 Aug 2022

Nah. I see a lot of sugar coating here. Net positive and being welcoming and humble is always better than being even 20% dick. Over the top proclaiming things like "You don't know what you are talking about you n00b, THIS THE WAY. Accept it or get out" is far more damaging than saying, "You know what, yeah you do got a point, and we should explore it more, but here's why I have strong opinions on xyz". No one knows everything remember and can't know everything, so how about show some humility and be welcoming. I hope you take this is as positive criticism Darth.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @F OP 6 Aug 2022

Even though DarthCoin pushed away new users, you see him as a benefit? Man.. so far everything i've read of his is supremely toxic. He commented earlier saying Germans aren't real germans anymore because of America.

Is it possible to block someone on this site?

120 sats \ 0 replies \ @nout 6 Aug 2022

Yes, I do for the reasons mentioned above. I think some type of blocking feature would be useful if you just don't want to deal with the user. I'd say though that it should cost you some sats and then potentially if person gets blocked a lot it could cost them more sats to post too :)

Undesirable activities should cost more sats, but at the same time we need to incentivize censorship resistance... so this is a bit of balance that will be changing over time too :)

192 sats \ 7 replies \ @DarthCoin 6 Aug 2022

nobody gives a fuck of your shitposting

129 sats \ 4 replies \ @TheBTCManual 6 Aug 2022

If you're triggered by Darth, sell your bitcoin and .eth in your twitter handle and listen to the bankless podcast and stop wasting time here

4 sats \ 0 replies \ @badabing 6 Aug 2022

How about no.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 6 Aug 2022

What many shitcoiners still do not get it: I am here to make them spend their valuable sats (that they still do not appreciate them at real value) and give them to other bitcoiners.

Imagine shitcoiners doing incredible effort to sell their shitcoins in exchange for few sats to be able to post on SN. hahahaha and then lose them shitposting against me.

They have no idea with who they are talking... LOL

FUCK ALL SHITCOINERS!

4 sats \ 0 replies \ @BeardedSaintRef 6 Aug 2022

Sufficiently triggered. I agree with ridding all shitcoins for bitcoins though.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @go 6 Aug 2022

savage.

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @jp 6 Aug 2022

I agree with Darth on this one.

1 sat \ 0 replies \ @pony 6 Aug 2022

based

157 sats \ 4 replies \ @nullcount 6 Aug 2022

At least Darth contributes to the space by writing excellent guides. What have you done for Bitcoin?

15 sats \ 3 replies \ @F OP 6 Aug 2022

If I contributed by writing some nice guides, but then turned around and had sex with your mom, would you still like me?

25 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 15 Oct 2022

So you want to say Darth fucked your mom?

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @nullcount 6 Aug 2022

I don't like Darth either. But at least he's working for Bitcoin. Not JUST shit posting.

5 sats \ 0 replies \ @F OP 6 Aug 2022

I don't JUST shit post, I tried my best the last few days to contribute meaningful polls and discussions. I never made any outrageous claims though. So he made a few guides, great. He still has a piss poor attitude.

56 sats \ 26 replies \ @mikhael 6 Aug 2022

Nevermind, he is a troll. Writes good guides though. How about this:

The most genuinely valuable, productive community troll that I've ever seen.

Seriously, the amount of work he does deserves immense respect. He kind of sabotages that by acting like a child, but that's his choice.

989 sats \ 25 replies \ @DarthCoin 6 Aug 2022

He kind of sabotages that by acting like a child, but that's his choice.

That is "engagement" to provoke shitcoiners to show their true face and spend their stas here. They don't deserve to have sats. Only true bitcoiners. I hate shitcoiners. Hate me for that if you like, I don't fucking care.

81 sats \ 23 replies \ @glix 6 Aug 2022

So you are telling me that you want to write guides for newbies and at the same time "scare" them into giving them their sats. Lmao, just admit that you are over the top sometimes. Don't act like this is intentional. No doubt your guides are useful to alot of newbies but how about let it be at that and also stay humble.

0 sats \ 22 replies \ @DarthCoin 6 Aug 2022

newbies bitcoiners, not shitcoiners. Is a big difference.

149 sats \ 14 replies \ @glix 6 Aug 2022

Nah mate, I have seen you dunk on innocent noobs trying to learn on Plebnet TG and some other LN related TG groups. Ain't no shitcoiners gonna make their way into an LN TG group. They busy looking at price of their shitcoins. So don't give me that excuse. Someone being curious about LN/BTC or even critical isn't a shitcoiner, their learners and on their way to understand LN/BTC better.

0 sats \ 13 replies \ @DarthCoin 6 Aug 2022

I have seen you dunk on innocent noobs trying to learn on Plebnet TG

I was never on plebnet TG group. Am I dunk? Maybe. Are the shitcoiners offended by my words? I don't fucking care. If they are newbies, they better listen to my words. Later they will remember me, even if I yell or talk shit to them. But later they will thank me.

186 sats \ 12 replies \ @glix 6 Aug 2022

Annnd this is where I loose you. Quit your rubbish god complex. Do you know everything there is to know about LN/BTC there is that what you always say is correct? Or numerous other topics you claim to know as truth. Dunning-Kruger effect is what is at play here. Write good guides and link them in places - all good, in fact I have given links to your guides to other people as well, but quit acting like you know it all and everyone should listen to what you got to say. And you not being in Plebnet TG is an outright lie xD - shows that you are indeed a shameless lier.

And I know that English isn't your first language so I'll spare you the mistake of misunderstanding the phrase "dunking on someone" with "getting drunk". Maybe you should learn from this and spare your dear newbies ("shitcoiners") also? No?

0 sats \ 11 replies \ @DarthCoin 6 Aug 2022

And you not being in Plebnet is a outright lie

Show me logs where I posted on plebnet. Yes, I was active on other LN TG groups, but not on plebnet. You accuse me of lying with no proof. The burden fall on you not on me.

Do you know everything there is to know about LN/BTC

No, I don't know everything. But I learn every fucking day something new, more than many shitcoiners here, that are busy with shitcoining.

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1 sat \ 6 replies \ @F OP 6 Aug 2022

Hey darth why dont you go suck an egg

0 sats \ 5 replies \ @DarthCoin 6 Aug 2022

shitcoin eunuchs like you don't have eggs

1 sat \ 4 replies \ @F OP 6 Aug 2022

Troll go roar! Feed troll.

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @DarthCoin 6 Aug 2022

Nice, For more you reply, more SN receive. So I receive also. Keep going shitcoiner. I like how shitcoiners reveal their true face and spend their sats.

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @mikhael 6 Aug 2022

Lol I don't hate you for that.

You sound like Cuno, from Disco Elysium, if you ever played that game. Watch some sound bits of him on YouTube, pretty hilarious.

122 sats \ 0 replies \ @2big2fail 6 Aug 2022

being friendly is the best way to win allies

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @random_ 6 Aug 2022

He's getting you to spaz out. lol

@DarthCoin is principled. Like the Richard Stallman of Bitcoin.

1 sat \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 6 Aug 2022

hahaha imagine his frustration level that made him to post a poll about me LOL

69 sats \ 2 replies \ @kilianbuhn 6 Aug 2022

Yes.

Sometimes goodwhen you think "lmao savage" 😂😂

Sometimes bad when you think roll your eyes 🙄, sigh,and say "oh come on dude"

4 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 6 Aug 2022

you are a "new bitcoiner", you don't know me,... yet. My main motto is "smile, tomorrow will be worse..." My 2nd motto is: "fuck'em'all, if is not a real bitcoiner" HFSP

48 sats \ 0 replies \ @kilianbuhn 6 Aug 2022

... yet.

😳

9 sats \ 1 reply \ @tomlaies 6 Aug 2022

The thing about 2 times 1.7 million Bitcoin was a lie. So don't trust anything he says - you should not trust either way, remember? "Don't trust, verify"

And he's very provocative. It's annoying at first but just get used to it. A lot of enthusiast Bitcoiners are like this.

168 sats \ 0 replies \ @badabing 6 Aug 2022

That's a lame excuse.

I think the random larping, lying and swearing doesn't help anyone. Least of all newbies trying to get feedback and information.

3 sats \ 0 replies \ @mikhael 6 Aug 2022

Darth... I hope he has a hobby or two outside of Bitcoin, but there is no denying his great contributions to the scene with his excellent guides, articles and tutorials.

Is he a troll? No, but he does talk like one once in a while.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @02e6ff7f5a 7 Aug 2022

This poll is more a troll than DarthCoin

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @eduardopro 7 Aug 2022

He's foolishly trying to save you all from yourselves.

You'll never listen, though.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @AJ1992 6 Aug 2022

I'm convinced he is yes

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DeezSats 6 Aug 2022

Being toxic comes across as sincere. I have never found something that a bitcoiner is being toxic about to be wrong. I think it comes from being right, and just being annoyed at all the idiots that choose not to get it.