BitcoinTalk Staff Quietly Bans People for Speaking Out Against Them
BitcoinTalk staff quietly banned multiple accounts that were connected to Sir William's protest against BitcoinTalk for allowing people to buy and sell their BitcoinTalk accounts. MajidBC, the account who messaged SirWilliam in an attempt to purchase his account, is now banned along with the "CozyLife" account as they found the write-up on their practices not to their liking. CCN's policy is only to report what authors can prove and to update the articles with new information as it arrives. Also read: Bitcointalk Accounts Are Being Bought and Sold. BitcoinTalk Staff Quietly Bans Those Who....
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