BitcoinTalk’s Theymos On Free And Open Discussions
BitcoinTalk is the decentralized fountain of so much Bitcoin-oriented dialogue. Often heralded as the original Bitcoin forum, Satoshi introduced BitcoinTalk, in the forum’s first post in November 2009, as the second forum for Bitcoin, after SourceForge. Theymos, the administration of BitcoinTalk, had this to say of the forum’s importance: “The free and open discussions on this forum help individuals and the Bitcoin community achieve Truth. Everyone has some wisdom or knowledge to contribute to a discussion, and everyone who reads the discussion and gains that knowledge gets closer to the....
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This article was originally published by John Blocke on Medium.com. Please do not use the censored /r/bitcoin or Bitcointalk. Use /r/btc instead. The free and open discussions on this forum help individuals and the Bitcoin community achieve Truth. Everyone has some wisdom or knowledge to contribute to a discussion, and everyone who reads the discussion....
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