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Comment by lucideer | Hacker News Reader

IOTA has seemed questionable for quite a while, and I'd also urge people to stay away from it, but is it just me or is Green's conduct here pretty out of line?

He says:

> If you want a postcard summary of why you should avoid the Iota project — with your brains and your money — this conversation is it.

but if you read the conversation he's referencing, he doesn't come off as reasonable in it either.

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I am a researcher in cryptography who just read the full email transcript posted at [1]. I found Ethan and Neha's email responses to be patient and sincere.

In contrast, the IOTA team members Sergey and David have no idea what they are talking about. The IOTA constructions were broken, and instead of understanding that, they made bogus points and tried to attack the four DCI researchers in various ways.

In that context, I think Green's tweet represented a bit of frustration at the way public rhetoric is being misused.

[1] http://www.tangleblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/letters...

It doesn't surprise me that IOTA followers are toxic considering the founders are toxic individuals. I find it interesting how IOTA founders are the complete opposite of Satoshi and Vitalik.

I am an avid follower of the current crypto space and I cannot grasp how unprofessional and immature the IOTA team handles their issues. It's almost as if 75% of the crypto space as of late is ran by children/teenagers/adults which cannot grasp the basic concepts of being civil to one another. This is all very unfortunate for the overall growth and perceptions of the crypto community as a whole

that's what happens to people when they feel like they're competing in a closing-off market. want to see a similar level of people clawing at each other's throats, being petty & antagonistic, competing for scraps? look no further than the music industry, especially the amateur scenes. more beef than an industrial cattle farm.

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