Vitalik Buterin: BitTorrent Has Become yet Another Appendage of Justin Sun’s Dictatorship

By Marko Vidrihon The Capital. The recent rebranding of the BitTorrent File System (BTFS) has been criticized by Juan Benet, creator of the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) network protocol.. Benet pointed out the similarities between the new code, documentation, BTFS logo and IPFS:. body[data-twttr-rendered="true"] {background-color: transparent;}.twitter-tweet {margin: auto !important;}Aaaaaahahaha it's not enough to fork all our code, rebrand it and lie its theirs; copy paste random chunks of our papers, and defraud their investors with a nonsensical mishmash. Tron also can't even think of an original logo 🤯🤣 https://t.co/h6EGPNwXzQ. — @juanbenet. function notifyResize(height) {height = height ? height : document.documentElement.offsetHeight; var resized = false; if (window.donkey && donkey.resize) {donkey.resize(height);resized = true;}if (parent && parent._resizeIframe) {var obj = {iframe: window.frameElement, height: height}; parent._resizeIframe(obj); resized = true;}if (window.location && window.location.hash === "#amp=1" && window.parent && window.parent.postMessage) {window.parent.postMessage({sentinel: "amp", type: "embed-size", height: height}, "*");}if (window.webkit && window.webkit.messageHandlers && window.webkit.messageHandlers.resize) {window.webkit.messageHandlers.resize.postMessage(height); resized = true;}return resized;}twttr.events.bind('rendered', function (event) {notifyResize();}); twttr.events.bind('resize', function (event) {notifyResize();});if (parent && parent._resizeIframe) {var maxWidth = parseInt(window.frameElement.getAttribute("width")); if ( 500 < maxWidth) {window.frameElement.setAttribute("width", "500");}}The BitTorrent account reacted to Benet’s tweet:. body[data-twttr-rendered="true"] {background-color: transparent;}.twitter-tweet {margin: auto !important;}@juanbenet@juanbenetIt's not cool to accuse #BitTorrent, whose been around for decades perfecting our technology. #IPFS should be grateful BitTorrent lead the way as a leader in this industry to pave way for others to follow. We should be united!. — @BitTorrent. function notifyResize(height) {height = height ? height : document.documentElement.offsetHeight; var resized = false; if (window.donkey && donkey.resize) {donkey.resize(height);resized = true;}if (parent && parent._resizeIframe) {var obj = {iframe: window.frameElement, height: height}; parent._resizeIframe(obj); resized = true;}if (window.location && window.location.hash === "#amp=1" && window.parent && window.parent.postMessage) {window.parent.postMessage({sentinel: "amp", type: "embed-size", height: height}, "*");}if (window.webkit && window.webkit.messageHandlers && window.webkit.messageHandlers.resize) {window.webkit.messageHandlers.resize.postMessage(height); resized = true;}return resized;}twttr.events.bind('rendered', function (event) {notifyResize();}); twttr.events.bind('resize', function (event) {notifyResize();});if (parent && parent._resizeIframe) {var maxWidth = parseInt(window.frameElement.getAttribute("width")); if ( 500 < maxWidth) {window.frameElement.setAttribute("width", "500");}}Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin joined the discussion, condemning the “zombification” of BitTorrent led by Justin Sun:. body[data-twttr-rendered="true"] {background-color: transparent;}.twitter-tweet {margin: auto !important;}@BitTorrent@juanbenetThis tweet is honestly painful to read. It's like looking at a zombie: the account *looks like* something you've grown up with and known and loved for 15 years, but underneath it's just, well, now it's just another appendage of the Sun dictatorship. — @VitalikButerin. function notifyResize(height) {height = height ? height : document.documentElement.offsetHeight; var resized = false; if (window.donkey && donkey.resize) {donkey.resize(height);resized = true;}if (parent && parent._resizeIframe) {var obj = {iframe: window.frameElement, height: height}; parent._resizeIframe(obj); resized = true;}if (window.location && window.location.hash === "#amp=1" && window.parent && window.parent.postMessage) {window.parent.postMessage({sentinel: "amp", type: "embed-size", height: height}, "*");}if (window.webkit && window.webkit.messageHandlers && window.webkit.messageHandlers.resize) {window.webkit.messageHandlers.resize.postMessage(height); resized = true;}return resized;}twttr.events.bind('rendered', function (event) {notifyResize();}); twttr.events.bind('resize', function (event) {notifyResize();});if (parent && parent._resizeIframe) {var maxWidth = parseInt(window.frameElement.getAttribute("width")); if ( 500 < maxWidth) {window.frameElement.setAttribute("width", "500");}}Justin Sun acquired BitTorrent in 2018. In 2019, one of the former BitTorrent executives Simon Morris comparedSun ‘sapproach to managing the company with that of Donald Trump, noting that Tron is a “marketing machine that runs on a very thin technology layer.”. In February, Justin Sun acquired the Steemit platform. This step led to a conflict in the Steem community. Tron and Steemit unilaterally held a hard fork with the participation of cryptocurrency exchanges such as Binance, Huobi and Poloniex in order to maintain control over the Steem blockchain. Binance later apologized to the community for this vote, and the Steem community did a hard fork on Hive.. Author: Marko Vidrih. Featured image credit: scmp. Fintech MarksThe Capitalhttps://medium.com/media/3b6b127891c5c8711ad105e61d6cc81f/hrefVitalik Buterin: BitTorrent Has Become yet Another Appendage of Justin Sun’s Dictatorshipwas originally published in The Capitalon Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story..

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