Excellent post @fortified!
When I first found out about Brock Pierce's involvement in Bitcoin I was taken aback as I had just seen the doc "conspiracy of silence". I didn't realize he was the lead on Tether, wow.
Now, I can't remember exactly but I believe that @ura-soul made a post connecting Brock Pierce to other cryptos as well, namely EOS. I believe that he's one of the co-founders of Block-One. This is very disturbing to me as I've invested in some EOS.
I was also under the impression that Brock Pierce may have been a victim of child abuse in Hollywood. I couldn't remember a lot of the details from "conspiracy of silence", however, your research here makes it quite clear that Brock was involved in settlements of lawsuits and obviously very close with Rector long after charges were brought against him.
Thank you for bringing Goldman Sach's participation in cryptos into the light here as well.
Amazing piece, very much looking forward to part 2!
Edit- relevant link
https://cryptovest.com/news/brock-pierce-reveals-billion-dollar-war-chest-for-ethereums-killer/
Yes, that was me - the post on that topic is here - along with the link to the uncensored version of the fully documentary covering the DEN events that I uploaded to DTube a few months ago.
Broke has stated he left Tether that he does not know who is running it now.. Yea, sucks how Tether is working out, I would be more careful in the future how this technology is being developed and used!!!
Sounds like he had a very challenging child hood. When the time is right for Brock I am looking forward to seeing him rise above this and come to terms with the people and events of the past.. I see Brock being really focused on enlightenment and non-egoic thought and taking counter-greed measures.. So I really like this in him. I believe though that for Brock to be fully successful at this long-term he needs to find a way to shine a light on this and rise above it.. No way around it.
Brock is by the way a very wise early adopter. Maybe he got a boost but his investments and we don't like his funding sources .. moving forward though his ideas are very well though out and I can see why they are paying off. It would be nice to have assurances that there are no strings attached or if there are they are brought into the light so the public help handle it in the best way possible.
This can't be an easy subject to broach, so thanks for responding to some of the concerns here. Like so many investigative digs we're often looking at things from the outside in and we can come to conclusions without a complete picture. The truth is often sorted, complicated and messy and I can see from your response that there's much more to this story than meets the eye.
It's great that you've introduced the human side of Brock into the story as it's reassuring on some level and at the same time there are a lot of question marks that need to be addressed at some point. I also feel for someone who may have been the victim of abuse and how they'd like to move on with their lives and not be constantly living in its shadow. Not that this excuses anything but hope that he does clear the air for those of us who don't know him as you do.
Above all, when I think about EOS I think of the genius of Dan Larimer and his track record in the cryptosphere, the team of core developers, the potential of future Dapps, and the like. It has so many things going for it, it really one of the most exciting projects being developed right now.
I can only speak for myself here, but I hope you're right and Brock does turn it around and rises above this. Thanks for being so candid about this, I think that goes a long way to reassure people like myself who are feeling a little bit uneasy considering some of the issues raised here.
shameless attempt to get your attention with 2 posts I put a lot of work into and which I think you might find helpful, starting a whole series.
https://steemit.com/freedom/@mindhawk/privacy-workshop-1
https://steemit.com/surveillance/@mindhawk/privacy-workshop-2-you-have-something-to-hide
I worked my ass off on these. And I know these people know who I am, if the community does not value my work I'm done. Thanks in advance for any way you could help, all comments and suggestions welcome.
Hey pal. Sorry I missed your reply. I hope I didn't come across as to harsh on Brock. I don't think he's a pedo or anything, but some of the things he has previously been involved in come across as a bit shady.
I'm really looking forward to eos. Here is a recent post of mine celebrating the exceptional platform. I hear you are a part of EOS. I'm an animator by trade, so if there is any moving graphics I could help you with, please let me know.
Super excited to see EOS in action. Thanks, and good luck.
@fortified
EDIT: glad to hear Brock is no longer with Tether.
I know it's a presumption based on no evidence, but one look at his face in that early DEN footage in the documentary, and I knew he was also an abuse victim. It's quite the vicious cycle they perpetuate.
I've been reading all kinds of scathing things about the James Franco and his bro (mostly underage girls stuff), and also his relationship with Marina Abramovic and it made me immediately wonder who groomed him early on back in Freaks and Geeks heyday.
Hi pal. Thanks.
Yes, he is a founder of block.one and is heavily involved in EOS too. Part 2 will really shed some light on the recent banking blockades on both Tether and Bitfinex, and will reveals who is really behind it all. These people are even showing up in the Panama Papers.
watch this space.
um brock pierce is not the "lead" on tether
and let me guess this is all just anti EOS butt hurt about how eos is making more money than steem or something and brock pierce is an investor? its like... even if brock pierce isnt a perfecrt human being i really dont care and will NOT fixate on ONE man no i REFUSE to be tyhis STUPID and fixate on ONE person for the sake of CONSPIRACY
yeah he was advisor at eos but when that comedy show with that john oliver had EOS as topic to laugh about in his jokes he also said people should google brock pierce scandal and the same day he got roundhousekicked from that advisory board and all content of his were removed. I checked it up then, seems to be he's a child star who was active with teen male prostitution or something aswel i think. I wonder what on earth is going on with all the richer people over in the us that have kind of attention or are known in the pictures and why everybody seems to be either jewish, sexual harressor , peadeaufile or knows about child traffic apparently and later on mysteriously seems to kill theirselves and 9/10 times have a connection to clinton. listen how he calls him cowboy from the future :'D