Pro, formerly GDAX, the advanced platform by the American exchange, , is the latest to be labeled a scam by the outspoken co-owner of .org and Bitcointalk.org Cobra, in his latest tweet.
His tweet stated,
“If you read “ Pro” backwards it spells “scammers””
Forever a proponent, Cobra lashed out at the exchange following Pro’s recent announcement of providing support to XRP, the second largest in the market. The exchange announced, on 25 February, that it would be accepting XRP deposits for a minimum of 12 hours prior to . Furthermore, the pairs that the would be rolling out would be XRP/, XRP/USD, and XRP/EUR respectively.
The Pro tweet that Cobra replied to stated,
“When XRP?? Now! XRP/USD, XRP/EUR, and XRP/ order books will soon enter transfer-only mode, accepting inbound transfers of XRP in supported regions. Orders cannot be placed or filled. Order books will be in transfer-only mode for a minimum of 12 hours.”
Cobra has long been known within the community as a major proponent of the top , . According to him, a centralized currency like XRP, on a major exchange like will only lead to the devaluation of .
Several proponents oppose the XRP camp because it is not decentralized. The centrality of authority and supply power is centralized with another San Francisco giant, . Cobra is aligned with the camp, and he believes that any promotion of a centralized currency from a major exchange would deter decentralized options. This led him to label the exchange as “scammers.”
John Carvalho, the CCO of Bitrefill and known within the community as BitcoinErrorLog, also . Following ’s announcement that can be converted to [ETH], Classic [ETC], 0x [ZRX], [LTC], and Cash [BCH], Carvalho stated that those whose allegiance lies with should automatically be against .
He added,
“Fu*k . They aren’t any easier than other exchanges, they are just louder… And more evil.”
Earlier this month, Cobra and Carvalho clashed on the subject of ’s block size. The debate began with a proposition by developer, Dashjr, to reduce the block size to 300KB. Both Cobra and Carvalho were on the opposite sides of the debate.
People on Twitter had their own diverse reactions to Cobra’s tweets however. Mo replied to Cobra’s tweet,
“Give people the freedom to trade shitcoins! How else will they learn?”
Filly West opposed Cobra and the entire camp and stated,
“When you read “ maximalist” backwards it says retard”
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Published at Wed, 27 Feb 2019 04:13:17 +0000