Bitcoin.com CEO Roger Ver has brushed apart assertions that his web site laid off 50% of its workforce, labeling the claims “extra Bcash FUD.”A nu
Bitcoin.com CEO Roger Ver has brushed apart assertions that his web site laid off 50% of its workforce, labeling the claims “extra Bcash FUD.”
A number of cryptocurrency information shops reported the layoff information after a submit appeared on Candor, a website that purports to listing jobs misplaced in response to the coronavirus.
Issues with Candor’s strategies
Nevertheless, Candor’s listing is completely user-generated, that means anybody can listing job layoff statistics from firms they don’t have anything to do with. Judging by Ver’s current posts on the r/btc subreddit (which he additionally moderates), that seems to have been the case concerning Bitcoin.com.
When requested to clear up experiences that 50% of Bitcoin.com workers had misplaced their jobs, Ver gave the terse reply:
“Extra Bcash FUD.”
The time period ‘Bcash’ is utilized in a derogative vogue by members of the Bitcoin group who disagree with Bitcoin Money’s goals. ‘FUD’ stands for worry, uncertainty and doubt.
The layoff claims come amidst a changeover in personnel at Bitcoin.com, with outgoing CEO Stefan Rust being changed by Mate Tokay, beforehand COO on the group.
The identical claims could have been fuelled by the wording of Stefan Rust’s goodbye submit, by which he instructed Roger Ver meant to trim down the scale of Bitcoin.com’s crew. Rust wrote: “Given these roller-coaster instances we’re in, Roger is taking a look at a leaner, extra guerilla, crew.”
‘Bitcoin Jesus’: block reward halving is non-event
In a YouTube video from April fifth, Ver (aka Bitcoin Jesus) poured chilly water on the prospect of the BCH coin value exploding in response to the upcoming block reward halving (now 2 days away). Ver stated:
“The final two instances, principally nothing occurred in any respect. It was a non-event; it wasn’t thrilling in any respect, and that’s my prediction for what’s going to occur this time as nicely. However we’re simply a few days away, so keep tuned and see what occurs with that.”
The upcoming halving will see Bitcoin Money block rewards halved from 12.5 BCH per block, to six.25 per block. Bitcoin’s personal block reward halving is 37 days away, and can see miners’ block rewards diminished by the identical ratio.