User talk:Bramcohen

Hi, there currently is a discussion at Edit warring notice board you may be involved in. Thanks. Ladislav Mecir (talk) 12:12, 9 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers for the discussion around blockchain - we've had to get super-harsh on any edit even tangential to this stuff, basically because spammers mean we can't have nice things. Below is the standard notice about rules anyone editing in the area should be aware of.

It makes editing in the area hard, because there are true statements that can't go in because there's no good source for them - meaning mainstream RSes or peer-reviewed academic works, and not crypto sites because even the "good" ones are basically promotional. The Blockchain article in particular needs a thorough cleanup, there's still lots of dubious claims and sourcing.

- David Gerard (talk) 12:51, 16 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please read this notice carefully.

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A community decision has authorized the use of general sanctions for pages related to blockchain and cryptocurrencies. The details of these sanctions are described here. All pages that are broadly related to these topics are subject to a one revert per twenty-four hours restriction, as described here.

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Hello Bram, please disclose any blockchain related COI you may have. Are you associated with BitTorrent the company that was sold to tron, or this page Bram Cohen? David Gerard (talk · contribs) also looping you. Thank you Jtbobwaysf (talk) 19:35, 16 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I am that Bram Cohen and I did found BitTorrent but I'm no longer in any way affiliated with BitTorrent and have never been affiliated with Tron. I am the founder of chia.net and am working on blockchain technologies. I'm obviously not trying to hide my affiliations, going by my actual name and all, but I'm not super familiar with what Wikipedia considers potential conflict of interest and where and how it's supposed to be revealed. Bramcohen (talk) 19:50, 17 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

We define conflict of interest as the same as any credible media organization - editing about yourself, family, friends, clients, employers, or your financial and other relationships (including cryptocurrency holdings). MER-C 13:38, 22 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]