diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7933ff5..4243a00 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ The haveno.com domain is being actually squatted by Kewbit in an attempt to look Kewbit bought the domain from Cloudflare on September 14th 2024: -![lookup](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-scammer/raw/branch/main/images/lookup.png) +![lookup](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-drama/raw/branch/main/images/lookup.png) He then updated the website with a big logo of Haveno pn September 27th: [Wayback Machine](https://web.archive.org/web/20240927064448/https://haveno.com/) @@ -64,39 +64,39 @@ I invite you to go look at it yourself, this site is extremely misleading into b On October 16th, Kewbit announced the major completion of the first milestone: *Protocol Interface*: https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/1g5amco/significant_milestone_completed_for_haveno/ -![firstmilestone.png](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-scammer/raw/branch/main/images/firstmilestone.png) +![firstmilestone.png](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-drama/raw/branch/main/images/firstmilestone.png) Kewbit then released alpha binaries to the public on monero.town, but without the source code. [He has been called out in the haveno #haveno-dev channel](https://app.element.io/#/room/!cSwJDzxRuWndmFUZTd:haveno.network/$3bnnHXnA5u6nylDrws67V-jTPhH1hmmGU70YaAPudIc): -![firstmatrix0](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-scammer/raw/branch/main/images/firstmatrix0.png) -![firstmatrix1](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-scammer/raw/branch/main/images/firstmatrix1.png) -![firstmatrix2](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-scammer/raw/branch/main/images/firstmatrix2.png) -![firstmatrix3](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-scammer/raw/branch/main/images/firstmatrix3.png) -![firstmatrix4](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-scammer/raw/branch/main/images/firstmatrix4.png) -![firstmatrix5](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-scammer/raw/branch/main/images/firstmatrix5.png) +![firstmatrix0](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-drama/raw/branch/main/images/firstmatrix0.png) +![firstmatrix1](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-drama/raw/branch/main/images/firstmatrix1.png) +![firstmatrix2](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-drama/raw/branch/main/images/firstmatrix2.png) +![firstmatrix3](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-drama/raw/branch/main/images/firstmatrix3.png) +![firstmatrix4](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-drama/raw/branch/main/images/firstmatrix4.png) +![firstmatrix5](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-drama/raw/branch/main/images/firstmatrix5.png) This was a pretty cringe reaction from kewbit. Please note how comprehensive and optimistic we're at this stage with him, it will only go down from now on. The discussion eventually [ended up in the #monero-community channel](https://matrix.to/#/!WzzKmkfUkXPHFERgvm:matrix.org/$83B8EGgwHC5cMBiXAP8uBToukeFSZ6elAKXQKuMsYBY?via=matrix.org&via=monero.social&via=libera.chat). People have explained to Kewbit that he has broke the license (AGPLv3) by releasing proprietary binaries. He also needs to release the source code to get paid. -![firstmatrix6](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-scammer/raw/branch/main/images/firstmatrix6.png) -![firstmatrix7](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-scammer/raw/branch/main/images/firstmatrix7.png) +![firstmatrix6](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-drama/raw/branch/main/images/firstmatrix6.png) +![firstmatrix7](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-drama/raw/branch/main/images/firstmatrix7.png) As you can see Kewbit is deflecting anything and acting dumb as he don't want to answer the question. Also throw some baseless accusation. Diego Salazar, representing and mediator of the core team will then inform kewbit of the ongoing state of event. -![firstmatrix8](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-scammer/raw/branch/main/images/firstmatrix8.png) +![firstmatrix8](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-drama/raw/branch/main/images/firstmatrix8.png) Very elegant kewbit... But behold, his reaction is perfectly normal, since we're all criminals! -![firstmatrix9](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-scammer/raw/branch/main/images/firstmatrix9.png) -![firstmatrix90](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-scammer/raw/branch/main/images/firstmatrix90.png) -![firstmatrix91](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-scammer/raw/branch/main/images/firstmatrix91.png) -![firstmatrix92](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-scammer/raw/branch/main/images/firstmatrix92.png) +![firstmatrix9](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-drama/raw/branch/main/images/firstmatrix9.png) +![firstmatrix90](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-drama/raw/branch/main/images/firstmatrix90.png) +![firstmatrix91](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-drama/raw/branch/main/images/firstmatrix91.png) +![firstmatrix92](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-drama/raw/branch/main/images/firstmatrix92.png) This will continue for a while. Kewbit will accuse and insulting everyone of something, claiming core to be corrupted and stealing money. Until eventuall woodser would be discussing with Diego about the rules of the CCS and came to a conclusion: -![firstmatrix93](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-scammer/raw/branch/main/images/firstmatrix93.png) +![firstmatrix93](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-drama/raw/branch/main/images/firstmatrix93.png) The source code needs to be published for the milestone to be paid, and normally the work needs to be FOSS at all time. Decision has been took to **pay the milestone** (75 XMR), and accept the code to not be open-source until the second milestone. Meaning after the second milestone, the repository would be opened. Despite Diego's professionalism, it didn't calmed kewbit quickly and continued to accuse people and claim mismanagement in the CCS. @@ -106,24 +106,24 @@ Kewbit has also been squatting the haveno name on crates.io. With unsurprisingly Let's admire together his rust skills: -![havenocratesource](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-scammer/raw/branch/main/images/havenocratesource.png) +![havenocratesource](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-drama/raw/branch/main/images/havenocratesource.png) Ouch. That's quite small for the *second release*. There is also a *small mistake* on the README: -![license0](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-scammer/raw/branch/main/images/license0.png) -![license1](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-scammer/raw/branch/main/images/license1.png) +![license0](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-drama/raw/branch/main/images/license0.png) +![license1](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-drama/raw/branch/main/images/license1.png) This has been called out [in #haveno-dev channel](https://app.element.io/#/room/!cSwJDzxRuWndmFUZTd:haveno.network/$DH0EhhThxO76TM5k-vuBff-G9n7dvuVRkxQI6L_e6kw). Please enjoy kewbit's **professional reaction**: -![cratematrix0](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-scammer/raw/branch/main/images/cratematrix0.png) -![cratematrix1](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-scammer/raw/branch/main/images/cratematrix1.png) -![cratematrix2](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-scammer/raw/branch/main/images/cratematrix2.png) -![cratematrix3](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-scammer/raw/branch/main/images/cratematrix3.png) -![cratematrix4](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-scammer/raw/branch/main/images/cratematrix4.png) -![cratematrix5](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-scammer/raw/branch/main/images/cratematrix5.png) -![cratematrix6](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-scammer/raw/branch/main/images/cratematrix6.png) +![cratematrix0](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-drama/raw/branch/main/images/cratematrix0.png) +![cratematrix1](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-drama/raw/branch/main/images/cratematrix1.png) +![cratematrix2](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-drama/raw/branch/main/images/cratematrix2.png) +![cratematrix3](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-drama/raw/branch/main/images/cratematrix3.png) +![cratematrix4](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-drama/raw/branch/main/images/cratematrix4.png) +![cratematrix5](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-drama/raw/branch/main/images/cratematrix5.png) +![cratematrix6](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-drama/raw/branch/main/images/cratematrix6.png) This has continued until some of us decided to troll him for his behavior. He ultimately quit the channel claiming harassment. @@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ What has he done? Useless to say the repository is fucking empty. Have you ever seen a complex Dart application for cryptocurrencies written in less than 3000 lines of code? https://github.com/KewbitXMR/haveno-app/graphs/contributors -![Reddit post highlights](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-scammer/raw/branch/main/images/kewbitfraud.png) +![Reddit post highlights](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-drama/raw/branch/main/images/kewbitfraud.png) I invite you to go see his commits btw, its very very funny. This guy has done nothing and is just plain lying. @@ -419,20 +419,20 @@ Also useless to say that creating a so called **Secure** monero wallet without a Some hypocrisy for *dessert* ?: -![hypocrisy0](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-scammer/raw/branch/main/images/hypocrisy0.png) -![hypocrisy1](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-scammer/raw/branch/main/images/hypocrisy1.png) -![hypocrisy2](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-scammer/raw/branch/main/images/hypocrisy2.png) +![hypocrisy0](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-drama/raw/branch/main/images/hypocrisy0.png) +![hypocrisy1](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-drama/raw/branch/main/images/hypocrisy1.png) +![hypocrisy2](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-drama/raw/branch/main/images/hypocrisy2.png) ## (5/11/2024) Spam bot attack on r/monero and Kewbit responses The reddit post [*[Drama] Kewbit has exit-scammed the CCS.*](https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/1h64pz8/drama_kewbit_has_exitscammed_the_ccs/) has, in the course of an hour, and after 30h since release, turned from a 94% upvote rate to a 61% upvote rate. Not only did the post got downvoted, but the comments as well. Unlikely to happen normally as the post took 9.4k views to gather 47 upvotes in the course of 24h and its view graph was declining. This is a bot attack. -![Reddit post highlights](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-scammer/raw/branch/main/images/redditpostgraph.png) +![Reddit post highlights](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-drama/raw/branch/main/images/redditpostgraph.png) In the same window, Kewbit releases two posts: - [*NOT EXIT SCAMMING LOL*](https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/1h76w29/not_exit_scamming_lol/), claiming to have never abandoned and that if he did he would have never delivered (which he never did as explained prior in the timeline). Boldly, linking to his AI generated, half completed, useless repositories and also intentionally claiming that the haveno.com website is part of his CCS effort (^ redirecting to the The Great Return chapter) kek. Let's not forget that our dear kewbit managed to harvest 55 UPVOTES IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. We've never seen that on r/monero, and its perfectly normal, because it's just upvote bots doing their work. The post got deleted for this reason. -![Deleted post](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-scammer/raw/branch/main/images/notexitscammingpost.png) +![Deleted post](https://librejo.monerodevs.org/SyntheticBird/kewbit-drama/raw/branch/main/images/notexitscammingpost.png) - [*DEFINETELY NOT EXIT SCAMMING LOL*](https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/1h771qy/definetely_not_exit_scamming_lol/), calling out some reto sponsored corruption or whatever delusion he is trying to convey to justify the shit he has just done.