If you don’t know who Nadav Ivgi is, he has been very vocal against any discussion or compromise with big blockers including his recent refusal to participate in Barry Silbert’s compromise. For those who hadn’t read his post, the main message underlying it is “There will be no Bitcoin but the Bitcoin I want”

In recent months, Nadav has been getting more and more vocal in the online community against Bitmain. He was not happy with the global company. I asked him to meet in person, hoping for a challenging and invigorating discussion. Sadly for me the discussion was less interesting then I hoped. Instead of challenging assumptions, the same assertions were repeated, counter arguments ignored and I left with the feeling that an opportunity was missed. I have not learned anything new and was not able to teach anything new. But that’s life, can’t win them all.

The attacks kept coming, even got personal at times. I disengaged. What’s the point of talking if there’s no one listening? That time will be better spent elsewhere. I left an open invitation to Nadav and anyone else that’s interested in talking to come visit our office, have coffee, and discuss.

But coffee and discussion was not what he was after. As we stopped responding online and did not engage, he decided to escalate. During the last weekend, at nighttime, while the office was closed and we were away, he infiltrated the building where our office is and decided to go on a good old fashion vandalism streak, posting messages threatening our employees.