My first interview with Sam Bankman-Fried

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smcl · 2023-01 · Reference

Hmm so "testimony" is a bit firm, maybe it's referring to something I haven't seen yet but I read that as referring to the backdoor: [VIDEO] If it is the backdoor, then to be honest his own statements on it make him look more guilty of it than anything else. Here's a transcript from that interview: Tiffany Fong: There was something about a backdoor that allowed you to execute commands that could alter the companies financial records without alerting others. That this was put in place, I think that was a Reuters article which made it seem like you secretly were moving money in the background. SBF: Wait and this is something that I would be doing? TF: It kind of said that SBF put like a secret backdoor so that secretly he was moving funds to Alameda and it was undetected and that this was something that you put into place potentially. I mean that's how it read SBF: Well that's interesting because that's definitely not true I don't even know how to code, is the honest embarrassing answer. I certainly wasn't, like, building some backdoor into the system, I could barely use the system. He then goes on to describe how he used the UI, but didn't work with the underlying system and dips into a "long and almost boring story" about a little oopsie where they were wrong about the size of Alameda's balances. At this point Tiffany seems to have been distracted enough to press him on the back door (presumably the Alameda "fuck up" confession seemed more interesting). I dunno, I feel like i

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1vuio0pswjnm7 · 2022-12 · Reference

"In interviews, he talked a stream of nonsense tailored to snowjob outsiders about an industry that's already full of jargon and complicated tech." He is still talking. For example, 16 Nov 2022 [VIDEO] (Sounds like he is in the bathtub.) 20 Nov 2022 [another to be published phone call with the YouTuber above] 30 Nov 2022 [LINK] [LINK] Internet discussion seems to center on criminal charges but there will be numerous civil suits first. Poetic justice would be if he has to ask his parents for money. Every time he opens his mouth, plaintiffs lawyers are listening. In the 16 Nov interview he reveals that he told his lawyers to "go fuck themselves". He said "I don't think they know what they are talking about" and "They only know what they're talking about in the extremely narrow domain of litigation." Maybe he should be put on a suicide watch if he isn't already. If I understand correctly, he will be on The Crypto Roundtable next. [LINK] He is booked to appear on Good Morning America next week. How many times can someone say "like" in 20 minutes. Listen to an SBF interview and find out.

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totalZero · 2022-12 · Criticism

Hold your horses sir. Both of those links cite the same not-reliable source: a comment [0] made by Sam Bankman-Fried in a conversation with crypto YouTuber Tiffany Fong. [0] [VIDEO]

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