Mircea Popescu Has Died

If accurate - and it&#x27;s rather likely [1] - then the world has lost someone who was quite interesting.<p>Weird [2], controversial, completely unpalatable to some and hated by many, but most definitely interesting [3]<p>RIP Mircea, if you are indeed dead, you were certainly not boring [4]<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;thewhet.net&#x2F;2021&#x2F;06&#x2F;goodnight-sweet-master&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;thewhet.net&#x2F;2021&#x2F;06&#x2F;goodnight-sweet-master&#x2F;</a><p>[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;trilema.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;trilema.com&#x2F;</a><p>[3] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.md&#x2F;9AvNW" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.md&#x2F;9AvNW</a><p>[4] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.md&#x2F;wip&#x2F;cJNKb" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.md&#x2F;wip&#x2F;cJNKb</a>

Mircea Popescu was, amongst other things, the owner&#x2F;operator of Mpex, one of the first exchanges for bitcoin. He was a vocal proponent for bitcoin and called out bitcoin scams regularly, being one of the first to raise alarm bells about the BTCST Ponzi run by Trendon Shavers and MtGox.