Verge (XVG): The case of copying ‘hack fix code’ and staying dishonest

Verge (XVG), an age-old currency in cryptocurrency time, seems to be a darling to controversy and headlines. From announcing blown up big bombs news of their partnership with Pornhub to the more recent headlines of copying hack fix codes and denying it, the cryptocurrency seems to be creating a space for itself in the market.

The secure incognito virtual currency that uses multiple anonymity-centric networks that utilize open source protocols based throughout the world has been a victim of two protocol hacks in a span of two months with the latest one being last week.

It took Verge developers about three days to bring the situation under control and fix the problem, which some critics say hasn’t been fixed at full, leaving the platform vulnerable for another attack through it might be harder to perform.

Like that wasn’t enough bad news for them, new information emerged claiming the ‘fix’ was copy pasted from an obscure digital currency that launched in November 2017. How does the Verge team react to this news? They try to spin the story and give conflicting information to look like they were the victims of this cyber-robbery.

Records from Github show SHIELDcoin, who claim to be the original owners of the code had implemented the ‘fix’ code around a month ago while Verge records show they did so about three days ago.

It’s not uncommon for programmers and developers reusing others’ codes for their benefit, in fact, copying open-source codes that are not protected by patent rights is legal and morally acceptable. Nevertheless, lying about it and claiming ownership of the code is just intellectually corrupt and morally wrong.

Verge forgot to fix the difficulty calculating code and thought changing the block time was enough. This backfired on them. It is also worth noting that Verge (XVG) developers are alleged to have copied Bitcoins code in creating their platform.

XVG is evidently a fork of a fork with the above two alleged plagiarism being the third time the developers ‘just copy pasted’ other people’s codes to suit their convenience. They still stand on their ground that ‘hack fix code’ might have been their first time to copy paste.

Compare the commits from my tweet…..identical…. Committed a month ago by Shield, commited 3 days ago by Justin. The drift code from 2 months ago you are referring to was copied/stolen from Peercoin (who made that commit in 2015): https://t.co/mdGa6wfupC pic.twitter.com/451ZbkFviD

— Mike V (@Mike__V_) May 27, 2018

Now, they are working round the clock to come up with an entirely new codebase seemingly because they hardly knew how the current codebase operates, and apparently because they have now learned how to code rather than just plagiarizing other people’s work. Verge development team is not heading to any pressure to accept their offense; they claim it’s the later who copied from them.

I think the Verge guys would rather say that the 51% attacks were allowed on purpose. Why else does this magical code not exist on $XVG's github until after $XSH fixed it.

— buzzkillx (@cryptoBuzzB) May 27, 2018

More interestingly, it seems Verge (XVG) fans do not care about these allegations as they chose to continue preferring this digital currency in their online transactions refusing to burg under the pressure of the media.

Thats unfortunate. But, as a #vergefam I believe this attacks are only making us $XVG stronger. The more U attack more Anti dots we will prepare to avert any possible threat to $XVG. Nothing is full proof, this attacks makes us more pro-active to neutralize any future threat.💪

— Mann (@manosmily) May 25, 2018

To be considered a ‘serious’ cryptocurrency in the market, a crypto must be good at not only knowing how exchanges work and how mining pools work, but you must also know deep understanding of cryptography, platforms, economics, hardware and many other factors. Anything less from this paint a shaky image on your currency for investors to have confidence. So, it’d be better for Verge (XVG) team to be more transparent and put-in the ‘real’ efforts.

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