Bitcoin.com executive chairman Roger Ver has brushed aside assertions that his website laid off 50% of its workforce, labeling the claims "more Bcash FUD."

Several cryptocurrency news outlets reported the layoff news after a post appeared on Artlessness, a site that purports to listing jobs lost in response to the coronavirus.

Bug with Candor's methods

However, Candor's listing is entirely user-generated, significant anyone can listing job layoff statistics from companies they accept nada to do with. Judging by Ver's recent posts on the r/btc subreddit (which he too moderates), that appears to have been the case regarding Bitcoin.com.

When asked to clear up reports that 50% of Bitcoin.com staff had lost their jobs, Ver gave the terse reply:

"More Bcash FUD."

The term 'Bcash' is used in a derogative style by members of the Bitcoin community who disagree with Bitcoin Greenbacks's aims. 'FUD' stands for fearfulness, uncertainty and doubt.

The layoff claims come amid a changeover in personnel at Bitcoin.com, with outgoing CEO Stefan Rust being replaced past Mate Tokay, previously COO at the system.

The same claims may have been fuelled by the wording of Stefan Rust's adieu mail, in which he suggested Roger Ver intended to trim down the size of Bitcoin.com's squad. Rust wrote: "Given these roller-coaster times we are in, Roger is looking at a leaner, more guerilla, squad."

'Bitcoin Jesus': cake reward halving is non-event

In a YouTube video from April 5th, Ver (aka Bitcoin Jesus) poured cold water on the prospect of the BCH coin toll exploding in response to the upcoming cake reward halving (now two days away). Ver said:

"The concluding two times, basically nothing happened at all. Information technology was a not-effect; information technology wasn't exciting at all, and that'south my prediction for what's going to happen this time likewise. But we're but a couple of days away, so stay tuned and see what happens with that."

The upcoming halving will see Bitcoin Cash block rewards halved from 12.5 BCH per block, to half dozen.25 per block. Bitcoin's ain cake reward halving is 37 days away, and will see miners' cake rewards reduced by the same ratio.