iisurge I was just referring to the black mailer who said that he didn’t care about the currency in the first attachment .
For other people who no longer involves or involves less than before I think it is probably due to the fact that the team is ran on voluntary basis and as such it is understandable that people have their own life issue. For example , work, college, family etc, and they have to prioritize. To manage personnel issues I think it is a good idea for the management to shake up the team by having some strategic planning.
There is no reason we should cry about people leaving , or panic for any change. what s meant to be is meant to be. And I look forward to the next page of reddcoin.
Happy new year reddcoin, may you have a great year ahead!
ReddcoinRocks I’ve just personally looked through the subreddit ban list and noticed one thing: 80% of them were banned more than 6 months ago by /u/BTCillionaire. I’ve now restored 90% of the accounts. Only the most obvious malicious and spamming accounts remain.
I think a lot of people are using ReddAPI are they not?
I hate to see fallouts over difference of opinion. Its not good for the coin. Everyone has different opinions, but people have to embrace and discuss others opinions.
ReddAPI has built a great tool to interface with the Blockchain.
It is people like him who help to expand and provide services into ReddCoin.
Of course we can have differences of opinion, (as it happens all the time), and it is frustrating when it counters our own.
At times this can be constructive and other times…well we can witness that now
As time goes, this could have been worse with even more Reddizens affected. we are lucky we are still a small group and we haven’t hit critical mass just yet.
What proves your worth is not only how well you can handle issues and differences of opinion when they arise, but also to be retract and learn from them. This is not going to work with everyone you encounter but how we handle ourselves now will define our future
P.S personally, i would hate for ReddAPI to abandon this project - he does have talent
laudney I’ve got a whole lot of questions on how a company would handle owning a currency and the tech that handles them, but I understand it’s a fairly complicated thing. I hope it all goes well, since my investment in Reddcoin is also on the boat at this point. Hopefully it’ll be a little like Red Hat/Fedora, Canonical/Ubuntu - because I’d hate to know that a corporation/company is owning every data (social, currency, security) I have. That’s like, this company would own a bank, the tech, social media and so on. I’m optimistic, but got concern about the idea as well.
Reddcoin The reveal on this post doesn’t look like blackmail though. I kinda saw it as a pissed off rant by a developer who has invested a lot of money and time into a project that later realized had a secret idea/plan that doesn’t agree upon him.
It’s different if Mark Zuckerberg invented Facebook and wanted to start up a company to start using the product, but to open up a company using a product that is actively contributed by open source developers? That’s real complicated.
Btw, are you Jonathan? Just wondering, since I saw laudney’s post about it.
I’m a fan of what you guys do, and would like to be actively contribute as well - so just loading up my knowledge on it.
lynxlee Shane has never been a member of the dev team. He has contributed exactly zero to the Reddcoin project open source code base. He has always written ReddAPI as his own proprietary 3rd-party service with closed source code. It runs on his own server as he wishes. A long time ago there was some discussion with him on collaboration but it eventually broke down. I’ll provide more info on this when I make more relies later.
So you really have misunderstood the whole situation. I’ll also answer your other questions later today.
It is quite interesting that the “owners” of Reddcoin are finally admitting they not only control the coin, but officially own it.
I worked for many months supporting and promoting the coin, because Laudney and Reddcoin led me to believe they would allow a voting system to be included in the new wallet to elect a management team to control the coin on behalf of the holders of the coins. They were lying the whole time!
I was summarily banned when I raised this idea in a discussion! I sold 400 million coins and would NEVER recommend the coin or participation in the coin again. The coin is a one pony circus and subject to the weakness that is glaringly apparent.
“Given that one of the main ideological grievances that has led to cryptocurrency’s popularity is precisely the fact that centralization tends to ossify into nobilities that retain permanent power…”
I am glad to know that a company has been founded for Reddcoin via this thread of discussion. I was about to (strongly) suggest the dev team to do it on the subredd way before this forum was announced. However, I hesitated and was too busy to appropriately organize my reasoning since then.
Apparently, I don’t need to argue that now because laudney has already stated the essential thoughts regarding why a company is a necessity to make Reddcoin a success: enthusiastic, passionate volunteers are not enough. A group of dedicate full-time workers has to be on it. Perhaps monitoring the blockchain movement around the clock has to be done later. Many (not only important but critical) things can hardly be properly done by people, like myself, unable to commit sufficient time and resource to Reddcoin.
Reddcoin, or any other cryptocurrency, is not a form of democracy for its holders, at least for the time being. One may buy A LOT of Reddcoin, but he/she must realize that Reddcoin, laudney, reddibrek, or any one on the team did NOT gain from him/her, at least not directly. Every holder of Reddcoin gains. Holding cryptocurrencies is VERY different from holding some amount of stock of a company but like holding fiat. We may have US dollars, but we usually have no saying regarding how the US government wants to handle the related affairs. If one would like to leave the community, he/she can freely do so. Nobody forces any one to stay or to make any decision.
Personally I firmly believe establishing Reddcoin, LTD. is the right way to go and am extremely pleased to know that it was registered months ago. I am grateful to the dev team for all the hard work they did and also for having this great forum in which the community can communicate ideas and thoughts.
ycz I’m very excited about this news. I can imagine some crypto anarchists won’t be happy about it. However, Reddcoin from the beginning made it quite clear that it’s not about anonymity or challenging the banking system. I think there are other projects that people can contribute to if that is their goal.
It is quite interesting that the “owners” of Reddcoin are finally admitting they not only control the coin, but officially own it.
I worked for many months supporting and promoting the coin, because Laudney and Reddcoin led me to believe they would allow a voting system to be included in the new wallet to elect a management team to control the coin on behalf of the holders of the coins. They were lying the whole time!
I was summarily banned when I raised this idea in a discussion! I sold 400 million coins and would NEVER recommend the coin or participation in the coin again. The coin is a one pony circus and subject to the weakness that is glaringly apparent.
“Given that one of the main ideological grievances that has led to cryptocurrency’s popularity is precisely the fact that centralization tends to ossify into nobilities that retain permanent power…”
Vitalik Buterin
okiokie7
So you’'re upset because the dev team didn’t deliver on a feature you wanted… Are you really that childish? Can you even read I wonder? If you could then you might of read earlier how laudney mentioned that coding takes personal time, why should any of them listen to you? Maybe you should of offered to pay the devs for the feature you requested?? I’ll say from my personal pms with the devs when I asked for a feature or gave them a suggestion they told me theyed consider it and it might get done, no promises to me and I doubt they promised you as u claim. Further instead of just walking away you have to scream at the top of your lungs .
It is quite interesting that the “owners” of Reddcoin are finally admitting they not only control the coin, but officially own it.
okie77
This is not accurate at all Okie. Not only because it is not the plan of the team but mainly because it simply does not reflect reality that anyone thinking reasonably can understand. Reddcoin the cryptocurrency can be owned by anyone. And anyone can promote it (or otherwise!) in any way they wish.
Essentially, Reddcoin Ltd has been founded with the aim to facilitate the development of particular services built around the core currency.
laudney Are you still optimistic about the future of reddcoin? Are there enough devs to help you continue?
I think the fact that there is an LTD setup, and some devs have expressed interest in joining, coupled with all the work the devs have already done they will continue forward. Remember they know alot more about the state of there developments and innovations then we do, and there desire to move forward confirms my thoughts.
Personally the way I see this happening is that after social X (The second tangible item Reddcoin releases, and its first tangible innovation)[remember actions speak louder they any FUDDERs words] Reddcoin will overtake many of the coins it sits under and comfortably nest its spot among the top coins. This coupled with the announcement of “We have an LTD, a legal team, and we are looking to hire paid devs” should bring in more then enough “developer” interest to drive the project foward.
It is quite interesting that the “owners” of Reddcoin are finally admitting they not only control the coin, but officially own it.
I worked for many months supporting and promoting the coin, because Laudney and Reddcoin led me to believe they would allow a voting system to be included in the new wallet to elect a management team to control the coin on behalf of the holders of the coins. They were lying the whole time!
I was summarily banned when I raised this idea in a discussion! I sold 400 million coins and would NEVER recommend the coin or participation in the coin again. The coin is a one pony circus and subject to the weakness that is glaringly apparent.
“Given that one of the main ideological grievances that has led to cryptocurrency’s popularity is precisely the fact that centralization tends to ossify into nobilities that retain permanent power…”
Vitalik Buterin
okie77
Look at how some of you act at the drop of a hat when not happy, and you expect the devs to code in a voting system to elect who manages reddcoin s future? Get real. The sense of entitlement some people have is amazing and honestly really getting to the point that its upsetting.
Maybe you should suggest electing new management for ethereum’s code base, and see how that works out. Not only would they laugh you out of the conversation, they would code a new “you” in an efficient 300 lines of code before leaving.
After seeing how the general public behaves (over many years of running online communities), I can say without a doubt, the worst thing that could happen to reddcoin is to become “managed” by people who have a multitude of motivations that change based on which direction they want to trade it.
Like any large project that wants to see itself finished, it has to have people with strong morals, character and faith heading it up. Thats what we have currently. I personally see no reason to change that to people who whine or show emotional instability every time they reach an impasse with others.
laudney Well then, that makes perfect sense. Apologies if I misunderstood that, but glad that’s cleared up for new folks like me. Much appreciate your time replying.
