Lots of FUD here.
Few things:
1. Just because this is a clone of a previous already working codebase, does not prove that this is a scam or that the devs are incapable of developing anything. Even if the devs are the same people who worked on the first ethereum dark. 3 years have passed.
2. The community is the hardest part to gain when creating a new project and this one has captured a wide audience already.
3. The airdrop has made it so that many people did not even need to spend a single satoshi on ethd yet.
4. They have a community, and a really high trading volume, all that's left is the development and implementation of the coin's roadmap goals, and the release of a properly created whitepaper which instills confidence rather than the weak one which was hastily released. They have a good capability of getting their coin listed on exchanges quickly and they even have their first merchant already.
5. The proposed features are actually good and could well allow this coin to maintain value and survive, based on how well it is all executed. There is a potentially strong future here and early holders/stakers may very well benefit from that.
Few worries:
1. The top rich list is very disproportional to the rest of the wallets and it would really be beneficial in every way imaginable if the devs could clarify what is going on with the ethd they are holding/distributing. Updated reports on how it is being spent will do a world of good. Also some sort of clarification of how much they actually do hold, and how much of the supply they intend to keep for themselves.
2. Anonymity of the devs technically allows them to dump and run, and then create another fake project. This would basically be the reality if the devs are actually incapable of developing the features in the roadmap they have created, however if they are capable,
then the coin will be much more valuable than it is today and will be far more profitable to actually just work on the coin rather than take the money and run. (That is if this is a fake project afterall, which I personally don't think it is, but who knows, it's possible)
3. Few signs of some amateurish things such as how the airdrop itself was handled so far and the sloppy whitepaper release, but also again, not everyone is an airdrop expert and they were clearly learning through trial and error, which is honestly okay, as long as they do develop the coin as promised.
This has been an interesting ride so far, hope it continues to go well and that the devs can ease the fears and concerns of some of the community, the community is the coin's most important asset.
I’ll try and answer some of your questions,
1. is that we are still in the middle of distribution, until all airdrops/bounty’s/marketing allocations have been sent out, the rich list won’t be accurate as it’s still be disbursed from the dev accounts to the community.
2. and I keep seeing this said, but the fact is that the key driving factor behind ETHD is the anonymity it give YOU, and that same anonymity is extended to devs, mods, any member of the community
3. We have listened to the community and have already been working on a better methods of airdrop, number 2 started at 20k views for example and is still being disbursed as the influx of applications was amazing. The WP was pulled within hours and is already being reworked and will be released when it’s ready.
We thank every member of the community for their feedback and input, ETHD is for the people by the people and we’ll continue to keep it that way.
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Fair enough, thanks for the reply. I was just playing devil's advocate and finding whatever holes that I can, but also comparing it with the positive things I have seen.
Looking forward to see how this progresses.
btw there's a typo in the thread subject, it says Anonomity instead of Anonymity