No, I do not agree and I'm having problems following what you are doing here. How about this: instead of changing words colors or changing the text of what I wrote, you form your own thoughts and words? The way you do it, in traditional ION fashion, makes it impossible to follow.
Sharks, whales, founders or whatever other animal ION makes up is my a good way to solicit ideas. It's a good way to create elitism though. What qualifies a person that can afford to buy a bunch of trinkets to provide proper platform input? There are no other qualification needed to buy Atoms other than having he money to do so.
You think this is better than providing actual BTC for bounties and having the greater crypto world potentially contribute? Please explain.
No remember, use your own words and thoughts so this can be followed like a traditional discussion. No changing colors or deleting and inserting your own words.
Thanks.
My experience is the whales hangout is it's another tool for ION to gather market intelligence and discuss different scenarios. For instance at the last hangout they wanted our thoughts on the delay to gravity and discussed different options :
To fill a delay gap create a demo
Ignore possible API vulnerabilities whilst working on bug fixes let the game go out for testing
Have a little more time to add some more polish
The feedback was forget the demo,strengthen the API and use the time to add a little more polish. The whales are from totally different backgrounds. The only thing we have in common is a vested interest for ionomy to succeed
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ou think this is better than providing actual BTC for bounties and having the greater crypto world potentially contribute? Please explain.I see your point, a good question. Maybe it would be a better option i.e. 70/30 split in favor of BTC then as ION begins to increase in value the split is reduced weighted more towards ION
Dunno about anyone else but I appreciate that kind of feedback so thanks for sharing your thoughts
Anytime. I just feel the team should use some of that BTC (well, now fiat) to move the platform along. There shouldn't be 2+ month delays for releases when they ha e 300+ BTC (equivalent) in the bank. If they truly believe in the platform, which every supporter claims they are, then using some of that BTC shouldn't stress them at all.
The fact hey refuse to touch those funds has me concerned. If they aren't going to use those funds for development and providing value to the Ionomy platform, what are those funds for? There was a nefarious scenario laid out above and I can see some validity to it.
But first and foremost the ION team needs to open up to the greater crypto world and stop trying to do everything themselves in heir little walled garden. This is a crypto project (at least I think it is), open source, meant to eat I out from the entire crypto world. So far that are only taking input from people who paid a lot of money to do so.
Id like to see them stop with creating different levels of elitism and use the funds raised to further the project. And of course provide proof that said funds are used for said purpose.
If they were willing to do this if be willing to invest. But I don't see them using the ICO funds to build the platform. I see them trying to do t as cheaply as possible, even if it takes a year per game, so they can save the ICO funds for themselves.
Anytime. I just feel the team should use some of that BTC (well, now fiat) to move the platform along. There shouldn't be 2+ month delays for releases when they ha e 300+ BTC (equivalent) in the bank. If they truly believe in the platform, which every supporter claims they are, then using some of that BTC shouldn't stress them at all.
The fact hey refuse to touch those funds has me concerned. If they aren't going to use those funds for development and providing value to the Ionomy platform, what are those funds for? There was a nefarious scenario laid out above and I can see some validity to it.Good point, one of the things I picked up on during the whale hangout was ION have a business plan that stretches out in years not months so that war chest isn't just for Gravity or API development it's for other stuff too. That other stuff would be pure speculation from me so not worth adding to discussion. For me it was good to see a small developer with a big budget resisting the urge to blow it..... small developer + big budget = dangerous combination. This frugal mentality is a good thing as they are at the beginning of a journey and are provisioning for the long road ahead.
But first and foremost the ION team needs to open up to the greater crypto world and stop trying to do everything themselves in heir little walled garden. This is a crypto project (at least I think it is), open source, meant to eat I out from the entire crypto world. So far that are only taking input from people who paid a lot of money to do so.I agree but understand this is crypto. As I write this not only am trying to have a discussion with you I'm also aware that anybody could be reading this with a totally different agenda looking to twist whatever you or I say for there own reasons. For me this makes communication a slow process so can you imagine what it's like for ION. I'm just a small investor in ION and I have to use disclaimers like Everything I say, discuss or imply within the Bitcoin forum is without legal prejudice and represents only my opinion.... what a f**king joke but that's crypto for you
so I think you need walls
Id like to see them stop with creating different levels of elitism and use the funds raised to further the project. And of course provide proof that said funds are used for said purpose. Your referring to the member,founder,whales tiers. It is a wall but it's not a wall of money or elitism it's a wall of
intent. Wild and myself are whales, ask us questions and you'll get a different answers but know that the one thing we have in common is the Ionomy vision and to help support the implementation of their business plan. For whales to survive they need an eco system something you'll never have if you screw people over for small short term gain.
If they were willing to do this if be willing to invest. But I don't see them using the ICO funds to build the platform. I see them trying to do t as cheaply as possible, even if it takes a year per game, so they can save the ICO funds for themselves.That's fine in Crypto you have to start with the position that everything you hear or told is a
lie, Delivery is the key use that as a measure and if it all turns to shit you made a good call but if it doesn't .....
it's your call