even though our 0.2 figure for MSC was also clearly wrong in hindsight.
how could you not see this up front, the market rate was open.
this is a brand new space, there will be more mistakes by other projects, we need to support and help as well as critique when necessary. We learn by understanding our own mistakes and we progress by helping others.
Arbitrage is not a brand new *space*. It has been going on for 1000's of years. You clearly set up an arbitrage system.
I think it's amazing we were seen as some kind of pump and dump (not by you). We ended up with less liquidity when we need it to get the community developer teams up and running. The Master Protocol guys certainly did not want us to end up with a huge portion of MSC either as that is not great for them. So we made a mistake we never seen the rush come, but we paid for it by sacrificing approx $2-3.5 million in liquidity, but it was a stance we felt was fair on the community, our own concerns were secondary at that time. This does not count the fact the whole thing went for the 40% bonus rate, we (when I say we I mean the community not MaidSafe, it's the community that gets most of the funds we raised if we get it right) paid the price for our mistake in that way for sure. We can partially repay the wider community and we will by holding a meeting with all parties on Monday evening to figure out the mistakes, the good parts and how others can benefit, this will all be made public and hide nothing (as usual).
Why would we want loads of MSC and less BTC, people need to ask themselves this question, all our staff went full in BTC so it would make no sense at all.
It makes sense from one angle. Cui bono?
Those with large amounts of MSC and no liquidity to dump, exit into MS, or use MS as a proxy back to BTC.
I expect some one with a large amount of MSC has some sort of arrangement with MS or has some type of interest.
The sale was amazing, we have several thousand buyers who are now part of making this all happen and now we have to work very hard to make sure they are all rewarded with a new Internet and an incredible currency. It's a humbling thing to see that level of support for a project, as a community we need to be very honest critical and brave. The huge majority are of the same opinion and that's amazing. We do need to clear up the messaging and everyone is very welcome to watch our meetings, read our emails (they are public at the dev list) and hopefully meet us at a show soon. Nothing like a meeting in person I think.
so thanks for your support and we will not let you down.
Amazing in *many* respects. Given the time involved this could not have been possibly missed or *buy* accident.
I would like to see some hard maths to show the BTC holders ended up with the equivalent market rate as MSC holders. That is the only optimal solution open to MS and that door is fast closing. The 40% more goes some way, but how far?
No numerical example of why 40% is correct. This should be relatively simple to do. Take the MSC rate pre 0.2 or whatever it ramped up to and use that.
I am not saying the coin/concept is a scam. The idea is good inmho. However the circumstances make it look like someone worked really hard to take the oxygen out of the room.
I also note the poster adjacent to this was just deleted. Yes it was a bit harsh. It is dangerous to censor though in such circumstancesmy error self deleted