Good Morning, Evening, or afternoon....wherever you are in this world.
This is going to be a TL:DR post, but I respectfully ask you all to take the time to read it.
I got into altcoins back in December after reading a lot about Bitcoin and Litecoin. The reason I did was because I saw an opportunity to put together a computer system that could sit and create on it's own something that had worth to it. I realized that Bitcoin and other altcoins was not just some fad that would only be around for a short time and then fade away. I built a small mining rig so that I could mine altcoins and save away for my Grand Kids future inheritance...true story...when I'm laying on my deathbed with my Grand Kids sitting there with me, my last words will be fuzzybunny69. The day they are sitting in the lawyers office for the reading of the will, the lawyer will set a laptop computer down in front of them. When they open the laptop and the screen appears, all that will be there is a whole bunch of wallet files. When they try to open the files, they are going to be asked for a pass phrase...this is when they will realize that Grampa Ken was not just some old crazy man dreaming of fuzzy bunnies, and enter the last words I spoke to them, and realize that they are all now wealthy beyond imagination.
So, then came along Dogecoin and I got involved with them. Over time I saw a lot of infighting and strange things in the Dogecoin community and did not feel comfortable being a part of it. I would constantly troll the [ANN] section of this forum, and one day I came across Mintcoins [ANN]. I began to mine Mintcoins on day two, and have never looked back.
I have spent countless hours promoting Mintcoin as best as I could, with what I have because I see so much potential not only in the coin, but the community as well.
Yesterday morning, we all found out about this CoinKite thing. I read the CoinKite site and thought that this is what Mintcoin needs to help us move forward. I took it upon myself to contact Rodolfo of CoinKite and respectfully ask if they would consider extending the deadline. He responded by saying that they could not because it would not be fair to the other coins. I then responded back that I was not asking for exclusivity for Mintcoin, but extend it to all the coins involved.
He responded back this morning saying that he did not like the idea of changing the rules of a contest. At no time in any of his emails did he say that if Mintcoin did raise the needed amount of coins, that they would include Mintcoin in their platform.
I then came here to the forum to announce that it was pointless to continue to send coins to CoinKite and saw the post by the developer regarding CoinKite. Then on Twitter, CoinKite announced that Mintcoin was doing a great job of trying to meet their deadline, and seemed to be encouraging more donations via Twitter. This is when the developer and myself found out that Mintcoin was just added to the list a few days ago by someone (supposedly) from the Mintcoin community asking them to add us.
I at that point allowed myself to kind of lose my sanity for a short period of time. The developer DM'd me via Twitter asking me to stop, so I did. My passion for Mintcoin and this community is deep, and i will defend Mintcoin as well as promote Mintcoin to the best of my available time and abilities.
I went outside and had to smoke a few cigs to settle myself down, and then I composed the following email that I have sent to Rodolfo of CoinKite. I truly believe that if any member of Mintcoins community had requested we be added to this CoinKite thing, they would have announced it on every social media site available. CoinKite also stated on Twitter this morning that Blackcoin was added just a few days ago also, but we see that they were added on April 9th. I asked Rodolfo who it was that asked to have Mintcoin added and at this point he went silent. This is when I realized that someone from somewhere else had asked to include Mintcoin. This is the point that my sanity left me and the developer kept me from continuing on the wrong road.
Here's the last letter I sent to CoinKite:
Rodolfo,
For starts, I had to calm myself down first before i wrote this email as I did not want to be disrespectful in any way to you or your company.
I sent you an original email yesterday after just finding out about this contest, kindly asking your consideration in extending the deadline of this contest. Your reply was that it would not be fair to the other coins. I then responded back explaining that I did not want my request to be exclusively applied to Mintcoin, but extend the deadline to all the coins and inform them of such.
As you know, you replied today saying "changing online contests is a huge pain, as no one is happy and we will get lot's of flack. Sorry, we may run it again after this one is done" I can understand this and would agree. The thing that I was so disappointed in, was that at no time in either of your emails, did you expressly say that should Mintcoin actually raise the needed amount of coins, that YES, you would include Mintcoin, or even seriously consider adding Mintcoin.
Then I see that you had had discussions with the developer of Mintcoin as he posted on Bitcointalk forum, and even then you do not give any indication that your company would include Mintcoin. Then, on Twitter, you tweet that regarding Mintcoin is making great progress, but again fail to even mention anything about should we make the goal by deadline that we would be included.
Then, one more time...you tell me that Mintcoin was just added to the list a few days ago, because someone from the community asked it to be added, right around the same time you added Blackcoin. Well, this set me off, I'm sorry, but that whole thing just reeks of a setup by someone in the Blackcoin community. Especially after Blackcoin was able to raise over 250K BC in one day, so it is stated on your webpage, but the link to the BC wallet is not there.
So, here is my dilemma, I spent close to 14 hours yesterday trying to get the Mintcoin community behind this effort. I promoted as well as defended your company and the way you were running this contest. People in the Mintcoin community know who it was that asked them to donate to your company for this project, and some, like you, know my real world name and email.
I put my heart and soul into trying to get the community behind this, and now I have to go back to them and hope they accept my apologies. I would respectfully ask, that you and your company refund the Mintcoins that have been donated so far to the people that have sent them. If you are not willing to handle the refunds, I can get the developer to forward you a wallet address that you can send the over 3.3 million coins that were raised yesterday, and Mintcoin will take care of refunding the coins.
Again, I thank you for the time you've taken regarding this issue. I would like to know, who it was in the Mintcoin community that actually requested we be added to the list. The reason being, is that if a person from Mintcoin actually asked, they would have posted it all over Mintcoins many social media sites....this never ever occurred. Mintcoin never knew about this until just yesterday morning....very strange indeed. So, if you would be so kind as to let me know who it was, I would appreciate that as well.
Let me know about the Mintcoin refund, you as well as I know this would be the right thing to do.
Regards
Ken Clark
Beaverslayer
So, now I humbly ask this great community to accept my sincerest apologies for convincing you to take up this cause and send your Mintcoins to CoinKite. I am truly sorry that I helped you all to believe that this was a good idea and CoinKite would be fair about it. I will continue to passionately promote as well as defend Mintcoin and this community to the best of my time and abilities.
With deepest regards
Ken Clark
Beaverslayer