The devs gave the launch signal before, because of some cheater pools.
Not every pool out there can be trusted with wallets in pre-release. So much greed for some that they can't resist starting their stratum early.
I hope these guys will be spotted and not trusted again with wallets before the release. No need to mine to make sure everything is fine
For those looking at honest and stable pools, you can visit http://rapid.suchpool.pw
What is even more interesting, we did not even get the wallet before it was launched by devs, after some other pools had already launched.
So how did the prematurely launching pools get their hands on the wallet?