1. We organize a fundraiser and set a fundraiser goal (a la Kickstarter) based on the amount we determine we need in order to rebuild this coin the right way and turn it into a success. The budget details will be broken down so everybody is on the same page regarding where the funds will go and how they will be handled. If the goal is not met by the set date (we will keep the window brief, 2-3 days maximum, to ensure we move through this process quickly), all contributions will be returned to sender and we will go back to the drawing board, come up with a lower budget plan, and restart the fundraiser with a reduced goal. If we exceed the goal at any time, the entirety of the excess will go toward marketing. Everything will be transparent every step of the way; we need to establish trust and ensure all operations are visible and strict records are kept in regard to the finances. We will maintain a public ledger and if we end up with a surplus at any point we can determine how to use it via community polling. If certain development details/plans/etc have to kept secret for competition reasons, that is obviously understandable; however, anything relating to the finances must be transparent to the maximum reasonable degree. Leveraging an escrow service would likely be the best play here and we should discuss options (I have limited experience with the available escrow services).
I'm in for 1% of what I have (as long as it's not staking, haha). Expect it.
2. I will begin development on the new clients right away. The details on the best direction to go here are still being sketched out but I will ensure everybody is happy with the decision. I will guarantee a rock-solid client built using the latest technology and code. This will happen in parallel with the following steps.
This is an excellent first step to show the revival is for real.
3. I will create a new, moderated thread. This thread will be used strictly for nominating the next project leader and putting up a poll allowing the community to vote on it. The project leader does not have to be a developer; we simply need somebody that can communicate with the developers, report news/progress updates/important information, and oversee the day-to-day operations of the coin. This person will be required to meet reasonable expectations and will be compensated for their effort on the on the 1st and 15th of each month (until the funds are depleted, of course - then we hope they stay on board anyway despite the lack of compensation). By spreading out the payments, we ensure nobody will simply take the money and bail on this project. No upfront funds - no exceptions. The contact information of all members of the dev team will need to be provided to me as well as the elected project leader; it does not need to be made public, however, beyond that. This information will be verified to ensure we know who we are working with. Again - think of this like a job.
My pre-vote is for Quantum. He was honest and in those 300 pages of bullshit, he was pretty much the only person saying coherent non-emotional things. If we want someone loyal to rep this coin, there is no one else even close in my mind.
4. The individual who receives the most votes in the aforementioned poll will now create a new moderated thread to help jump-start our new identity. Hopefully, this will remain the permanent home base of the new SilkCoin community (at least until an official forum is created elsewhere). The current thread is 300+ pages of nonsense, insults, misinformation, accusations, grandstanding, and posts from a developer I have zero respect for. I think everybody would agree it makes no sense to continue posting in this thread once we begin the next steps to revive this project.
Nope, move on. For historical and nostalgic purposes the new official thread should have a link to this thread. Years from now newcomers can look back and read the story of what the O.G.s did to save SilkCoin. Haha :-)
5. While we will likely maintain the name "SilkCoin" and the ticker symbol "SC" we will re-brand things with a fresh, professionally designed logo, a fresh website, and a nice clean image far separated from the shady scammers that put you guys in this position. This will all be done in-house by the new development team to keep costs low - despite my high level of development skills, my logo/graphics design skills are average, at best - we will certainly be looking for an individual proficient with graphics to assist. Perhaps we could run a "logo design contest" with a SilkCoin reward to not only choose our new logo... but also to qualify potential new team members. This is open for a discussion, of course. I believe the best way to separate ourselves from the group of con artists that started this thing is to maintain the "SilkCoin" name and ticker symbol. I have been in this game a long time and it will actually be easier to ease concerns and explain the situation, if-needed, if we do not attempt to hide from our past; I truly believe we will be stronger because of it. By removing the dev(s) from the equation that misled and stole from this community we have effectively removed the cancer; some of the greatest accomplishments in this world started out as failures. We are not the team that got us into this rut - that team is gone. We are the team that will take us out of this rut and beyond.
I say to keep "SilkCoin" but vote to change the ticker to SLK. Just has a nice look to it and helps to leave "ScamCoin" behind...
6. I will continue to oversee things and contribute my time to core development and project development as-needed over the following few weeks. At that time, once we have the right people in place to keep things going, I will step aside and hand the keys over to the individual we elected. I will remain available in a consultation capacity and will assist with any technical issues as-needed. I won't completely cut ties with you guys but will not step aside until I have completed what I set out to do and am 100% confident the rest of the team can take it from there. Again, I will still be around - I simply will not be involved in the day-to-day operation of SilkCoin. I am here to clean this thing up, get everything back on its feet, get the right people in place, and start pushing this thing forward until it has some momentum and it heading in the right direction. I wish I had to the time to say I can stay in that position forever but I simply do not at this time. Regardless, I'm not going anywhere - I will certainly provide input and assist as-needed well beyond my initial stint.
This sounds like a good plan but make sure you have checks and balances in place where you can clean house again if shit starts to go awry. I totally get where you are coming from. This is pretty much what I get paid to do at work. Unfuck the situation then go off to the next challenge/disaster.
Notes/concepts/etc:
The coins you have will remain your coins (or at least you will get the same quantity); the coins specs will remain exactly the same. If, for any reason, we need to create a fresh coin with fresh specifications there would be a 1:1 trade-out, of course. I would see the process through and ensure there are no issues. Hopefully, we will be able to skip that step and stick with the existing blockchain. I will go into more details about the next steps in the development process when it's time to cross that bridge. The new client will be built on the latest Bitcoin Core master source (currently 0.9.2.1) and as-such will contain all of the new features, security updates, and enhancements in the latest code. The Qt clients for Windows (32-bit and 64-bit versions), Mac OSX (64-bit only), and Linux (32-bit and 64-bit) will be released in a timely manner. I will also create the GitHub account and host the source code there publicly. I do not expect any funds before I deliver on this first major hurdle.
This was a major concern of mine (being a small-medium sized bagholder) and I will anxiously await the details to be hashed out. I am currently staking and it appears to be working, will this continue?
We can make this happen and I am excited about the potential opportunity to manage the first phases of this rebuilding process; I will ensure you guys are on solid ground and beyond before I step aside and, as I said, will remain available as a consultant as long as needed. I can't promise you this will make everybody multi-millionaires - I can't even promise everybody will make back their losses - those are for the market to decide and it's up to all of us to demonstrate the value we have here. All I can promise is that we have the best possible coin built on the latest technology, a great team hard-picked by the community, and a solid gameplan going forward with a core theme of honesty, transparency, and teamwork. Also, the community needs to bounce back in a big way and get behind this - we need that enthusiasm back. Even if you lost money - buy back a small piece if you can afford to do it - it will help motivate you to get involved. I would never encourage spending money you can't afford to lose but I believe we can set the bar for comebacks here, guys. I have some new ideas not yet mentioned I intend to bring to the table as well. Put me in and we will not fail - we will prevail.
Very inspiring, sir! I have coding experience (.Net, C, C++, Embedded, Assembler) and may be interested in joining the team to knock out some smaller tasks. I am looking at doing some Android and iOS development as well. I would also require no compensation as the success of this coin would be payment enough. I would also be down to run other stuff to ease the workload from Quantum (twitter, FB, reddit, whatever). It's early, I know but I will be ready :-)