"My name is David McEnery, also known as "Cryptowest" on twitter, IRC, Skype, Kik, bitcointalk, ps4. I have worked on some pretty good projects and some pretty bad projects in the past. Some of you know them, some of you might not. I know the fudders will come and harass me about a few projects last year. I am glad for all the experience I gained. My favorite project, was Halcyon or HAL. I had every intention to pour my soul into that, but a trading group that employed me demanded that I drop the project and help them work on another coin or else they would dump it to 0. I lost 20 of my last bitcoins trying to hold support against them, and they made up FUD just to ruin my reputation and to teach me a lesson. I was furious and fell into a long depression. However, this time around I was fortunate enough to be introduced to a host of legitimate investors through a friend I made. By a stroke of fate, I helped him out of a situation while he going through very rough times several years ago. He is now one of the largest Chinese venture capitalist in the cryptocurrency and payment technologies scene, with a stake in a major bitcoin exchange. In turn, he introduced me to venture capitalists who do not typically invest in crypto but trust his judgement, who in turn employ devs and designers and provided me with help.. I am not worried about posting my identity online because I know this project has has the resources to succeed. I am so grateful for the community’s support. Even the trolls and critics."
Wow.... That is very interesting stuff.
Thank you for your kind words! One of the caveats for the funding support was for me to be as transparent as possible. I think all the anon posters on here can appreciate me putting my real ID online. I did not make this decision lightly. Anyways, my intention was to come off as candid and accountable, but unfortunately people decided to take this opportunity to focus their criticisms on me instead of the project. This is okay for now. Hopefully when people see that we are here to stay and are delivering deadlines as promised they will change their tune.
With BTCArchitect's blessing, the director's lounge will indeed be on the agenda. I have been advised that it would be prudent to set up a temporary room for cooperation and discussion on Slack before transitioning to the lounge. We have also been provided with a PR team and a manager since our investors believe I would be better off focusing on dev work.
The team will be online 24/7 to field all your questions about the project.
Please PM this account with your email address for an invitation. Am excited to discuss the future of this project with you all!