It is difficult to be an honest developer.
Servers have costs and the amount of time involved to test and operate even one good secure coin is a lot.
When you see 'inferior' alt coin fads (that come & go quickly) get 'sponsered' attention in the press and face what can be an impatient and sometimes a hostile audience at times it tests how thick your skin is.
Add in multiple forms of attacks on honest mining pools (some of which are childs play and some are quite sophisticated and being done by professional criminals) and think about all of the effort & time spent on prevention of foul play. Not an easy job at all.
BlueDragon747 deserves a whole lot respect for not only his skills in coding up Blake Coin which is the foundation but also for his work so far in creation of the Blake Ecosystem of coins. Despite the attacks the network is an accomplishment that no one else has taken anywhere near this level of success in the alt coin world from a technology standpoint.
I am honored to be included.
I know that many people visit these boards and never post anything at all and may not even have an account.
I was a long time lurker once.... A lot of people are watching the future unfold and read the posts.
Thanks to all the honest people who are mining and getting involved.
Thanks also to those who have and continue to develop services and given their support for the Blake 256 family and promote it. There are too many names to mention but everyone who has contributed from the early days to now can call themselves the architects of the future.
The talent pool in this community is high and almost everyone involved knows how to act like an adult.
If anyone out there thinks that a lot of eyes and attention is not watching things develop here think again.
The attacks and mischief on the coins, pools and exchanges are upsetting but are a byproduct of success. Merged mining of Blake Coin is just about 6 weeks running now and has a lot of serious players in the world of cryptocurrency in deep thought about the future.
Best of all..... there is still time to get involved now if you have been watching from the wings.
If anyone reading this wishes they were mining bitcoin when it was almost worthless or if you were involved and sold out at one of the early peaks with a smile (at the time) and want to turn back the clock
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Get involved NOW. Don't wait for someone to put a hook in your nose :-)