From the Telegram:
[Forwarded from James Drake]
It is time for us to be VERY transparent regarding what is going to happen between now and November 10th. This is important because the paths that we choose ultimately hinge on an intended presentation on November 1st during DevCon3 and ultimately decide the shape of the full Embermine Development Timeline, on November 10th, 2017.
In this situation, there are two possible outcomes:
1) The secretive, blockchain development project that is happening independent of Embermine, results in a blockchain that is not only revealed on November 1-4th, but also remained true to their creators' ideals and conception pitched to us in August and that they maintained much of the favorable opinion toward us exclusively utilizing their technology as one of the primary use cases for their blockchain. Most of the names of those involved have been identified and they involve a number of "old school" blockchain experts and programmers. But due to the secrecy behind the project, we were left with minimal details and had to continue working ourselves on:
2) "Techne". Since the beginning, I have been working not only upon our daily work, but I have also been developing the system logic and consensus protocols for our own blockchain, code name "Techne" during our development. It will be 100% open source, free, fast, and able to interact on the application level with other chains and platforms. We have been working very quietly and slowly on this, but were/are doing so as a hedge against option #1, if it is failed to be delivered or is incompatible in some critical manner. But Techne will be exactly what we need and everything that Option #1 is when completed, but it will all of the community's and built specifically for our purpose. We will still have those from Option #1 likely available in some capacity as part of the code review, open source contributor, or advisory. But I have already developed a great deal of the
"soup to nuts" philosophy.
So there you go.
If Mystery Blockchain #1 comes through as they expect and in accordance with their announced direction, we will stay with them, and develop our platform upon their protocol. But if they do not, or it somehow does not meet our specific criteria, we will move aggressively forward with the development of our blockchain and the projects that surround and support it.
Yes it is very ambitious, and yes, it has a chance of failure. But the reality is that I am quite certain that with our growing list of partnerships and connections to important "bridge technologies" we will be able to do the job that needs to be done. From wallets (Pillar) to AR/VR imaging systems (Lampix). From AI (Autonio/AlgoShare) to Apartments (RentBerry).
So this is it. One way or another, everything about our technology path, timelines, objectives, progress, and philosophy will be completely revealed and explained. Anything "missing" at that point is either something on the project task list, or has been determined to be unnecessary with the current needs of the protocol.
So, please know that we have had, always have, and always will have backup plans to all of our development and design goals. This is simply one of them, but I felt that it was fair to let everyone know what will happen in case it did not go as planned the next few days.
Garrison Breckenridge, [22.10.17 16:45]
[Forwarded from James Drake]
We will release the White Paper on our Protocol: "Achieving High-Speed, Dynamic, and Independent Channels of Concensus on a Single Permissioned Blockchain: Introducing Techne" on November 10th, regardless of which direction we choose to go. For the Protocol Whitepaper would also examine, discuss, and present the "Three Token System" and its full intentions to the whole world.
Finally, in the midst of all of this, we are joining up with a number of companies, organizations, and projects who are ready to build and launch upon the Embermine Platform. But one of our most exciting projects that will be announced in much greater detail sometime during the next few days will be our involvement in the "Prosperity Consortium", a special group of industry developers who will be working together to bring the whole world closer to technological equality.
So much going on, and I feel like I have only scratched the surface of all of the things we have coming together and going on right now. I am going to bed now...
Good night, Embermine Community. Now you all know as much as can be known at this time.