I may have some gripes, as many of you do, with the way that Lisk was rolled out yesterday BUT anyone blaming Max and/or the devs @ Lisk for causing the ddos...
...The level of ignorance and stupidity that is required to actually believe that is some Idiocracy sh*t.
Why did YoBit not let anyone make deposits until the coin had completely dropped 90%? Hours after it was active on Poloniex and Bittrex?
Take a second to think about the fact that YoBit was showing 0.01 prices even at 5pm EST yesterday and the volume was thru the roof, yet nobody could make a deposit.
Hey I share your skepticism mate. Defiantly something fishy going on yesterday but I think fairly easy to identify who had the most to gain from the obviously orchestrated DDOS.
On the flip I would like to thank the whole Lisk Team who soldiered through the obviously difficult circumstances and have emerged out the other end with a stable and working main net. I particularly like theit ability to be honest about the parts that they could have done better - these things make us stronger. Thank you so much for not touching your stash too - soooo much easier to defend you guys knowing that you're in it with us for the long.
I am holding all my ICO stash, I will admit that the temptation was there to sell a portion (and play with house money) when I saw Lisk at 85 pence but I have a good feeling about the fundamentals of Lisk and I am hoping that in a few months I will be very glad I have resisted the urge for safety. I hope that all my fellow ico holders will resist the urge to sell at the first sign of a pump. Together we can help push the value (and security) up and ensure that our investment pays back more than x2 or x3 like the weak hands are asking for.
I don't agree that Lisk is an "Eth Killer" as some say. It's good hype, but what we all in the crypto community have to realise is that we all have soooo much to gain through cooperation and inclusively rather than isolationism and sectarianism. Why kill Eth when the world always works better with MULTIPLE OPTIONS? In crypto its the same. Moving from the Trollbox to Reddit, to BitcoinTalk, to TradingChatrooms, it pains me to see how much we all crap on each others choices, coins and hopes. I think what we need to realise is that we have so much in common with each other, far more than with the rest of the planet, the majority of which don't even know the existance of what we are involved in - let alone understand it.
Whatever Crypto you are involved in (and we should all be invested in a few - though some would not admit so), we must recognise that we are all at the bleeding edge of a revolution that will totally and utterly change the way the world works. And we are in this together. When the world notices - and it is noticing - we will find enemies outside our communities that will try to deprecate or destroy what we are building. What is being created here and in every other Chain community will challenge and disrupt the status quo - and when they decide to push back we will have to be ready, as a cooperative series of communities working towards a bright future rather than a squabbling mass of fools.
Peace.
