I see that there is at least one troll on the thread. I won't quote their comments because that will just give them more air-time than they deserve. One thing I noticed was that this person makes the claim that "invites" are at a steady distribution rate.
I, for one, actually read the bluepaper. And in section 4.6, it clearly highlights how invites are distributed. It's not steady-state at all. There are three separate lotteries that distribute invites...
https://www.merit.me/uploads/2018/bluepaper.pdfAgain, I have voiced some concerns and open questions about this project earlier in the thread. I'd still love to see those answered by a member of the team.
But I don't think it is at all fair or appropriate to spread misinformation about the project.
I admit- I spied on the past posts I could find
- I am not on the team BUT I am sure they are lurking and can answer . - is my recap of your open questions/concerns accurate?
1- Why did they decide not to do an ICO when they obviously have something that could have won big?
2- Why go straight to live- net when they could have used the time to dev and build hype?
3- What's the future plan for the market?
4- For Merit to win, crypto needs to win- the timing of this during bear market is risky
***My non-team opinion/perspectives/replies***
1 - To get a vibe of the founder you can search "Adil Wali" on youtube and see him speak his mind on many topics. Check out this video called "
ICOs are Dead; Long live ICOs" :
https://youtu.be/-eL_417CYZI2 - I would guess they got live-net up to speed for a few reasons- get something usable out there to help the proof of concept to become a reality + improve the speed to market (no one likes a project that sits in testnet for 2 years or those dumb PC games now that are $60 for alpha release)
3 - I know you got a reply about the market (by me
) - but I know the core team has spoken about the market being a primary onramp. so other ALTs and Fiat to-be-supported. This would help the non-crypto get on ...while the other crypto ppl like us would eventually see MRT on other exchanges too
4- I think it's a great point that Merit has some nice usability features that push it ahead of other projects, but crypto as a whole needs to win and overall adoption of NEW users will launch Merit (and crypto) forward.
I hope that helps and holds you over until a member of the core team stops coding and reads/replies!