After I get some coding done today I'll be posting a cast on youtube later on explaining a bit more in depth and our intentions for the future. I'll post the link here once it's up there. Would folks rather I set up a "dev hangout" rather than a cast? I'd be more than open to live q&a.
Best regards,
syntaks
Thank you for the best efforts. "Dev hangout" would be a nice feature but your YT cast is amazing too. You're doing everything possible for the future success and being on the top.
Good morning folks,
I had started recording and after about 10 minutes into it I decided it might just be better to type everything out. When Neos was first created we sought out to provide functional, proofs-of-concept types of features as opposed to at the time - just the concepts being sold to the community by those just trying to make a quick buck and who are no longer even active following their ICOs or pre-mine dumps. One thing that I've always stated is we'll be here every day, coding and supporting Neos as well as the community and the only way you'll see Neos go away is if you find me dead in my chair. While the system I designed worked really well, based on usage statistics from the Arb servers it was never really used beyond proving the functionality to newcomers. Aside from that, with the recent AML/KYC regulations being pressed - even while the regulators themselves don't fully understand the technology - the future of Neos is more secure without the anonymization functionality supported. Some might argue that "on the chain" anonymization isn't vulnerable and impenetrable - but that's not necessarily the case either. The community would be somewhat in the clear in that situation - but then the only people that would be targeted would be the developers. At that point, regulators if they so desired would seek out the developers and long story short - they would most likely comply with whatever was presented as an alternative to fines/imprisonment and place their project's future in a vulnerable position which would then at that point - affect the community supporting it.
It's unfortunate that in this present day a simple freedom like privacy is being portrayed as something only criminals need or make use of - but the sad reality is that it's exactly how regulators are currently trying to portray crypto. Neos has so much more in the makings and even more planned for the future than just a buzzword feature. Our commitment to Neos and the community is to continue providing support and materializing creativity. We have received some feedback from the community that was really positive regarding this decision and understanding the reasons behind it and we hope that the rest of the community can understand as well.
The future of the direction we're heading in with Neos is looking great. Even without marketing (as I'm horrible with marketing) our community has been growing over time into what I feel at least is one hell of a strong presence. We're striving more to enable the community to use Neos wherever they can as a form of currency and our plans reach beyond the standard storefronts. We're currently tackling the riddle of how to provide usability without having a negative impact on the market. We'd like to see Neos outright bartered for products and services without the conversion to BTC and basically dumping of Neos. We have our work cut out for us, but that's what we do best - work.
With all of the above being said if anyone has any questions for us, please don't hesitate to ask.
Best regards,
syntaks
