I could never imagine that once the lead vericoin developer, one of the PhD students will say that the three vericoin devs are incapable to compete with viacoin's Peter Todd and btcdark. I mean, your CV and team profile indicate more than this. Even I thought you would be able to compete with Ethereum's Buterin and Gavin Wood. Your statement about Ethereum's millions is not quite correct - your brigade will believe what you say as everything you do and don't do trigger a standing ovation from the cheerleaders, but as I happened to work in the industry I understand the core piece of Ethereum has been developing for long, many code were written before the IPO by one developer Gavin Wood (three of you would have to compete with him). Right now they have millions, but it was a massive code base, the core software "proof of concept 5" were delivered by a very few guys, technically 2-3 persons (even the team has 40 people) before the big money arrived.
It's quite clear, many investors assumed the vericoin devs will be able to write a successful altcoin software, that means compete with other software developers in altcoin. Yes only three of you, without adding any new developers to the team. It was the first time in crypto that PhD and MS developer credentials were associated with a coin, and I am sure every one here assumed, with that credential you are well equipped to compete with Peter Todd, Buterin and other altcoin developers. Again, it's related with promises or implying a promising operation. You let us know about your CV and software development background and when you claim experience in your CV you imply that you are capable to do the work. It seems from your answer that you are not (because it seems three of you are not enough, no time, no skills or whatever reasons). It seems we have to accept that vericoin will never compete with viacoin, cloak, ethereum, etc.
It's quite clear, many investors assumed the vericoin devs will be able to write a successful altcoin software, that means compete with other software developers in altcoin. Yes only three of you, without adding any new developers to the team. It was the first time in crypto that PhD and MS developer credentials were associated with a coin, and I am sure every one here assumed, with that credential you are well equipped to compete with Peter Todd, Buterin and other altcoin developers. Again, it's related with promises or implying a promising operation. You let us know about your CV and software development background and when you claim experience in your CV you imply that you are capable to do the work. It seems from your answer that you are not (because it seems three of you are not enough, no time, no skills or whatever reasons). It seems we have to accept that vericoin will never compete with viacoin, cloak, ethereum, etc.
To be frank, they aren't the same kind of coin by any stretch of the imagination. VIA/Ether/etc. started after the BTC developers requested 2.0 activities not be used on the chain as it was bloating it. VeriCoin is becoming a currency that is easy to use for everyone with utility. We are working on different types of things than VIA/ETHER/etc.
We put our info out there so people would know that we are real people with an academic training. Not because we were trying to say "we're better than them" or the like. We're going to keep focusing on what we think is important: Utility, ease-of-use, and mass adoption. That's what we have built and that's what we are continuing to work on. Our blockchain 2.0 scheme for implementing a username system in the blockchain (outside of a name server) is something David is focused on in addition to stealth addresses (it's all integrated), Doug is working on the new announcement tech as well as a new wallet UI. And as Doug mentioned in VRC Radio, I'm helping to coordinate as well as get the marketing/community members that have joined the VeriLeaders project together and focused on how to more properly address the community/world than we have been doing. It's all a complicated game we're playing. It's not as easy as any of us thought it would be. There are plenty of hiccups. We're learning a lot from this and it's going to make VeriCoin a better coin and it's going to make us better developers and better community members.
No you are not, that's a fallacy. Especially the "mass adoption" portion... as we all have seen in just a few days by not ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT the ONLY plan you guys will ever have handed to you to really provoke massive AWARENESS and subsequent "mass adoption" through World Vericoin Day... Oh, sorry, of course you know better. Of course you have better plans. Of course you are "working" in better things... BULL CRAP. Again.
Fact is you got nothing. Fact is that Verisend, as you put it and as I posted here many times, is a waste of time and resources. Fact is that Dave is "working" on copy/pasting Boxxa. Fact is that he cannot even get the multipool working straight -and plese don't let me enter the multipool subject which is yet another can of worms on a different level-. Fact is that you don't have an strategy, a roadmap to get anywhere near mass adoption and that Doug doesn't know how to get the freaking wallets working decently... Peculiarly -and there's irony in that- the Windows one is the one still not working properly in spite of having a Microsoft employee on board as developer. Ironic indeed.
"There are plenty of hiccups...", what did you expect? And hiccups in what? You put the hiccups in the context of the strategies... when there's no strategy whatsoever. Oh yes, "mass adoption", the holy grail of crypto, is going to happen by... what exactly? What is your plan? Are you going to give Doug's paper to Joe Sixpack in Middle America, Kenya or Sebastopol and you expect they will "adopt"? Or you plan in catching that "mass adoption" with more presence in Bitcoin conferences (mind you, VeriCoin MUST be present in those, but not as part of any "mass adoption" strategy) and Pizza-parties at Bitcoin Centre?
It is very good indeed that you admit the shortcomings. It will be much, much better if you just cut the arrogance altogether, like 200 notches or more and fully admit that you have no idea whatsoever as to how to progress towards mass adoption. And start cleaning house before inviting anyone over: By making a DECENT website (this is not an enterprise, it will take a few minutes) where REGULAR people can get clear and simple information of what Vericoin is and aspires to be, so when they hit "merchants", for instance, don't find a blank page. Or read through Doug's paper and commit suicide by boredom after the first five paragraphs. Or go though the explanations of the "features" without understanding a single word of what those can do for them. That would be a very good first -second, after dropping the arrogance completely- step that should be followed by many more, like asking not of the idiotic band of cheerleaders but from those with the knowledge, experience and general wherewithal for HELP in devising -first- and implementing, second, the strategy to reach "mass adoption".
Losers in any part of the world, either self-described or obvious, cannot be of much help, can they? If someone is unemployed, usually there's a good reason behind that, isn't there? Start by yourselves, the devs, what the heck do you guys bring to the table, in terms of strategies and marketing... and yes, I take it that you have by now come down and left the high horse far away before you make that evaluation. There's capable -or was-, talented people in the community that has offered all kind of help. Some still do. People with skills, knowledge, experience... not just pipe dreams and good will. They will work with you, but you have to ask nicely. And support them enthusiastically. Understand?
