effectsToCause (Doug) has written yesterday about developing a new method of anonymity that can compete with the best of them.
Tbh, i couldn't care less about anonymity.. What's the big deal with anonymity really!!?? Are we all just drug dealers and scammers that all we care about is anonymity?
I propose the opposite of anonymity, VERIFICATION! As an option of course. Surely a coin like VERIcoin could see the value of true verification attached to wallets?
"Vericoin Verified" anyone?
Which would you feel more comfortable with, sending your money to a merchant with a verified identity, or sending money to a merchant with an anonymous and untraceable transaction??
Seriously, anonymity is the dumbest thing I've ever heard of for a currency that is supposed to be going MAINSTREAM? It's completely counter intuitive..
Lets discuss =)
Anyone care to discuss?
Here's the thing: Whenever there's a dump, some vociferous people will inevitably shout for the devs to come out and somehow make some magical announcement that would turn the wave on the opposite direction.
These devs not only speak often but actually speak too much. Between hangouts, twitter, (presumably) IRC, the other outlets and this forum, one has to think there's practically no time in the 24 hours to do any actual work, let alone planning, meeting etc, especially in the case of Patrick and Doug. And that doesn't include interviews with media or meetings with potential business associates/partners. It also produces emotional, hurried postings that, in many cases, are or can be quite detrimental to the progress of the project, making statements not carefully thought of and/or to rightfully written.
The shouts from the forums, obviously put unnecessary -if inevitable- pressure on them. And, perhaps -it seems it is what happens- making decisions that are counter to the path that VRC should pursue. Everyone seems to be willing to pay a premium in crypto for the latest version of anon. Still. It is ridiculous but it is a fact. So, all of a sudden, Doug announces that they are working on an anon feature when we have all been informed, many times over, that anon is not a priority for VRC. Like I said, it has all the looks of being something hurried to try and stop the dumping. And that would be very unnecessary and, again, counter productive in the long run.
I posted before that the devs must cater to the stake holders of the coin that are the ones that have and are and will continue supporting the project. Not the people that will shout every time there's a sell off. And they should talk much less and do much more. Not necessarily features, but planning, preparing meetings, preparing interviews, devising strategies -which they should bring here so the stakeholders could debate them-, preparing (much better) the hang outs, etc.
You, and many -I'd venture a huge majority-, and me could care less about anonymity. As a matter of fact, you and me find it counterproductive for the image and final purpose of this coin. But I understand they feel pushed to implement it to try and revert the humongous dump... but lets go, again, to the dump: It isn't their fault. It isn't a consequence of the rollback. It isn't anything that could or should be stopped. It just happened because, at this point in time, not many new money is coming in and many people that had heavy gains, sold to invest in some promising new coins. As simplke as that. But worse decline in terms of % of "loss" has been had in the same period of time by other coins not perceived as especially volatile, such as NAUT, PC or BC to mention only three of them. In those cases -and there will be others in the future- the devs should only say they know of no reason for the sell off and get back to work. That should be calming enough for the stakeholders. And some will panic and sell and some others will do the opposite. Rinse and repeat. It is a constant in crypto and it is not going to change much in the relatively near future.
Now, regarding your idea of VERIFICATION, I cannot possibly be more IN SUPPORT of it. It goes, totally, with the image and the philosophy Vericoin should stand for. Thank you for suggesting it and, hopefully, the majority of stakeholders will support it and the devs would decide to implement it yesterday.
Keep bringing them on, please.
