Devs come and devs go. I have been with the project since the start and have seen this repeat many times. Different people have come on-board and contributed and then they move on to start their own project or join a different one. That is the nature many times of open source projects. Its been almost 4 years at this point and I can only speak for myself and state that I will never abandon the project.
That being said, there is a core group who has been influential in the growth of CBX for years now and they are still around. I don't think this core will ever abandon the project. Additionally there are those who have been involved who sit on the sidelines watching and checking up. Per my experience they become active as a community buzz grows and interest is shown. Seems like we are getting hints of this buzz now as I see new names and more activity posting in this thread.
But this buzz has to grow organically from the community. If you want to contribute, please do.
I have a list of projects for CBX development - just need the developers with time and appropriate skill sets to step forward. Alex does an amazing job and contributes as he can but he has made a name for himself and gets pretty good pay to contribute to other projects. He is a stake holder and passionate about CBX but it doesn't make cents for him to focus on CBX when there is no community support.
Additionally we need advertising/marketing. Most recently VonSpass had filled this role and did a great job with this, but he has a lot on his plate presently so someone else can step up and offer some fresh ideas and energy.
Finally the buy support piece (probably the most important) needs contributors. Nothing attracts investors like strong buy side support and sustained upward movement. If your are interested in investing, put a buy offer at present level and let it sit. It may get filled or someone will place an offer above you. The more offers that are placed the stronger CBX becomes and the more attractive it is to other potential investors.
These three areas need more community assistance and leadership as the last group fell short of breaking through the resistance.
Essentially every new community assembly can attract the previous contributors from the past 4 years making each push forward stronger and better supported. Purchase price is extremely low so it is a minimal investment/risk needed to get a stake and then contribute to try to build it into a long term wealth storage tool.
I am always excited and willing to get things moving again if there is community interest and assistance.
From what I have gathered, the sale of the Cryptsy coins has occurred in agreement and distribution should be in about a month. I personally communicated with the party handling the sale and it sounds like the purchaser of CBX bought a bundle of the low liquidity coins. What this individual intends is yet to be identified but they will now be the largest stake holder in CBX (outside of the escrow for SPK).
My next question will these coins still be made useless with the introduction of the new chain?
We have discussed this. There will be no making useless of these coins. They exist on the CBX network and that will never change.
There is however a potential of creating a new coin / chain that does not include these coins but nothing is in motion towards this possibility at this time.
Indeed. I believe we should wait and see what happens to the CBX soon held by the new buyer, and try to figure out what their intentions are if possible. He may as well be a well-intentioned investor, and that should pose no problem whatsoever to CBX.
Someone has info on the new buyer?
Yes, our group just completed the transaction with the Cryptsy Court Receiver. We are a group of investors that are interested in the success and longevity of the coins we bought. We have no intention of dumping these coins recklessly. It won't help the community and it would be a very dumb investment move to say the least. We have watched many unsophisticated investors misuse coins and have seen the destruction it causes.
To be clear, we made an investment in CBX and expect a return. We have plans to buy and sell small amounts here and there, but we intend to build the coin - not destroy the coin's support. Go ahead and relax
At this point you are probably realizing that this is our first post, but we created this login to address the public as the "Cryptsy Investors". To prove who we are, we are about to transfer the balance to our new wallet. We are just syncing our client. Should be some time tonight.
Cheers!
Hello Sir, Founder of Crypto Bullion (CBX)
If this is confirmed, I would like us to do a re-launch of CBX.
Where we accept investors, to develop projects and move forward with CBX.
I am prepared to work with you, as I have done before ...