update from the team:
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We stated in a pre-announcement three days ago that our initially anticipated end-of-March announcement may be delayed due to lengthening negotiations and that we will provide further detail at the 31st.
We were trying to be discrete and diplomatic about this and postpone any major disclosure, until we could surprise the community with a big batch of great news, as we believed that this would yield optimal results: Professional, calm and organized negotiations, avoiding community confusion and stress, reflecting best on both parties’ appearances and ultimately following up with a positive announcement, leading to the most hopeful and positive sentiment from the community and the markets.
That said, since the former lead developer disclosed information about our offer in parts as opposed to an organized and clear description, we want to give you a brief overview of the offer we made him regarding the current negotiations:
Split: Obsidian is split into two separate entities, with two coins and two distinct paths.
One would be led by the foundation and one would be led by Claus. Both parties swap their respective coins in order to reduce their holdings in the other party’s coin in order to ensure they do not threaten their counterpart's environment, but still have sufficient holdings in order to have a vested interest in their counterpart’s success. Existing coin holders have their balances mirrored on the new coin's blockchain (snapshot + “free coins”). This, while certain mechanisms will serve both platforms, and both platforms will collaborate on the communications and business development front, in a non-obligatory manner, for mutual benefit.
Simply put: A new coin is made, existing coin holders receive an equal amount of Newcoin holdings in addition to their ODN coins.
Pete moves to a new chain, Claus gets a soft launch on the existing chain which already comes with exchange listings, brand recognition, existing communities and Claus already has a strong and positive reputation.
To use a roulette analogy, instead of betting all in on red (foundation) or black (Claus), the ecosystem gets to “magically” double its bet and bet the original all-in sum on both red (Pete) and black (Claus).
We intend to lead to the recovery of the project and to the future prosperity of a reputed and successful project and we intend to carry ourselves accordingly. To achieve this, we will continue the negotiations in a professional and discrete manner and will not give “live updates” on public channels, but rather a weekly update."
I think this is a really positive move as it could not continue as it was, and ODN is such a great proposition, especially at this moment given all of the issues being seen with FB etc over data. Now is the time to take action and move forward rather than continuing as was........
Where is this information coming from exactly ?!?
This is very important, I didn't received any email update about this...