I completely agree something needs to be done about this problem. Having been a member of this forum for over a year now and having surfed it since 2012 I can testify to the fact this problem has escalated 10,000 % the last few months. It is giving crypto technology a bad name. Must people I try and share Bitcoin & alt coins with quickly state "you let yourself get suckered in to that Ponzi/pyramid scheme."
We are not going to change this main stream attitude when we keep getting bad press from regurgitated blatant lies such as the Maza/Maplecoin fiasco and soon to be Aurora "Flop." This is giving all of us a bad rap. Something needs to be done.
Just look here at the Mazacoin/Maplecoin data. They both are hosted on the same server in Kansas, with damn near the exact same website layout. This is pathetic:
Mazacoin Site:
http://www.mazacoin.org/Maplecoin Site:
http://www.maplecoin.info/Same ISP:Admo.net LLC located in Kansas.
Mazacoin Who Is:
http://whatismyipaddress.com/ip/162.222.213.102Maplecoin Who is:
http://whatismyipaddress.com/ip/162.222.213.15Pinging maplecoin.info [162.222.213.15] with 32 bytes of
Reply from 162.222.213.15: bytes=32 time=205ms TTL=54
Reply from 162.222.213.15: bytes=32 time=115ms TTL=54
Reply from 162.222.213.15: bytes=32 time=129ms TTL=54
Reply from 162.222.213.15: bytes=32 time=224ms TTL=54
Ping statistics for 162.222.213.15:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 115ms, Maximum = 224ms, Average = 168ms
C:\Users\Jared-LPT>ping mazacoin.org
Pinging mazacoin.org [162.222.213.102] with 32 bytes of
Reply from 162.222.213.102: bytes=32 time=311ms TTL=54
Reply from 162.222.213.102: bytes=32 time=282ms TTL=54
Reply from 162.222.213.102: bytes=32 time=547ms TTL=54
Reply from 162.222.213.102: bytes=32 time=262ms TTL=54
Ping statistics for 162.222.213.102:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 262ms, Maximum = 547ms, Average = 350ms
It is outrageous to claim you are the "official" crypto currency of Cananda and not even bother to host it in your own country, unless you are obviously not from that country and are just looking to make a quick buck. Maplecoin should at least be launched by a Canadian and hosted in Canada!
I am sure there are many more easy connections to be made between several coins if people started digging. Another thing that needs to become the norm is for coin developers to come clean about who they really are. Why hide if you are trying to make an honest sincere attempt at launching a coin that is to be taken seriously?
For starters, yes, I am the founder of DigiByte, yes my name is Jared Tate & I am from Idaho. I am doing my damndest to do things transparently, honestly and professionally with DigiByte. I released my identity here:
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jared-tate/90/9aa/257Noblecoin is another coin that has been very transparent and my hat is off to them:
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/NobleCoin-P2P-Digital-Currency-7449332.
Everyone knows who Big Vern is at Cryptsy. They know were to find him, and this is also the reason it is still the #1 exchange. People some what trust him. And they have an avenue for recourse if they get burnt.
Everyone knows the Bitcoin core developers, everyone knows who started Litecoin. But how many of these pump & dump devs actually have the balls to come clean and face the not very forgiving and dare I say vindictive crowd we call a community?
DigiByte is the one and only coin I have ever created, plan to create or am working on. We have publicly posted our 0.5% premine (Which is now down to about .2%) and it has been genuinely used to further development of DigiByte and will continue to be used to do so.
In the future I don't mind helping other coins I believe in if I can be of any service like when we helped Dogecoin implement DigiShield. I do not think crypto technology is going to be a winner take all scenario. There is room for a handful of coins in different niches. But I have no plans of launching any future coins. DigiByte is great name & brand and I will continue to work as hard as I can to make it the best possible coin for the betterment of everyone.
Before the last few months most new coins were an honest attempt to improve crypto technology or fulfill the demand in certain niches. I am still a fan of several coins besides DigiByte that have now been overshadowed by pump & dumps. It is ridiculous how screwed up some of these launches have been. Any coin that tries to duplicate this 50% premine "airdrop" crap should be shunned right away. There is no way it will turn out good for anyone. Cryptos will continue to get more bad press as soon as this air "flop" occurs.
So count me in. This might not be the best approach but at least something is getting done. This is a movement by the Freemarket and if a group of people get together and start forking coins then I guess they were not meant to be in the first place (DigiByte included).
I am all for starting the Purge!
Edit: I am in support of informing the community about blatant scam coins and I do not believe mining to test the "security" of a scam coin that results in a fork to be illegal. However, if other illegal activities such as DDOS attacks, extortion attempts & malicious threats are taking place on here then I do not want to be a part of this or have anything to do with this movement.
I feel that getting this discussion started is very important to the survival of the alt coin community. This is the 1st place I see it taking place.
