-Is Zuener still working on the review?
- no he is not, and I actually do agree you should be refunded.
-Why was the review abandoned?
- The review was abandoned for now because they decided to keep working on further additions instead of documentation, as we have have seen reduced ring signatures since then and an HD wallet. I feel it was a good move to put the review on hold, maybe you disagree, but there is nothing nefarious about what they did.
-Why did the SDC Team not admit the CN roots of SSv2 from the outset?
- To the best of my knowledge they did, the reference was in the whitepaper.
- Where is the evidence of a vote taking place for
a.) the abandonment of the review or
b.) the reduction in emission after only a few days of PoW.
- I don't recall a community vote for either of these, if they referred to a vote it was likely one within the dev team itself, I don't buy that they are required to consult the community to make those kind of decisions
- As for your last 2 question, well they kind of go into the realm of conspiracy theory, and I cannot give an answer that would satisfy you.
Have things gone perfect for this coin? no I don't think they have, there have been real issues, but also real progress. I think the team has vision, and if you decide you're not interested fine, but please drop the constant negativity towards this project.
P.S. they have been working on documentation, but it's not a priority, they feel that having that market out and working is more important, and I agree. Besides the more work that is done, the more attention Shadow will get, and thus it will be easier to get the code reviewed.
Smooth, the only reason you are here is because you want to make a competitor look bad, if this were a thread criticizing monero or aeon, I think you would most likely have agreed with my post.
Neither Monero nor AEON has a moderated ANN thread, so you are free to discuss the positives and negatives those coins on their own ANN threads without any actual or appearance of thread-starter bias. Thus there is no need for an "uncensored" discussion thread about them. That is not the case for Shadow.
As for making a competitor look bad, I don't even consider Shadow much of a competitor as it is a proof-of-stake coin and a Bitcoin fork. I don't mean that as a put down either, it is just a completely different market segment. And in fact one of my recent posts on this thread has been in support of Shadow, and I've commented in support of it on various occasions in the past.
I'm mostly in favor of uncensored discussion and letting the chips fall where they may.
As for calling a moderated thread a red flag well, should I start spamming the fuck out of this thread with memes? Would that make it obvious why a coin can't keep an un-moderated thread?
Both Monero and AEON (and many other coins) have unmoderated ANN threads which proves your statement untrue. Yes, they've had their issues with spam, trolling, etc. but open discussion coupled with the hard work of the neutral forum mods enforcing general forum rules generally keeps it under control.
Child_Harold is now going out of his way to slander a specific project
If his claims are untrue or unsupported that should be apparent to the reader. I suggest you comment on the merits to that end instead of attacking him and his motives.
Well Smooth I agree with "letting the chips fall where they may" to a point, but you have to understand that Shadow's original ANN thread was hit with some of the largest amount mudslinging I have ever seen on the net, and most threads I've seen are like that. Monero's thread is 1411 pages long, kind of hard to sift though. And hey, big surprise that you guys moved away this website for news and announcements and went to your own forum, and if Aeon picks up traction I'd be willing to bet you will do the same thing there. Shadow's ANN thread is still its main announcement thread, and for that reason it makes perfect sense to keep it moderated. If they move away from BTCT, well it might make sense to leave the thread unmoderated, but not right now.
I feel I may have come at you a bit strong before, you have said good things about the project, I shouldn't accuse you of slander, so I apologize for that. That being said I feel most of Child_Harold's points are rooted in his own frustration than anything else, if the price were higher he wouldn't be complaining, he is offloading his financial frustration onto management decisions he disagrees with.
Now I really would love for this thread to just die, and that the tone of these discussions would just ease up a bit, I'm sure we'd all like that.
