We tried to consider as many variables as possible. There really was no perfect solution. The coin had been dormant for so long, that we thought we needed to move quickly to galvanize the community.
If we had given 14 days notice, then on the 15th day someone would have said they weren't given enough time. I knew that going into the process. What is the number of days that would have balanced every single person's interests? There is none!
We felt that posting in the thread, contacting people via private message, posting a clock on the thread and website, updating Twitter every day, and adjusting the thread title was a pretty big effort to make people aware of what was going on.
I understand that some people may be displeased with the result, so I did show concern for their situation.
There was only 1 person that showed any real disdain for the process, and they decided to use vulgar language rather than engage in an intelligent discussion.
I am doing the absolute best I can. I believe I am very quick to address people's question in the thread and private message.
Clearly I have and will continue to make mistakes. I have used probably 200 hours of my time and my own money to work on this coin. There was no pre-mine or IPO, so I am basically working for free.
Will continue to work hard for the community as long as that makes sense and people think I am doing a good job.
No doubt, I also understand your point of view. Let's take the US example again: you come home from your Holidays and want to get some money from the bank. They tell you in a very polite tone that you missed a timeline and your Money is now nonexistent. Would you stay calm? Would you say "Oh, I see, may I kindly ask for the reason?" even without being sarcastic?
I would like to know how many People missed the timeline and what's the amount of coins they lost. Maybe we as a community can come up with a solution then. I am not talking about a 100% reimbursement, but maybe we can make up for a little. I am not asking you in the first place. I agree you need to be compensated for your work. As I do not know how much you are holding, I cannot require you to give up anything. Nevertheless, those that - in relative terms - hold a lot, might be willing to put up a small a fund and reimburse those that have lost their coins.
As you said, there were only few people approaching you - even better! It can't be that bad then for a community to make up for that.
It seems that there was a slight over reaction to a legitimate concern. Personally I think utilizing the "are you autistic" can hardly be considered vulgar unless you are so caught up in political correctness. It was however a knee-jerk reaction, but I think we are all prone to that from time to time. Given the context of the entire timeline it was also unfair. I think it is probably more effective to just come out and say, hey this may not be truly ample notice. Certainly some consideration for those that are late would be nice, even if not practical.
Well said and nice to see I am not alone with my point of view. Also, you guys know that for a community, this would probably a novum in this very often corruptive cryptoworld. I would very much like the idea to set new standards here as a community.
Now this is more like it. Civil conversations.
First off I have to agree with CN. There is no timeline that he could have possibly created that would please everyone. 7 days is short but the conversation went on far longer than that.
The biggest thing to consider is time in the crypto world. Think about the thousands of coins that have been created and how quickly people lose interest. If CN decided 30 days till the change 3/4 of the people would have forgotten. 7 days (after the weeks of voting) was fair in my opinion.
As far as the "loss" of money. I just don't buy that. I highly doubt anyone spent more than $10 on XSS in its first form. Yes they spent money on electricity mining but still.
I personally have already done what you are implying needs to be done. This community is already the "novum" you spoke of. I have offered to help two people. One excepted but another (who lost 20k) excepted the fact that this is the crypto world and declined.
I have no problem with helping to remedy the issue but we do have to come down to the final point. You can't please all the people all the time.
CN is absolutely top notch and this coin has a crazy bright future. Him and his team brought this back from nothing and the next phase will propel it even further.
I appreciate the civil discussion and I invite any comments or disagreement. This is after all the open crypto world.
Cheers
