Somebody wrote this about me in private. Lol. I guess I sort of played that role for Dash. I remember that.
You have made plenty of positive contributions and you have helped many projects. Some may not have liked your approach, but plenty of people have benefited whereas you have provided challenges, made people think and changed their path - they may have benefited but not given you anything in return, not even an acknowledgement. Sadly, I have to put Darkcoin into this category. The masternode concept was largely Evan's invention, but it was born, in my opinion, from your contributions and challenges to Evan on various sybil attacks.
Btw I did receive some remuneration and small angel investment from a few in return. Mucho gracias.
Any way now is time to really get healthy and make something happen. Need to decide on a direction. And I don't have any ill feelings towards any coin nor group. My challenge is figuring out where I fit in.
Lead developer is the best role for me because I like a free reign to innovate. Some people had asked me to consider contributing my anonymity algorithm to Monero and so I made this thread because of Shen's Reddit announcement. I have since discovered that Shen's design can probably suffice for Monero at least for a first version. So I don't think it is really that compelling that they need my design. I think the Monero community is contented with their progress and team of contributors. Don't you think guys it is sort of a waste to take a very creative guy like me and try to get me to conform to the larger inertia already in Monero? That is not me. I am a free bird. I go off and tinker and sometimes (not every time) produce very creative products. Wouldn't it be better for our community if I am off taking a stab at the other problems such as block chain overhaul that are not going to be on Monero's radar for some time yet?
your best is copy/edit of shadowcoin zero knowledge, if you even have that kind of coding knowledge.