Exactly its the silence that's the most discouraging. I've been in this thread for a few weeks asking about the mobile wallets or any kind of point-of-sale system and I've seen nothing that even remotely resembled progress. According to potlabs own roadmap the web wallet was supposed to be in development months ago but I'm guessing that's entirely vaporware.
This may be tin foil hat stuff but I think potlabs took over the coin for the sole purpose of a pump and dump scheme to make $ for themselves. The transition to PoSv in all honesty was a fairly simple thing to do, the code was already written they just had to integrate it. Releasing the roadmap with all the cool stuff they said they were going to do was just more bs to pump the coin. Again that's just my tin foil hat conspiracy theory but it looks more true after each day of silence.
I don't think it's tin foil hat stuff at all. Pump 'n dump schemes are pretty standard in the crypto world. Actually I shouldn't say standard, but rather the majority of the crypto world. I too believe potlabs is a pump 'n dumper. What I'm trying to figure out is if the silence is to drive the price down so they can buy back in on the cheap and make their triumphant return, or if they truly are gone for good.
What's unfortunate about all these leadership problems is Potcoin itself does have potential. Being an "old" coin listed on exchanges has value. The name Potcoin itself has value; just look at how Dogecoin took off solely for having a recognizable name/image. Forget the roadmap, all potlabs has to do is say "Hi" from time to time, keep the network stable, and copy/paste a few good ideas from other coins. That would be enough to keep potcoin around in the altcoin world as a player, maybe giving it the chance to be used at pot shops. But no, it has to be part of yet another PnD scheme.
Was anybody here around during the last community takeover? How did that work? My biggest concern is who controls the Github, Reddit, Website, this thread, and how that will be passed on to the next "leader". If whoever is in charge is determined to drive the price down, they might sabotage any community effort if they still have control.
It is irrelevant if PotLabs is absent because he unloaded at the highs and wants to buy in at the lows. The FACT is that this is a leaderless project and community. What PotLabs does or doesn't do in the future, at this stage, has no value whatsoever. And no, no one will believer anything he says anymore. No one.
This is a GREAT project. I could be very, very successful. On its own, not as part of any "alliance". It just needs a clear leadership and a clearer timeline of projects/promotion ahead.
In response to your questions, PotLab controls the Github, Reddit, Website and this thread, hence why this is what it is. That said, it can easily be taken over by simply copy/pasting the Github and fork it with a new iteration of the wallet. Volunteers? I can guarantee that this project would be VERY successful if the proper leadership is set, without changing anything but the timeline. I for one am all for it. Fuck PotLabs.