Quote from: rtrtcrypto on February 16, 2016, 08:20:35 PM

"Welcome to the real world. IOTA is real world tech, not crypto-speculation-pump-and-dump"

Great. Where is the software I paid for then? I paid for a product, ok... I'm waiting to take possession of it.

Interesting, because I have not seen you participate in the initial testing in Ryver, even though I invited you quite some time ago.

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I'm curious, you are not one of the technical developers, correct? You don't work on the math, nor the protocol itself, nor are you a cryptographer, etc. Is this correct? Because if you guys (IOTA TEAM) are just responsible for developing software (technical work) and you are not one of the developers or programmers or cryptographers. Then why exactly are you being paid? As you said yourself, the responsibility of the team is just to develop the technology and nothing else.

First of all you are vacuously postulating that either of us is 'getting paid' X, Y, Z. The funds we got from the software sale goes toward 3 things: paying VAT tax on the sale itself (this is how the real world works), toward IOTA development and R&D for our hardware start-up. This is something we disclosed on day 1.

You are 100% entitled to ask about my role in IOTA, I thought by this point it was self-evident, but I have no problem answering: I am the architect of the project. IOTA came about as a result of my vision for Fog and Mist computation requiring a compensation layer, which is why we started our hardware start-up too. Given that I was so fortunate to be in a position of working with CfB and Serguei in our hardware start-up it was a no-brainer that these would be the ones who flesh out the tech itself. This is also why CfB repeatedly state that his role is developer. In addition to this I am the manager that takes care of everything else from setting up the website, orchestrating the entire crowdsale, doing all the branding, PR and marketing, getting big companies involved, getting academics involved, setting up events, getting other crypto projects involved, to more mundane things like talking to lawyers, registering company and paying the bills. So now you know my role in IOTA and maybe have a better understanding of why I refuse to take orders from you as if you owe me somehow, soon you'll see just how much extra free work I have done to make your software a lot more useful while you only sat here complaining about not being allowed to be a slave master.

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There is also another contradiction, you say that you don't care about speculators and the market doesn't matter and that only the technology is important. Then what drama is caused by any speculator? If the market around your product is not important to you - as you say, the software sale is OVER and you are just responsible for the tech. So, what exactly is the drama that is to be avoided?

Have I said the market is not important? No. I have said that in order for IOTA to succeed the focus of the community has to be on technological adoption and NOT random speculator fluctuations in the first weeks. What drama that is to be avoided? This sort of drama that you instigate, which we sadly have to waste time on. This time that I have to respond to you and other trolls like you would be 100x better spent on virtually anything else, but since you purchased IOTA I feel compelled to respond to your paranoid ideas, no matter how delusional. Again this is the pleasure of leading a project. /s

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Lastly, I'm not interested in having you take me seriously or not seriously - you miss the point again. People are (rightfully) questioning why they should take YOU seriously.

So far you are the only person that somehow managed to miss my role in IOTA, so you are also the first person to ask why you should take me seriously. My answer: if you don't feel like it, don't. Whether you take me serious or not does not impact my life in any measurable way, so do whatever makes you feel better.

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I bought "software" that I intend to use... having said that, my use of the network will be dependent on its value which is dependent on its use - your actions and words make me believe that you are hurting the future use of MY software which I paid to have and use. As such, I take issue with you and your tone in so far as it hurts my future use of what I paid to have.

This is just getting beyond nonsensical at this point. The use of IOTA is not dependent on the value of it, you can use it as software however you like regardless of 'value' on exchanges. So your entire argument is flawed from start. Hell, even at 0 value you can still use it, so you get exactly what you paid for. This has been the point we have been emphasizing constantly: if you want it to increase in value DO SOMETHING USEFUL, stop just sitting on a random crypto forum talking.

And for the final time again: I, as well as CfB have emphasized that we do not want the project to be dependent on one person or a handful of people. IOTA is decentralized, people are allowed to do with it as they wish, so stop trying to put me in some "You are the ruler of IOTA" position and try to make it entirely reliant on me. With that said I can guarantee you that there is no single person that has done more to increase the value of IOTA than the person you are vacuously attacking just now.

This will be my last reply to you as it is beyond obvious that you are either really just a troll or delusional and think that you somehow owe me and CfB because you bought some product we developed. And just to prove my point again: I am willing to reimburse you for the IOTAs you purchased so that I can have them in my possession instead if you truly believe the drivel that you spew.