W.r.t. to WAVES, Charles is ostensibly very wisely making sure he and his company are not associated with the ostensibly illegal selling of unregistered investment securities to USA investors:
I applaud Charles' statements and actions in this thread and in the quoted video.
Disclaimer: IANAL, so make sure you consult your own attorney. My statements are my personal opinions.
question to charles why dont you join
Can't you read between the lines that Charles is distancing himself and his company from the investment securities law implications of ICOs.
He is all for collaboration of the technology. So he won't "join" in the sense of being tied into a promotion of an ICO. He will be amiable with those who want to develop the technology around block chains.
His actions and the way he has stated it is very professional.
Please stop berating Charles.
Can we get some clarity why you were listed on the team page please. Also I appreciate the answers.
This is why I got so angry. There is no formal relationship. Waves should have not listed Alex as a team member. Alex nor I were consulted in this decision. Using someone's name or work to raise millions of dollars is a serious concern and should not be taken lightly.
Scorex isn't designed to be a full and secure cryptocurrency. It's a great platform for rapid experimentation, which is badly needed in academia and industry. In fact in the announcement of scorex, there was some text criticizing ICOs. It's one of the reasons I loved the project when I found it last year.
This is not a debate about open source. Not once has anyone said scorex cannot be used. It's an argument about iohk personnel being represented as employees or partners of another Venture for the purpose of raising millions of dollars. It is something that I cannot permit. I asked privately for it to stop and then had to escalate after the waves project continued to imply via proxies a relationship.
I assume it will stop now so I wish the project well and the best of luck.