Re: [ANN] [XEL] :: Elastic - The Decentralized Supercomputer ::

I saw this question on the Slack... it didn't get any answers and I have the same question myself so I thought I'd copy and paste it here:

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hi all, i am really interested in this project but i am wondering - who "owns" elastic, i.e. not just who's the dev but who is going to be the "face" for elastic. the reason i ask is because i know that to get on bittrex, someone will need to verify their identity

I doubt Elastic devs will allow to disclose their identities, so if that's the requirement from exchange, then the exchange will probably lose their part of the precious fees from Elastic trading.
If Elastic market will be big enough I'm pretty sure such exchange will have to make an exception and list Elastic anyway, or they will just earn nothing.
After all, no one was requiring Satoshi ro reveal himself in order to get BTC listed right?

no body "owns" elastic...it is an open source project..anyone can join, contribute or be a part of it

You guys do realize that if nobody takes "ownership" of Elastic (i.e. nobody wants to reveal their identity) then that prevents XEL from ever being traded on the only exchanges that matter - Poloniex and Bittrex

It's gonna be kinda hard to hit that 100 million dollar marketcap trading on Yobit and Bitcointalk threads.

I've said the same last year, no one believed me. I checked again with the exchanges (Polo, Bittrex) and yes they need someone fully identified. Yes you have your Bitcoin and your NXT but all exchanges, specifically US ones, have become a lot more strict the last 2 years. Someone with some technical knowledge would ideally take the responsibility to be the (unofficial) lead of the project and fully verifies himself with the exchanges. They need a point of contact and if they need help with the wallet ideally that would be a technical person.