Here is the original announcement thread of Viacoin, started on July 18th 2014:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=699278.0Segwit was supposed to be activated earlier but Romano ran into a bug that was hard to solve. Once it was solved he still needed to wait for Wang Chung to signal it. Wang was on a business trip so it took him quite a while. He tweeted about signalling for Viacoin on July 29th:
https://twitter.com/f2pool_wangchun/status/891130408988942337Do you really think a big player like Wang Chung would even bother to help Viacoin signal for Segwit if it was a pump/dump coin?
If you are into trading/altcoins and you don't know who Otoh is I probably shouldn't even bother to take you seriously. I'm really looking forward to seeing that article of yours.
"The Premium Information Service"..... Riiiiiight.
Yes, I know it was supposed to be activated earlier (about 20 days earlier than the original announcement!).
That's another thing - everyone is ok with the VIA mining pool belonging to one man? Holy shite. Why would Wang Chung help? Because he seems like a helpful guy, simple as that. Oh, and there are tons of centralized mining pools for these cryptos because they are easy money, so maybe that's a factor too!
Of all the posts I have read and altcoins I have looked into, the name "Otoh" has not come up once. Maybe he is less important than you think?
I'm confused what point you are arguing with me...I have asked these two questions:
Who the hell is Otoh?
Where is the recognition?
And neither were answered.
There is public proof of what I'm staying yet there is still HUGE disregard to what I'm saying. I'm 100% open to being wrong, but god damn you guys have to try at least! So far there has been nothing new contributed to this conversation that convinces me otherwise.
Segwit in VIA is not the dev's doing. Look at his commit history.
"The Premium Information Service"..... Riiiiiight.
Ooooof right in the kisser!!