All coins right now are investment vehicles/speculative vehicles, LBC included. I still have faith in the team and want to believe this is all part of a master plan...that they're devoting their efforts to developing the project rather than pumping hype and bullshit.
However a part of me is starting to worry. I mean why the same ultra-shitty web site for months? Why no road map/milestones? And why not a single representative on btct responding to the extreme criticism?
I get the distinct impression they want to keep things quiet "until its ready" but with the breakneck speed of crypto that tactic may simply result in a stillborn network.
They have what I consider a great brand image and a great concept a lot of folks can get down with. I just hope, for all our sakes, that's not the beginning and the end of it. I really hope these guys aren't a bunch of aspies that got too many pats on the back from mom and dad.."you can do anything!"...only to realize they bit off more than they can chew and run away tail between legs...letting the project quietly die while all of us sit here and wonder.
The team is focusing on product development, you can watch all the GitHub activity
https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-app/ /
https://github.com/lbryio/lbry/. The roadmap is located at
https://lbry.io/roadmap - sure it could be prettier, but it actually pulls from real work products as opposed to some fancy powerpoint. In terms of the website re-design - I think it's functional and to the point. I'd rather see the devs focus on the product than trying to re-design the website for marketing/hype purposes.
What type of criticism do you want the team to respond to? That the price is going down? LBRY has an active slack community here: slack.lbry.io where they handle most of the user communication. No offense to BCT, but it isn't necessarily the most engaging place to discuss product development.