Yes just like BCH you are going to end up with a pile of the stuff. But you wont be able to spend it without compromising your privacy. They don't seem to care about this problem either. They seem to just be pretending like it doesn't exist and ignoring anyone who points it out to them. It's almost like they don't really care about building a solid project and instead are looking for a quick cash grab that doesn't really require any work on their part...
It did pump the price. Then they delayed it by a couple of months right before the air drop was supposed to happen and that's when the price fell.
I understand revealing the IP is the only concern here. So why not use Tor in the process? Like :
1- you move your coins from XMR wallet A to XMR wallet B
2- you never use XMR wallet A anymore
3- you connect to a new XMV wallet through Tor and claim your XMR using the private key of XMR wallet A
4- you shapeshift your XMV to XMR wallet B through Tor
Or am I missing something?
Revealing your IP is not the main concern.
It's an on chain fork that requires you to give them your private keys to claim your shit drop. Giving anyone your private keys is a no no but in this case it actually damages the privacy of both networks. Crazy.
Serhack's article is probably my favorite so far.