Quote from: contraband on June 05, 2018, 02:17:00 AM

Quote from: boxalex link=topic=2353282.msg39351224#msg39351224 date=1528108927

Quote from: JoenNL on June 04, 2018, 10:31:25 AM

Many coins are 1on1 copies (some with small changes), ETN isn't a simple copy from Monero.
ETN is an very tweaked monero.

You can't compare it with other coins what has forked. Also the diff was very, very high because of al the asic miners. Other coins also didnt had this problem.

If it was just an copy from monero i would totally agree with you, however it is not a simple copy. And problems are there to be fixed

Even more reason than to have a good dev team and experts.

Just in generally: I personally have my problems with projects that have good marketing teams, 1000 advisors, make daily a video, have mods/admins on
20 channels but only 1 dev. (Just as an example).

In my opinion the technical advance must be priority, than everything else. Just as a side note as i see many projects focus a lot on marketing but fail to
deliver/develope technicaly..... The best example for that is Verge, hype and always back to the roots.... I have still believe in this project, but as we are
on day 6 now without transacations (maybe even without accepted blocks?!) i strongly advice to investe more on the technically side.

Dont let the current situation fool you; trust me.

They have a patent for Instant Transactions Tech. They hired a Monero Dev and have other blockchain experts.

They are not the "deer in headlights" regarding tech as they are preceived to be.

Lets just say, step back and look big picture and things make more sense

Yes i also remember u guys hired an Ericcson engineer?
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrelpg/

@boxalex, i think that u think in the wrong way (excuse me if i'm wrong),
Do you mean centralize/decentralize or closed source / opensource?
What i am trying to say: ETN is opensource, but like in the whole tech world, some patents are very, very important to secure your business model.

If you want that some technique u create will be able to use in the real world (like instant payments in this way ETN is doing), u must have an patent on it.
Still, every dev in this world is free to create his own technique. So they are blocking nobody on this way, they just secure there own technique what is normall (beter, its very good that they have an patent on this).

Also, what if ETN didnt get a patent on that technique, and what if another team decide to patent it.. ETN would lose there own technique, so before someone else get a patent, you must be first. So yes, it's very good that ETN decide to patent an usefull technique what they created.

I hope u can see it on this way so it makes more sense for you (because i didn't even start about all the positive things about this patent. 1st, they got an stamp on there name in the tech world by this patent)