Pretty sure this whole thing is a scam/pump and dump. So many inconsistencies. In the Medium article linked below, "Daniel Treccia" (Probably Vlad2Vlad) says that Open SSL is the only way forward if cryptos are to be integrated into Visa cards and whatever, since only that is compliant with the "PCI DSS 1.2.3":

https://medium.com/@danieltreccia/reminder-about-visa-mastercard-bitcoin-debit-cards-bd7db09b60e5

But if you read the documents on PCI DSS 1.2.3, it clearly states multiple times that SSL is very unsecure:

"Note that some protocol implementations (such as SSL, SSH v1.0, and early TLS) have known vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to gain control of the affected system."

"Note: SSL/early TLS is not considered strong cryptography and may not be used as a security control, except by POS POI terminals that are verified as not being susceptible to known exploits and the termination points to which they connect as defined in Appendix A2."

Source:

https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/documents/PCI_DSS_v3-2-1.pdf


Furthermore, Daniel several times cites and links to a white paper from zerocoin.org, and uses it in his argumentation. However, that white paper doesn't even pertain to I0C, but is instead the "old version" of Zcash, as they clearly state on their webpage:

From their webpage: "Zerocash, the protocol that succeeded Zerocoin, is being developed into a full-fledged digital currency, Zcash."

Here's the link to the white paper from zerocoin.org, which Daniel/Vlad2Vlad "thinks" (wants you to think) is the white paper of I0C (which actually doesn't even have a white paper):

http://zerocoin.org/media/pdf/ZerocoinOakland.pdf


And here's the articles written by Daniel/Vlad2Vlad, where he talks about the white paper:

https://medium.com/@danieltreccia/jeff-garziks-met-comes-from-the-zero-i0-address-d3ca6d8613c2

https://medium.com/@danieltreccia/the-real-bitcoin-i0c-hash-160-matches-dvc-public-key-output-to-bitcoin-8d6262f2c9e2

I like how he in one of the articles writes something to the effect of: "Nobody reads white papers nowadays" - while he himself brings up an entirely different white paper in several articles, that doesn't even pertain to I0C. Wakey wakey!

And then there's the similar Hash 160 he talks about (ba507bae8f1643d2556000ca26b9301b9069dc6b) :

I might not be a dev, programmer or even a miner, but I'm not an idiot. Since I0C and BTC are being merge mined, it should be logical that there's a correlation between some hashes, addresses and what not. The two chains have to somehow communicate/work together in order for merge mining to be possible. So there's nothing weird about that at all.

And then there's the unsecure  https on izerocoin.org - I'm not gonna download and/or unzip anything from that page, and neither should you guys. The wallets probably contain viruses etc. so Vlad2Vlad or whoever is also behind this (could be more people), can install keyloggers and what not on your computers, so they can drain you totally. Be careful.

To all you potential victims out there - think about this: BTC has existed for almost 10 years now.. Isn't it a bit weird that none of the brilliant minds, or big miners or anyone at all have discovered this, if this was actually true? It's a bit like the Flat Earth theory.. Just random numbers and a lot of mumbo jumbo and buzzwords, but no actual substance - and then unknowing noobs only scratching the surface fall for it and pump the coin, and Vlad2Vlad will of course then dump it on them.

I also fell for it (Yes, I'm also a noob), but quickly got a bit suspicious, since it's too good to be true, so I started digging into it. Fortunately, I was able to sell at a small profit.