Quote from: Boumba on September 07, 2018, 06:38:18 PM

Hi guys, I have been following that project for a long time, and I just got banned from their discord this morning. So here is my 2 cents about this project.

My mining account is one of the first in the 200 number, I was there 800k block before mining even started. So I have silently been following the project for a long time.

I only started being active on the discord recently due to some management issue. I have to say, at first it wasn't easy, lots of forking, lots of problem with the synchronization, but update after update that was taken care of. And boy, we had a good run at the updates. When I got ban, I think the wallet was at V450 or something like that. After a while tough, most of the issue went away and the project was really starting to look great and stable. The first sign I got that this was maybe a bad projet, was when a crypto expert told some of us on a separate discord that all the wallet coding and security was handled at an amateur level, and that the dev didn't want to identify himself. I didn't think much back then because, in my opinion, the project was still moving forward nicely. So I continued to follow the project, while mining on a rented VPS to get some coins while I was able to.

Then came the trouble. Because, like the crypto expert told us before, the coding of the wallet was pretty bad, someone found a way to optimize the integrated CPU miner. And by optimizing, I mean LIKE REALLY BAD. This is when Vtools, main devs of the project, started to act crazy, and he was not the only one. When most of the discord found out that someone was able to mine almost all the blocks by himself, many people started acting crazy and throwing rocks at "possible gpu miner" and "possible hacker" and such and such... In a big turn of event, the main support actor, Nakashu, was fired (because dev suspected he was the "GPU miner"), the main escrow was strip of his title and people were asked to escrow through dev himself (yup you red that right), and everything went overboard, new mods, new support, everything done without any announcement or reason. That's when I realized that this project was a one man show. Nakashu was probably the best support any dev would want to have with them, he was patient, respecfull and helpfull to everybody, even in the darkest hour of the coin.

Not only that, but the other dev, the one that was able to optimize the miner, was treated as a robber, and was crucified on the general channel before people actualy got to know who he was. Little bit after that, someone on the discord posted part of the code that was responsible for the automatic update of the wallet. That's when I decided to stop mining and removed my wallet. Part of that code, actually allow the main dev to run any string of command on the installed node. Security issue anybody? That same function was then used to update the wallet and ban the optimized mining account, ban any account above number 8210, and who knows what else! Basically the main dev, can do whatever he wants with his chain. I wouldn't mind to much if this was a close project for a private company, but this is public crypto domain, and as such, every huge action like banning an account should be AT LEAST submitted to public vote.

After a lot of active discussion, many of us tried to state that, if there was a better optimized miner, we should try to work with that dev, and bring the optimized cpu miner to everybody. But Vtools is still convinced that this is a GPU miner, and doing everything in his power to stop GPU mining, FPGA or asic mining.

I also realized that this project was starting to be rotten, when another dev from another coin, had interest in this project. He actually came on their discord to ask very important questions (how are orphan block gonna be handled when the chain get decentralized, why is the chain taking so long to sync if there is not that many transactions, etc.). He was welcomed by comments like "why are you attacking this project" and such. For those of you who are wondering, the chain and the mining right now are considered centralized because you can only mine on one miner and in only "one pool" as this is a "the wallet is the miner" kinda deal. And since everything is controlled by the main dev, and that we now know that other miner could potentially be banned from the chain, i doubt it will change anytime soon.

Now why was I banned? Because this morning I had the bad idea about starting a discussion with "the former escrow stripped of his title" about a FPGA that was able to mine Sha3 algo (the same algo used by Tera). Apparently, one of the mod didn't liked our discussion and we were both banned from the discord, without notice. The only thing we saw before getting banned, is that our messages were getting erased. From what I know, our whole discussion was remove from that channel.

So there you go, if you think about investing in Tera, please be carefull. Know that this is a coin controled by only one guy (vtools), that you are not allowed to have an open discussion about other mining equipment that CPU, that the rules can change without any notice or asking the community first. If you are mining with a better miner or equipment, be carefull as your mining account might be banned from the network if you win to many blocs. If this was supposed to be the next ETH with smart contract and everything, this is mission failed in my oppinion.

And before I go! I still have 150k Tera to sell, if anybody is interested still after my post, you can contact me!

Cheers and good luck to the investors

hello, yesterday you were excluded from the server of discord. Sorry, I sympathize with you, but there were reasons. In response to my actions, you continued! But I would not want the community to lose you, you are an interesting person! Tell me, why did you abuse the channel and continue the floods during my actions? We will wait for you if you decide to return. I'll bring a public apology, I really feel guilty.