I don't really understand this obsession with community funds. It's nothing to do with us. How they're spent is down to the small group that controls them and has controlled them since the genesis block. They saw fit to allocate the funds to the foundation. If we'd all been taxed to fund it that would be a different matter. The only bit that is relevant to the little people is how they liquidate them and the effect on the market.

Am sure if a straightforward hard fork type thing were possible they would've done it. It's vastly less ball ache and work. It does seem dangerous to me. It's possible both chains will sink without trace and I don't get how they're going to combat that. NEM itself has always been basically invisible despite everyone's best efforts. Another one doesn't have much to build on.

As for Alex being arsey on Telegram, I probably would be too if the same old passive aggressive clueless fucks kept needling me with the same old irrelevant questions.

Other than that I don't pay attention to many other projects but I hope they don't run along the same lines. The culture that's developed is well and truly fucked up. I'd say Lon Wong is largely responsible for that. He's the one who insisted on it being closed source. He's the one who operated for a long time without telling anyone effectively anything.
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