Quote from: morvillz7z on March 08, 2020, 06:12:01 PM

What happened: MetalBlock have plagiarized their WP off various places, absolutely no links to sources present.

Reference Link: https://metalblock.io/

Announced by: alexgeller22

ANN: [ANN] Metal Block ⚡ A Token Backed by Gold ⚡

Flag 1: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;flag=1437

MetalBlock's whitepaper is highly plagiarized, they are also using text spinners to avoid detection which i find even more damning.
Another gold-backed ERC20 shit token on the horizon as if we don't have enough of those already.

Some good ol' TEXT SPINNING:

On the left side is MetalBlock's spinned text and on the right side, we have the source goldencurrency WP.

https://goldencurrency.world/white_paper_eng.pdf

Word for word copy:

https://www.transparencymarketresearch.com/gold-market.html

https://bitrezus.com/ico-ieo-sto-development/

Archive of the website: https://web.archive.org/web/20200308180912/https://metalblock.io/
Archive of the ANN: http://archive.md/Z7B3C
Archive of the whitepaper: https://web.archive.org/web/20200308181013/https://metalblock.io/whitepaper.pdf

Hello Dear , Thank you for your comment and attention to this project. Let us clarify once again all points in order to avoid any misunderstandings in the future.
First, the person, who was hired to do white paper probably took some inspiration in writing from other sources. Since, exist similar projects with a similar concept. And he is already facing the consequences, be sure. But the fact is not white paper, its about documentation and proofs.
Second, The Metalblock project is REAL. Every single documentation about mineral report, geological analyses , and license permission can be checked and double-checked in real time in the official sources. Here is the link. https://metalblock.io/documents/ And all of them are disclosed in a clear and transparent way.
Third, if you are really interested in investment into this project, we are more than happy to give you more information, facts and proofs to make you sure in reality of this project. Thank you for your comment. We appreciate it.