This problem highlights and illustrates the point that I was trying to make in the previous post: 1 developer cannot handle all of the problems that come up with a coin, no matter how good they are. Being anonymous makes it too tempting to quit to escape the pressure. I think that we need at least 3 full-time developers who are fully committed to UNO. 5 would be ideal. At least 2 of the 5 should be non-anonymous to give people confidence that UNO will be supported, and will not disappear like Noirbits did.
I personally think that we are just spinning our wheels until we solve this fundamental problem. I think that our main focus should be on:
- Having a fully committed core development team [NOT DONE].
- Having a good-looking website [DONE] that is constantly maintained up-to-date [NOT DONE], making the latest source AND binary versions of the UNO client available for download: Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android [NOT DONE].
- Have a good-looking block explorer [DONE] that is reliable, and kept running properly 99.999% of the time [NOT DONE].
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a dev-team of at least 3 would be good at this point. There is a lot of work to be done.
As you know my friend I'm very committed to this and this statement comes out as if you do not have faith in my work and in direction tone of not appreciating my time and effort I'm putting towards UNO and all what I have and will be doing and devalues everything I've committed towards UNO.
This is a way to tell me not to further engage in UNO developments?
Please elaborate.
~SoopY~
Hi Soopy!
No, not at all! I, and I think the entire UNO community, are EXTREMELY grateful for you and for the work that you have done and continue to do. What I am trying to say is this: UNO cannot make it to the next level with you alone. We need at least 2 to 4 more people JUST LIKE YOU. The disorganization and lack of commitment in other parts of the project UNDERMINE YOUR WORK. For example, you worked extremely hard to build a new wallet, yet the person or persons who could test the new wallet and put the new wallet on the existing website don't appear to be really committed to the UNO project. When the main block explorer for UNO gets turned off with no explanation, that undermines your work.
I have worked on A LOT of teams before, and this kind of lack of commitment from some parts of the team does NOT work. You are a true blessing to this project, but I DO NOT think that you are getting the full level of support that you need. You should NOT have to do every task necessary for UNO to thrive. Someone else that is committed to the project SHOULD be able to reliably maintain a website and a block explorer. You should just be able to release source code on Github, and be confident that another trustworthy member of the UNO community can RELIABLY, PREDICTABLY, and SYSTEMATICALLY build binaries for the most popular operating systems.
What I am asking for is for more people like you.
However, to build confidence in new UNO buyers, we need to have at least one public face who is not anonymous. If you look at ALL of the successful coins, there is at least one credible public figure who speaks for the coin. For Bitcoin, it is Gavin Andresen. For Litecoin, it is Charles Lee. For Dogecoin, it is Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer. It is okay for YOU to remain anonymous, but we need at least one figure in the UNO community to be:
a.) a person who is very public about their true identity.
b.) a figure who's technical prowess with cryptography and programming are well-documented and well-respected.
Ideally, we could use a second public person who is very good at marketing. You could lead all of these people from the background, but people will not invest significant amounts of money into this coin if ALL of the people behind it are anonymous. It's basic human psychology. People will NEVER trust a project where the people behind the project could simply disappear with no accountability. This is especially true in the cryptocurrency community that has been burned badly more than once. Nefario WAS a public figure and he STILL burned a lot of people, and so did Mark Karpeles. Here is how people will look at it: If the people behind the coin do not even have enough faith in it to stand up, reveal their true identity, and be willing to deal with the consequences if their work is found to be deficient, then why should I invest my hard-earned money in their currency?
For all we know, Satoshi is still communicating with Gavin Andresen. It does not matter, because Andresen and his team inspire confidence in the coin. So all that you need to do is to form a team around you with at least one public, competent, well-respected figure who can be the face of UNO.