Barabbas has been my strongest critic and he called me Hitler once. I do not agree with half the stuff he writes, but I do not delete his posts because debate is good and I always said that. What I dislike is when people start personally attacking others and use FUD as fact against that person's character.

I can tell you as I am less active and I just mostly observe, I see many people are just "wishing" and "hoping" instead of using their commonsense. Sometimes the answer is right in front of you if you just dare to look.

I have proven myself time and time again as being an honest and on the level guy. I recently posted pics of the makeshift card factory setup in my home, and the people who were posting FUD about the cards have magically vanished. However, not one person said.."hey since Iconic has been honest about everything he promised, why would he lie about the group manipulating the prices"? When I said I have over 2 million coins most people didn't even question if I was lying because they believed it to be true, but I am lying about the manipulation? Why would I lie about something that would surely affect the price of BC and in turn affect my portfolio? What would I have gained by lying about the group?

Sometimes it is hard to face the truth so people lash out at the person delivering the bad news because it is much easier to deny it than accept it. That is life both online and offline.

So what do I think about the future of BC? Well...lets put aside the group manipulation for a second.

Gritt is a ticking time bomb and he will show his true colors soon. The guy tried to manufacture and "give away" his own BlackCoin cards before I got the first batch from the factory. I can spot a snake a mile away and Gritt is a snake.

SoepKip is just waiting until BC gets to a certain level to cash out. Right now he is happy and excited to be doing something important with his life, but eventually he will get bored and once he is faced with over $100,000+ he will cash-out. He wont stick around long after that.

Maarx is a good kid with a future and I respect him for his honesty. He is a stand-up kid in my book, but he is is a bit naive about what is going on behind the scenes. He will probably be the first to leave when the sh!t hits the fan.

rat4 has no clue what is going on. He doesn't understand English very well and he is your typical coder...just focused on the technology. He is not interested in the business end and he will not have any effect on BC either way.

So what is my point? BC cannot succeed with this team... I do not care how many partnerships are established or how supportive the community is, without a strong experienced team BC will eventually fail.

Forget about everything else that happened this week and lets focus on the announcement of naming the PR firm. WTF was that? It has been over two months and these guys haven't learned anything from me. The one major accomplishment for this team and they announced the name of the PR firm in the middle of the week with no press release. They should have announced that they would be announcing the name on xyz date, and had a press releases ready to go live on that date. They raised all that money and you would think they would spend another $600 and make a big deal out of the announcement. I would have made sure the PR firm sent out coordinated press releases that day. Other devs are now using press releases tactics and these guys still do not get it.

I would like to make it clear, what drives me and what drives them are not the same. These poeple think BC will make them rich and they are jsutw aiting for the day to cash-out. Yes I love making money like everyone else and I wasn't here solely for the love of BC. However, I didn't care about making tons of money because that wasn't my motivation. My motivation was getting BC to the #1 spot and in the beginning I sincerely felt it had a chance. I wanted to be part of a community that knocked off the #1 coin. For me that was very exciting and fun. It is no longer fun when you have a team that has no clue WTF they are doing, and a group that is manipulating the price for their own benefit.