Edit: U guys where also the ones who came with the voting idea to begin with when the exchange was not online yet
We did. We started it. And for that, I personally apologize. It was MY idea. I thought it was an awesome idea. Until everyone else grabbed onto it and turned it into a profitfest.
We thought voting was the most fair way to do it. And we realized that not every coin had a community. Some coins had financial backing. So we offered a way for everyone to make a difference. Vote with your people power, or vote with your wallet.
Our entire voting phase took in just over 17 BTC, 20% we pledged to donate to charity (It went to Seans Outpost, 3.59 BTC). The rest went to help cover startup costs.
Then everyone saw our awesome idea and jumped on it, copying it exactly.
And once people had 20 places to vote, we realized that voting was no longer a bleeding edge idea. Not one to kick a dead horse we dropped it without further ado.
And once we saw what the payment part had become - a game on the part of exchanges to profit off NOT adding a coin, we were glad we dropped it.
We are about transparency and integrity. Not screwing with you guys. Not holding out a carrot until you throw enough BTC at it (or stop throwing the BTC so that the carrot is less profitable).
So, for birthing that demon of a system, I apologize. It became a bastardized version of what I intended it to be, and I'm glad we got off that train.
We strive to add any coin that requests it. We've invested thousands of dollars into wallet servers to host all the coins we have. Once a coin seems dead we remove it. Obviously not all will survive. But we'd like to have any coin that at least has a pulse to have a home somewhere.
No apologizes needed Allcrypt!, and to be honest i still like the idea!
Ppl who are dumb enough to pay 1 btc for "1000"votes on mintpay are the suckers. Who is still paying are the ones that created it together with the copycats and keeping this corrupted system of now alive even today!
When u where still using that voting page, u said on the top of the page: vote as many times as u like, and send a donation of XXXX amount of coins that u like to.
So in other words,
U didnt EVEN ASK for BTC!, u didnt said this amount XX of that coin is worth XX of votes. it was the choice of the voter how many he wanted pay or he wanted to support his favorite alt to be on an exchange
AND THAT PPL MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE OF TODAYS VOTING SYSTEM!!!
Edit:
I just think, just stop complaining*BITCHING* about a fucking fee, (a fee thats helps, so u dont have to wait 5 fucking hours and start complaining again!) and start using that great exchange.
PPL need to stop voting, u can also send a donation to me, in the end its the same results, u filling someone elses wallet, NOTHING MORE!
Also when JPC was released here i was against the Voting For Mintpal thingy, and why? that is what i mentioned above.
Ofcouse, the price of jpc rose and i made money from it sure i did, but i really still think what i said back then
IF THEY SEE THEY CAN MAKE (OR LOSE) MONEY FROM IT, THEY WILL ADD IT ANYWAY WITH OR WITHOUT YOUR TEN THOUSANDS DOLLAR VOTES!!!!
also, it SHOULD NOT BE THE WAY TO RAISE THE VALUE OF A COIN TO BEGIN WITH!