so... you create a clone with a very small additional idea that could potentially save a ton of room on a hard drive in the long run.  Then say your going to release it and allow the first XXXXX blocks (nobody knows yet because "bitmessage v2 is in development")to have the bloatware chat? Contradict you plan and show nothing of the "open" code your referring to for the V2.0?  I don't really foresee this as any better then talkcoin since it quite literally is JUST A CLONE, thats it! So when you fail to release your v2.0 code within a couple weeks of launch you will be in the same position as talkcoin so I really dont see whats special? Wheres the proof of concept? How is v2 going to work vs the original? What are you doing yourself to promote chatcoin? Who are your team members and what do they have to offer?

Pump n dump anyone?

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Back on topic.. I hope those that choose to support this effort aren't burnt :/.  Don't say I didn't warn you . Without a valid response to this post I would move on and mine TAC as it was the first and likely will continue to grow.. Without a reasonable response, not worth the risk. Good luck .