Quote from: altcoingood on October 01, 2014, 02:31:27 PM

Quote from: Beachguy on October 01, 2014, 01:59:04 PM

It has survived worse, has a great name (that's what dvd wants) and I believe the Swiss have the coins best interest at heart. They're not new comers and own a lot of coin.

I am not sure an endorsement by me carries any weight but I also like the swiss. We communicated a little bit about mining while we were still scrypt-based. I also think they can carry the coin a long way.

I am very hesitant with the duke because his demeanor is just shitty.

And I am NOT saying my demeanor is better but he says he will steal the coin if he does not get it freely.

I'd go with the swiss... I'll get back when I have tried porting some of the oensource merchant APIs that people here linked to, thanks people. They look like better alternatives than "straight"-merchant API which is very new.

And JUST UNDERLINING IT AGAIN:

We can all create karma-related services. The swiss, TheLittleDuke, me, anyone else. Because I dislike thelittleduke does not mean that he cannot create karma-stuff. He is more than welcome to create karma-services, APIs, infrastructure. So no one is out even if he wants to make it sound like if he does not get the karma name that karma will die and the only way he can "do" stuff is by getting the name....And if he does not he will simply create Karma2. Ridicilous.

Put up some services and let the community decide if they like your services and trust you.

I totally agree with you most of the time -- it's just that your thin-skinned nature just makes you look like a hypocrite. Between your viper-tongue and your wounded-soldier routine, seriously are you bi-polar? And from what others have been telling me about you in private posts, I'm not the only one who's noticed.

Personally, and this is probably going to come as a complete surprise to most of you, I could care less if you LIKE me. What matters more is whether or not I can competently execute. Management and structure is not a popularity contest -- show me where that has served anyone's long term interests in the real world.

I'm sorry if I'm not a sycophantic cheer leader. I'm trying to bring an unbiased outside perspective to your actual dire situation. I'm not going to sugar coat anything.

The only WEIGHT I've thrown around is the offer to host core services and pay for API development as well as other bounties.

I've OFFERED to host the development in a legal non-profit digital trust for the benefit of the community.

Your coin has a great name, but when people start cashing out and the exchanges no longer find it profitable to support your transactions it will die.

What your coin needs is a new lease on life -- one with a purpose that transcends rewarding miners and investors.

The LLC was sham -- as was the disingenuous lill.com offer and all those other faux adjunct "services" -- you know it, I know it, and the Swiss most certainly know it.

I'd like to think that my hard questions as well as paying an attorney to review it's legality helped play some small part in bringing that to light. Because it was just a matter time before one of you complained to the SEC who would have most certainly come down on KOSMOST like a ton of bricks.

So again, if you're interested in building this coinbase on transparency and with a purpose, I think you'll find my offer to be the only one still on the table:

+ Centralized problem manage and actual accountability
+ Project management methodology to triage, score and manage workflow
+ Free hosting services for seed nodes and check-pointing servers
+ Consistent and reliable wallet generation and development
+ Community driven consensus model that helps to govern the coins use and development
+ Software bounty matching funds from Strength in Numbers Foundation

There is nothing to "steal" -- everything you can do in Karma we can do in 2Give -- wouldn't it be more satisfying if the power went to Karma?

One other small request? Try assuming "good intentions" the next time you hit "quote/reply" -- I'm certainly giving you all a free pass ;-)

-dvd