Quote from: dan7777777 on November 12, 2014, 02:37:51 PM

Hi all. Fairly new to this. Does the ITO have a date?

Q1 2015 was the estimation someone announced.

Quote from: synechist on November 12, 2014, 03:01:44 PM

I have a clarification from mprep about where to put threads:

"The ANN should serve as a place for official general discussion, rather than another thread."

That's silly. An ANN isn't really an ANN if people are using it for daily discussion.

To all,

I really think this place is falling behind the times. I know it's still the first stop for a lot of folks first getting their feet wet in crypto, but it's time to recognize that this forum just doesn't provide an environment for alt coins to thrive and start thinking of ways to move beyond this place.

The argument for not doing so is always that 'this place gets all the traffic, no one ever uses the XC IRC or XCTalk forum.' It cannot be denied that there is some truth to that. I've sat in IRC with no one talking, I've seen how little activity is on the XCTalk forums.

But here's what that says to me:

The number of people who actually give a shit about XC for the purposes of following its tech development is smaller than this place would have you believe. The increased amount of traffic that we get here are either trolls or people coming here looking for news so that they can speculate and trade for more BTC or get their jollies off when they see their 'estimated BTC value' rise. It's all about the BTC here.

BTC is great and it's valuable right now, but if you are into alts you should also consider that this whole thing is about best positioning yourself within the whole crypto landscape. Blockchain tech is here to stay and it's not just about BTC anymore.

I guess maybe it'd behoove the team to think of what kind of environment or platform best fits the overall goals of this project. I think it's become clear what kind of environment or platform this place has become.