Please don't engage in this project driven by Bulgarians unless you read all my posts.
They had plenty of time to show the direction and that time revealed that it will never become a mainstream blockchain. It hasn't been built with any cryptocommunity standards. The founders has been dishonest (find out what they did to Zack Hess) looking for funds mainly (ICO, BRI as the first and the only effective governance vote), authoritarian (no discussion about monetary policy).
Some funds collected in ICO might be transferred from https://aeventures.io/ which was focused on Aeternity to another entity created (Meta Change Capital VC Fund http://mcc.capital/) and announced this year by Nikola Stojanow which is not focused on Aeternity. The creation of Meta Change Capital VC Fund (MCC) shows that founders of Aeternity are loosing focus on Aeternity and are quickly redefining their strategy. There is no public statement what happened with funds from ICO and where they are now. Actions are not transparent. Many top managers left Aeternity. Just match puzzles, think about action taken and judge yourself.
You won't find information like that on their censored official communication channels. And yes, they have blocked me there. Hi @zahl, thx for your constructive criticism. So, let's tackle your points:
Every startup might have disagreements between founders to be solved in many ways depending on concrete situations and points of disagreement, this is not dishonesty, it is just real life.
The direction was stated long ago and such an ambitious vision needs time to be implemented before implementing new directions, today built- in oracles , state channels and naming services are in production at the protocol core, name other blockchain comparable in terms of security, scalability, efficiency and use cases enabled.
At the beginning of the network some decisions have been taken by the core team as in other networks for i.e network security reasons. If you want to be fast and effective in a dynamic market some decisions have to be effectively taken.
Now the network is more mature and ready to start implementing decentralized governance methods that are currently in discussion as part of aeternity ethos which has not changed. But as discussed with some community members in one Superhero League episode, mechanisms have to be proposed BY THE COMMUNITY—that includes you, if you are still part of it.
Monetary policy is clearly stated (you can see it here
https://www.aeknow.org/miner/inflation) and anyone in the community can start a debate about it which might end up in a governance vote.
While a part of the founding team has left, others are onboarding as a natural cycle in any organization. This is just how projects evolve.
Constructive criticism is allowed on the forum—as evidenced by the forum thread you linked. And no, there was no mention of Yanislav having left the project in that thread. Twisting words does not help. Of course, trolls making serious accusations without any basis are banned—just like in any other channel.
About MCC capital, this is a very serious allegation (even though you use "might be transferred") and is completely false. The fact that members of the team start their own investment venture does not mean that there is any relationship with ae other than a good relationship and exploration of possible synergies. No funds are being transferred from ae to mcc capital. But æternity start-ups and developers are absolutely welcome to apply for funding from MCC.
Use of funds is easy, resources are needed to continue development and operations.
Only time will tell whether æternity will never get to be a mainstream blockchain. But with continuous development of æternity’s superior tech, it’s likely you will be proven wrong. æternity has survived several crypto market crashes—precisely because it relies on tech building rather than hype. Lots of projects have died out, yet here they are. 😉
Anyhow, the public is free to propose improvements and projects for æternity. That includes you.