Hey alphi

yeah i contacted Soopy to check out our coin. i was hopping it was not a issue that would require hard fork but seems like we can't escape it.

Yes an other hard fork might hurt us but this is something we have to fix before it escalates to major issues that would really hurt our network. I don't think we should do it asap as i am still trying to return the lost coins to users before they will need to update. How ever this is something we should definitely start to consider and figure out if there is something else we need to modify. Sure we might risk having Cryptsy annoyed and delist us but i think it's better to find out if they will delist us out of annoyance rather then double spends and/or forks issues.

We , Karma users, have been through worse. Let's all come together one more time and openly find the best solution

125mm

LOL that is so dramatic. BCT is absolutely not the reason for a coins life or death. It's just a good place to get started... I'm cool with BCT until it becomes a drain on resources. If it turns into a warzone again I would not have a problem abandoning the thread and move to r/viacoin or another forum environment.  Reddit is actually a much better environment and we should start using it more often *anyway*, regardless of this thread.

I was led to believe there was much more happening and now I suspect that's not really the case, which is why I think the best approach moving forward for the community as well as the project is to take assessment of what's happening, what exactly funds have been used for to date, and how much of the original funds remain.  

As far as my involvement goes, from the beginning, I've pushed this coin behind the scenes.  I've probably been one of the largest evangalists for the coin.  Hell, I even converted 200k VIA for XCH even though I wasn't totally excited about a second raise, but wanted to support the coin properly.  I introduced Btcdrak to Expresscoin, and pushed to have Expresscoin adopt VIA (which eventually fell through because Btcdrak mishandled the press release and ran it without their review).  Ultimately this cost me my relationship with Expresscoin, as their CEO was going to add the coin as a personal favor.  I'm pointing this out specifically as an example about the level of involvement that I've had with this coin, and that when I say there are things happening behind the scenes I typically am in the know.  With this coin, while before I thought a lot more was happening, I'm beginning to suspect that's no longer the case and I have some very serious concerns.

I tend not post too often, but I have a history of working closely with alt coins and helping them achieve their goals.  Fwiw, I was also personally responsible for having DRK added to Bitfinex, I helped create the Darkcoin Foundation, I brought aboard the single largest investors to both DRK and VIA, among other things (if you would like other examples of my involvements).  

At this point I think it's best to get some transparency, and go from there.

Otoh and I have basically written off our investments in VIA and XCH (between the syndicate of investors I work with it is around 3M VIA).  A lot has been mishandled behind the scenes.  At this point, I'd like to see some transparency as to how the original funds have been used and how much of the original funds remain.  I've been very close with the projects since it's inception.  It's probably best to just disclose everything so the community knows where things stand moving forward.  

I think the window of opportunity VIA ever had has been missed, mostly due to Btcdraks inability to create any sort of meaningful adoption of VIA.  

I'll be putting a more official post together soon, but in the meantime feel free to ask any questions.

-masternode

Don't forget to sound the alarm when you consider it's time to panic, ok? https://bitcoinwisdom.com/markets/bittrex/viabtc

And please don't cowardly cry FUD when criticism about lack of activity or, worse, lack of MEANINGFUL activity is obvious during periods of months at a time. And just coding a few lines is not MEANINGFUL ACTIVITY. I don't think anyone is complaining -or selling- because VIA is lagging technologically but, where exactly is this project going? what is being done to achieve goals of growth, adoption, use-case? Or are we just hoping and prying that people will buy into this for no reason whatsoever? Where is the road map and where are we on it at this point in time? Are new strategies being considered since the price has been decimated in the last few months?

Positivism without reason is just soylent green, ok? Everyone would be more than positive if there were REASONS for it. As it stands, there are none.

I was wondering where you had gotten to!

Where is the community manager?

What? Did you read the list? Finally getting rid of shitcoins like these is the most promising thing I've seen Bittrex do lately...

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Would be nice to have an answer of my legitimate concerns from the top viacoin community members..kamala, yingsena, or btcdrak himself. Or even that Erik Kohler (?) guy who's supposed to be the Viacoin Community manager that we haven't heard anything from in months.

Bitcoin chart since July 2013... https://twitter.com/whaleclubco/status/555304359631015936

http://give-me-coins.com/ have added viacoin merged mining since yesterday.

Is viacoin ready to solve these spectacular stampgox style cryptocurrency fiascos?

https://twitter.com/petertoddbtc/status/552232717652615169