So after listening to the latest mumble... It sounds like the Blockpay token will either be exchanged or redefined. Chris said it was mainly going to be for branding reasons, but the real reason sounds like it is to remove Ken from the equation. How that is done seems to be up in there air still though.
There were several vague terms like "mess" thrown around, but the subject was danced around. Also it sounds like Ken has still not been paid, which makes me think Stealth has been delayed. This topic was also danced around.
Overall there is a lot of uncertainty brewing. Changing the rules of the Blockpay token is worrisome. The effort to cut out Ken seems like it will be very detrimental to the entire project. Not only will there be legal battles (which i'm sure will be paid for from the funds that were raised from investors), but any progress on any of the projects will likely come to a standstill in Ken's absence. Thom and JoeyD? seemed to do a good job asking some pointed questions, but the answer's were very vague and eventually the conversation digressed.
That was a very good review of the topic on mumble
@lil_jay890. Xeroc also chimed in and provided a perspective this might work out better for everyone, but I don't see it that way. From my perspective this is a hostile take over and I believe it was motivated by an outside party who is throwing money at a few individuals to make this happen. Who / whatever that source is needs to be exposed and scrutinized, brought out into the light. If the community were given the choice to continue under kencode's management or bring in others what choice do you think shareholders would make? One of the most important criteria should be who could finish Stealth first? It was not that long ago ken was saying Stealth would be ready for testing on the testnet. Unfortunately this power play has derailed that timing.
This community is comprised of people on a spectrum of different political and social perspectives. The core people that had the vision for this ecosystem were mostly oriented towards a volunteerist / anachist mindset, and I know
@kenCode is as well. My impression is that Chris4210 leans more towards a statist perspective and still trusts in the benevolence of government much more than kencode does. If I'm right about this I'll bet whatever outside source is pulling the strings is not aligned with a volunteerist / disruptive mindset.
For any of you naive enough to think that the banksters won't aggressively work to prevent loosing their monopoly on money have another thing yet to learn. Once they truly recognize the disruptive threat is real they will identify who they can, the weakest and easiest to manipulate or influence, and target them to neutralize them. It may not be obvious who is behind such neutralization tactics but at some point they will use the power they still have (and that is still huge) to try to retain their monopolistic control.
Topic: BlockPay in Serious Trouble (Read 47188 times)
