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Describe the people working at your company.

you've got 2 announcement threads here you better delete one of them

Sorry about that.  Must have been a mistake.  Let me find it.

For people at my company, please attend our webinar and you can learn everything you need to know.    WEBINAR (https://connectx.com/webinar)

I won't be able to respond to comments in this thread.

Please visit www.connectx.com (http://www.connectx.com) for more details or join our telegram chat https://t.me/ConnectX (https://t.me/ConnectX)

"We propose a private network of small satellites for cryptocurrency data storage and transactions that is Internet-less, blockchain-less, server-less with security above government level at a price lower than terrestrial-based solutions.  This is the future."

I have to say this sounds pretty impressive and achievable. However I'm curious as to how secure this private network will be from it's own unique attacks. It is afterall, at the end of the day still a network and must have some level of vulnerability no matter how little (even though I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THESE COULD BE).

looking forward to the development of your project.

It sounds really crazy. But hey, free coinz, no questions asked. Let's see if this will literally skyrocket.

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I've joined the Airdrop and made some small purchases for some ConnectX. See you at the webinar this weekend!

Ambitious, Hope you guys can pull it off!

Where can I check which people used my referral link?

You should receive an email from Lance Parker that says:

"Hi Joe,
Your friend XXXXXX XXXXX has just signed up for the ConnectX Webinar! Yay!

That means you have earned 25 ConnectX Coins worth $50! Sign-in to check it out and keep referring friends to get more ConnectX Coins! There is no limit to how much you can earn.

Invite Friends
Thank you,
Lance Parker, CEO of ConnectX"

Check your inbox. Mine ended up in my SPAM folder, so make sure to check that folder, as well.

25 coins worth $50? how you calculate it? this coin is on sale for 15-27 cents!

6000 users on telegram and no traffic in this thread?

Yeah looks very suspicious. Whitepaper is total BS, no useful info at all. No team member names given except for the CEO "Lance Parker", who has a suspicious looking LinkedIn profile. Says the company has been around since 2014 but I couldn't find any information on "ConnectX" online except for on their website.

Interesting, but raises a lot of questions. 25 coins worth $50? You dont even have the wallet yet..

Let's see if this goes somewhere!

Nice concept, but very dreamy...

I do not see what to do to redeem our free tokens.
And what about that device they announced for the participants of the webinar?

What algorithm is the coin based on? When will the wallet be launched? can you include the basic technical info of the coin in this thread?

Just wasted 90 minutes of my time sitting through the webinar. This starts well, offering an incisive summary of the state of blockchain. When the subject switches to using satellites as a superior technology to distributed ledgers, however, things deteriorate.

There is a notable lack of links to any of the information shown in the video such as the technology used, statistics quoted, or the code supporting this supposed blockchain based project.

The bland, generic branding and poor production values - Lance's hands seem comically huge when they appear in the video, something a decent videographer would have addressed had they used one - further add to the sense that this is a presentation with just enough facts and interesting ideas to mask the real exploitative intentions.

The last third of the video is devoted entirely to informing viewers of all the ways they can spread the word about the project and supposedly earn tokens in what appears way too like a pyramid scheme for my liking. There  are plenty of promises regarding the tokens you will get at each stage - most notably as a reward for sitting through the whole webinar - but none are forthcoming. Instead you are informed you are one step closer to receiving them after completing another series of tasks. Then, after meeting those additional requirements you are invited to buy tokens without any mention of your reward.

Lance (or whomever he is/whoever answers in his stead) also evaded my question regarding what he saw as the biggest threats and risks associated with the project too, instead suggesting I message him after the attending the webinar despite the fact that I had just watched it.

It's pertinent to note that this company appears to have been around for a while - before distributed ledgers had taken off - suggesting they are simply looking to be part of the blockchain zeitgeist without actually contributing to it, providing anything to interested parties other than a b-grade science fiction narrative.

We have already lived through the era of ICOs without substance. Now it seems we are having to endure airdrops and bounties that are increasingly co-opting people with the lure of free money for marketing purposes. And ConnectX is probably the worst example I have encountered given the amount of time I have wasted on it.

They really should rename this one ConnectXploitation.

 

Sales webinar, really??? feels like a time share so far lul

ConnectX seems to me quite suspicious, this is more private centralised system and not no-trust  decentralised crypto.

how do we know that were in the list of bounty,

Your referal system sucks so much.
How do we know how many refferals we sent and how do we know that you are counting each refferal ?

I got blocked from the Connectx Telegram group (currently the only way to talk to other people about this "Honestly not a scam" project) for questioning the authenticity of it.
You don't need to use the internet, but you need to plug a box into the internet.
You connect to the satellite network using a small handheld dish that they give (sell?) you, that has no apparent way of locating the satellites. They're in the sky, just point it up and let Jesus guide you?
The roadmap is dodgy as hell, This year, finishing the product. (even though they've been doing this since at least 2015 (http://fortune.com/2015/01/29/connectx-space-data/) they just seem to have switched their focus from "Big Data" to "Big Money".
The webinar is just a bunch of stock photos and powerpoint slides of all the information that is already on the site.

If you can get blocked (and i'm assuming i wont get my free coins now) for questioning the validity of the project, then i hope to god people that actually pay for the coins just keep their mouth shut.

I will stick with the general rule of:

If it looks like one;
If it smells like one;
It probably is one.

and avoid this thing like the plague.
Unless they would like to prove to me that they are not just a pump and dump, my opinion will most likely not change.

No Team

No Company Info

Exactly, and yet people are STILL (even after the just ridiculously bad sales pitch/webinar) giving them money.
The only discussion group they are involved in is Telegram, and that's only so they can control who is involved in it. If someone questions it, they get "Banned for life".
The only contact details are Telegram contact details for "Lance".

No wallets are available, even for those that have already bought coins with actual money, until Q2 at least (apparently).
No questions are being answered about technical (or even wallet) details until Q2 at least (apparently).

I'm sorry but this just smells all kinds of funny. (and not funny like a clowns fart)

I really hope people don't lose too much money with these guys.

also no partner ,no code info . dev your idea is really great ,but can you proof us something  ,thanks!

As we all (should) know, if something seems to good to be true, it probably isn't!

They (he?) want(s) to send satellites into space, but fail to provide anything a proper ICO comes with - as some of you have already pointed out.

All we know is one face of a guy supposedly called Lance Parker. While I am sure there are people out there called Lance Parker, it still sounds like some super hero's secret identity and of course is a great name for a former pilot (that he claims to be).

You can only buy the tokens in a very unorthodox way and I couldn't find any information on where they go to once I have paid for them - it's like shooting money into space (pun intended!).

Let's see if the promised free coins will actually arrive at those who have watched the webinar and what happens after that. Before any of that happens I'd stay clear off buying any tokens, let alone one of the "great" packages.

There is also no way to tell if the number of sales already made are actually true.

Granted, IF all of this is real and legit, it might be a ground breaking technology (although I still don't see how the internet is left outside when I have to plug this cube or whatever into my router - it'd make sense if I could plug it directly into my computer and then - however - it would connect me to a satellite). If that is the case, they should definitely work on their presentation, introduce the team etc....

Well thank goodness its not just me that thinks this is a bit... iffy.
I was beginning to think i was missing something. (And not in the FOMO way)

This is bounty thread or connectx main thread?

Just saw that i got banned from their telegram group.

All i asked was a link to their team members and company info LOL

and i asked for it just once

Yeah looks very suspicious. Whitepaper is total BS, no useful info at all. No team member names given except for the CEO "Lance Parker", who has a suspicious looking LinkedIn profile. Says the company has been around since 2014 but I couldn't find any information on "ConnectX" online except for on their website.

Billy, you are definitely not alone thinking that there might be something wrong here.

I gotta give it to them that there were actually first reports about their plans dating back to 2015, but that won't make me trust this much more at the moment. Maybe it was a serious project in the beginning and after finding out that it is simply not feasable they went on anyway and decided to at least cash in on it. We'll see in a while I guess.

The beyond generous rewards for referring your friends to their webinar are also looking kinda shady. They are either very generous or offering somehting that won't be of any value or simply doesn't exist i.e. you'll never receive.

They are blocking/banning anyone asking about their team etc., but put so much effort into recruiting new webinar participants, making people help them getting press coverage - it is surprising they didn't simply make up a team. Most people don't check their background anyway, presenting a few faces wouldn't be that much of an effort.

As I said before, this sounds too good to be true and at the same time lacks any evidence. Not exactly the kind of combination that makes me wanna invest any money.

This thing has scam written all over it. I followed the webinar, complete BS. Shady reference guy appearance talking even more BS.
The telegram channel is a "dont post any questions here" thread. Lance seems to be the one man show running the thing, assume he will bring the satellites into orbit personally. No team introduced whatsoever. Whitepaper talks about a beta in 2017, no follow-up. Furthermore, contrary positions are made. In telegram they state they will have their own ledger, hence they will create a wallet for you. Later on they said, they are preparing the MEW address for the token. On the website the token are on sales for a couple of cents, but you can only purchase through a telegram bot - WTF. You are going to raise millions and you want me to send money to an address given to me by a telegram bot....lol...nice one.

This thing will blow up....put your money into a decent project that thrustworthy.

I fully agree!

I have never seen anyone trying so hard to push you into buying their "product" as hard as this guy does.

Buying his coins before it is
-available at a serious trustworthy exchange and
-will go straight to YOUR wallet and
-any actual progress can be seen while
-an actual team and anything else a decent ICO comes with is introduced
would be simply crazy and like burning your money.

So far it is all promises but no results.

Isn't there any place in the US (since this appears to be an US based project) you can report such obvious scams to in order for them to look into it before people burn their life savings based on what seems to good to be true??? I'm not from the US so I don't know.

seems to be scam and waste of time...

ConnectX HUB http://www.hot-and-horny.de/connectx/connectx.jpg

esynic Bluetooth speaker http://www.hot-and-horny.de/connectx/esynic.jpg

 ;D ;D ;D

 ;D

Great - thanks for posting this!!! SO we'll not only get the great hub for free but a bluettoth speaker on top if it? Ain't that awesome!

I guess Lance should watch a webinar on how to properly plan and run a scam, the first lesson would be not to make it too obvious and while everything he promises and the way he tries to push people into promoting his coin and of course, buy them is enough to raise more than one eyebrow, using stolen and mildly modified images from the internet is making it very obvious and should convince the last one in doubt if this is real or not!

By the way, ANY image on the website is also stolen. The first image is a popular wallpaper that can be found on thousands of sites for example.

I give the company information in the webinar and we have released our team information at https://connectx.com/team/ (https://connectx.com/team/) .  I have been in technology for 20 years.  Whenever something is new, we expect the negativity but this is a real project and real company.

But I am the crazy one and this is a crazy, suspicious project?  Qtum launches a blockchain satellite node:  https://cointelegraph.com/news/qtum-launches-first-ever-blockchain-node-into-space (https://cointelegraph.com/news/qtum-launches-first-ever-blockchain-node-into-space)

And Jeff Garzik, who I have known for several years and early developer of bitcoin, has joined: http://spacechain.com/ (http://spacechain.com/)

Please delete your silly comments where you question me and the company.

Thank you.

So youre asking me to delete my "silly comments" because, unlike on telegram, you cant just block people that question you.
When you act like a scam, people treat you like a scam.

This also isnt new. Primary schools send satellites into space. And it doesnt take 5 years.
You started out promising "big data" processing with satellites. Now you seem to have scrapped that idea and are going for "big money" in satellites.
Your webinar looks dodgy as hell, seriously. Just, so bad. Your description and equipment is highly contradictory. (You dont need the internet, but you need to plug a box into the internet. You connect to the satellites using a handheld dish... with no apparent way of tracking wjere the satellite is. Etc etc.)
Your attitude stinks. You dont gain trust, respect, or credibility by blocking people that question you. You get ridiculed and avoided.
I wouldnt trust you with my monopoly money, let alone my real money.

So tell me Mr parker. What part of this statement is silly?

😂😂😂😂
Also. Umm.... did you read the websites those links direct to.

1. Jeff didnt join you. You joined him.
2. The website boasting about the satellite and promoting a countdown, went oddly silent when the rocket (someone elses rocket) actually launched. Nobody is responding to comments and the space agency that launched the satellite has no info in their press release about your satellite.

Seems slightly odd (dare i say silly) to be boasting about yet more absent information.

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Greetings. Yesterday i've joined in their webinar and i'm still waiting those 25 Connectx tokens.
Any chance to get them?

I wouldn't hold your breath...

Dude when are you going to stop sending us spam messages? I thought your gig was over already. I unsubscribed and got another email today. Never got any of the "free" tokens you promised either.

I take it that this thing is now officially dead. I used to get so many email asking me to buy their tokens. Now they have gone silent and so has this thread.

I looked at project's vision and I saw that this project is promising. It has great team that key to success

Thank you Lance and ConnectX, because of you I'm finally dipping my toes in and making my first-ever post on the forum! Thank you for the motivation.

My experience with ConnectX, like pretty much everyone else I've talked to (and most of the people on this thread), has not been good. I don't know for sure if it's a scam, but there are many signs that seem to indicate that it is, and at the very least they're being shady and are run by someone who should not be running a company.

The first thing that was very, very odd to me was the webinar. I was big into airdrops at the time so I figured I would check it out so I could get some free tokens, along with a free "$300 appliance" just for attending. It seemed too good to be true, but you never know, right? I had nothing to lose. The idea behind ConnectX sounded interesting, so I figured it was worth giving them the benefit of the doubt for now.

Then, while watching the webinar, I noticed something a bit odd. The majority of the comments were people praising ConnectX, Lance, and the technology. Over and over, short, positive comment, after short, positive comment, even when nothing noteworthy was being talked about. So I started really paying attention to the chat, and that's when the alarm bells got even louder. In addition to a steady stream of obviously fake comments, Lance was continually answering questions that nobody was even asking in chat. Ok, I must be missing something, so I keep watching. Nope, time and time again Lance is answering questions that aren't being asked. I scroll down to see if I can find the questions, but they just aren't there.

It was not a webinar, not even close. It was a recorded video with a "live" chat, but there seemed to be hardly any real people in the chat. The whole thing was a complete sham, and when I asked about it on Telegram I was told that Lance is a very busy man and doesn't have time to do live webinars, so it was a recording of another webinar. Ok, well first of all, that's not a webinar, that's a video. If you're going to lie to me and force me to signup for your "webinar" and attend it at a very specific time, well right then and there your company is pretty much dead to me, as that's some shady garbage and I'm not going to give money to a company that outright lies to people and wastes their time. And second of all, if Lance is "too busy" to do a webinar for potential investors (ie. the people who will either make or break his company), then how does he have the time to sit on Telegram 24/7 answering questions?

I kept asking questions on Telegram to figure out the legitimacy of the project, but the answers I received didn't really answer anything. Then I made the mistake of using the word "scam" in one of my messages. That was it, their bot automatically banned me from the channel. I'm sorry, but if you're a legitimate company you'll be able to answer basic questions about your legitimacy, and you also won't be so insecure that you would insta-ban people for literally just using the word scam in a message. I messaged Lance and explained what happened, and after a while he let me back in.

I continued to ask questions, like any serious potential investor would do, but Lance just kept pushing back and not actually answering anything. So I tried to explain my position to him, logical human being to logical human being (hah!), about how I was just doing my due diligence, as every investor should do, and that I wasn't accusing them of anything (yet). I said that if he's not going to answer the questions then doesn't he understand how that would look to potential investors? Then I just started getting, "Sorry X, I just don't think this is a good fit", meaning that he doesn't think I will make a good investor in the company. He was essentially telling me to take a hike. Why is that Lance, because I was questioning your BS? To me it seemed like the spammer mentality... they only want the naivest people to be interested in what they have to offer, as those are the only people who are actually going to fall for it. This is the impression I got from Lance, not one of a CEO and Co-Founder.

It's at this point I gave up on anything ever happening with me and ConnectX, so I just explained outright that they need to change their attitude or they're going to have a hard time getting investors. Then guess what happened? One of their "big time" investors starts private messaging me asking if I have any questions. I told him no, I had all the information I needed, and was going to do what I could to warn people about ConnectX. So of course he does what any legitimate investor would do... threatens me with ConnectX's stable of lawyers who "used to work for the SEC", so if I wanted to talk bad about them I would have to answer to them. I was in disbelief at what was happening. I honestly felt like I was on a hidden camera show and someone was going to pop out and tell me that it was all a joke.

The bottom line is that ConnectX is either a complete scam, or being fueled by complete and utter incompetence. Or both.

Could you detail and share more about your vision? And could you let me know where I can get more information about the team responsible for the project?

@gcjh, I had a similar experience. I was one of the early investors into this project, and I attended a webinar, thinking that it was live. Over time, of course, as I invited a few friends to attend a webinar, I came to realize that it was, in fact, pre-recorded. That's when I stopped sharing the news of ConnectX.

Additionally, at this time, Lance had sent out an email stating that they would only be accepting accredited investors, and that all other investors would be refunded. At this time, I was at a crossroads: I had learned more about the company and seen the way that their marketing channels were being pumped with shills... And the people that expressed that they had questions... Well, they were quickly shushed and told that "Lance would answer all the questions in due time, so be patient" or "Read the pinned chat" or they were just banned... I was shocked to see that a company that was only accepting accredited investors (likely to be compliant with SEC regulations) was treating potential investors this way.

I instantly messaged all of my friends to ask them not to invest in this project. Two of them had already put their money in after becoming accredited, but I was able to stop what could become a nightmare for a few other friends.

At the end of the day, although the project sounds pretty great (and actually feasible), the way that the public was addressed and the way that their marketing and PR is done is ultimately the reason why I don't feel comfortable backing this new company.

In all honesty, it almost reminds me of a network marketing or MLM (multi-level marketing) company... Which in my experiences have always ended up negative.

Considering that ConnectX is trying to raise millions of dollars, the least I would expect from them is proper marketing and investor relations.