Seems rootkey is a standalone application rather than integrated with the Qt wallet.

er....a little disappointed.

What's happening Bitsta?

bitsta:
can you answer me be honest: Are you still working on Rootcoin BitKey?

where is our community manager Studio1one?  i thought he would be giving regular updates.

Proof link?

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Thanks Bitsta 

It's just so sad to see the fudders coming in here to kick this coin, and you, when it is down.

However on the plus side, I know they are only doing it because they know that once things turn around they will be able to pump for a profit!

Keep up your work Bitsta, I appreciate what you do and understand that you must he having a hard time right now. Persevere mate, we will get there.

Also, yes 50 Root per referral for the program sounds good to me 

any idea how the marriage and break-up between ICG?

Several people responded positively Bitsata included, not a single one negatively. I've also stated here numerous times that I will be posting the link to the spreadsheet soon, again not a single word from anyone objecting.

Funny now that there is all this FUD that we suddenly have a whole bunch of new objectors who haven't been posting in this thread until now..

Bitsta has been here, and has been communicating. Bitkey has been delayed several times, yes. But it is very close apparently and Bitsta has still been working on it.

If he wanted to run away he could have done that a long time ago.

He has nothing to gain by delaying further and hanging around. Bitkey is coming soon.

Hey Bitsta and Studio, now would be a great time to announce something, or better yet release something!

Confidence is quite rapidly eroding the confidence of the market.

I'm sure that something must be very close to ready by now, just show us something, make a video and post it up at the very least. Or better yet an alpha release would be really great =)

As soon as something is done I will start up the referral program and get some new people interested and invested in this coin once confidence picks up.

Thanks for the reply Studio, I totally understand your concerns for the potentiual for abuse of my proposed referral program. Which is why I also proposed these basic rules which I believe would more or less eliminate most of potential for exploitation of the program:

1. No newbie accounts.

Both the referrer and referee must have accounts at least a month old, and the referee must not be an existing root holder (May not have made any posts in this thread).

2. The coins must be bought from an exchange.

This should be fairly easy to verify via the txid and wallet addresses, as it is mainly just bittrex where Root is being traded currently.

3. The coins must be held either in cold storage or staked for at least one month from the initial transaction.

This can again be verified in the blockchain that the referee has not sold the coins again and then re-bought at a later stage to claim the reward.

4. People may only be referred once, and there shall be a limit of 'x' referees per person (maybe 5, 10?).

This is to minimize the possibility of any exploitation of the program.

I feel like if all of these rules are followed and monitored closely by the community then it should become apparent quite quickly if anyone is attempting to exploit it.

Prize draws aren't enough of an incentive IMO, if people think "Well ok I have a one in 100 chance of winning x amount of coins" then they aren't going to do anything about it most probably. It would be cool for current bag holders, but not really do much to incentivize new people to take part I think. Whereas is people are have the guarantee that they will receive an extra 50 coins (or whatever number, that is open to suggestion) if they stake for a month (or however long) then I fell like they might be more incloned to actually do it, and also the referrer needs an incentive, which is an additional 50 coins for themselves.

If someone can give me a realistic example of how these rules could be significantly exploited to the detriment of the coin then I will gladly hear it, but as it stands I don't see any good reason why it isn't worth at least giving it a try 

Perhaps?

Also, I don't agree with people saying Bitsta is a great developer. If he was, none of this would happened. He is far from great...mediocre at most. Reputation is everything in life matters, and he seemed to have lost that.

but what happened to bitkey?

OK,


we've been talking a lot in IRC. Bitsta is really busy working on development and finds it hard to keep the community updated with progress and answer queries and develop at the same time. We are working on a plan to keep everyone more in the loop as to what is happening and when to leave him free to do the important stuff --- ie code the coin.

Watch this space for exciting updates.

Your doing a great job other than communication skills, when will it be ready to release etc, would do nicely if told by a comm manager

haha,a very very greedy dev

Seriously dude, this is not ok.

You put a road map of the 28th, then didn't tell people it wouldn't be the 28th. On IRC yesterday you said

bitsta> hey people
<huih> lol
<bitsta> no panic
<bitsta> just got home
<bitsta> i was on the way all weekend
<Ostabiz> We are waiting u  
<bitsta> let me sort stuff out and check all mails. i ll be here all day
<huih> wow u here!
<bitsta> hey Ostabiz
<StudioProject> no panic here man, just waiting for comms on status
<bitsta> i needed some days off
<bitsta> alright
<Ostabiz> No problems  
<bitsta> thanks for sticking with me folks
<bitsta> okay. give me a few.
<bitsta> i ll head over to office in 1-2h
<StudioProject> cool man
<StudioProject>  
<bitsta> and from then i ll be here non-stop


Then disappeared and never responded or came back again.

It is now the 30th and we still have no idea of the updated schedule.

It is your communication that is that makes people type things like this. Ie -- there is none, and when you say there will be it doesn't happen.

As you know I bought a lot at IPO, I've bought more since and mined a lot. I hold loads of this coin and haven't dumped any, all in all I probably have around 8% of total. I have been polite, friendly and patient about it but I am getting frustrated with the communication about delivery, not about the delays. I've spent years project managing large development projects, I know that delays happen -- like all the time but when they do really good communication with people about them is crucial to peoples confidence.

I'm sorry man, I really don't want to be a fudder, its not in my nature at all but I have to communicate my frustration at the lack of information flow.

If you don't have the time or inclination have you considered appointing a community manager that you trust to manage communications for you?

Let's not get too high up on our horse now. Can you honestly say that you are not here to MAKE MONEY??

I've been in this since the start, bought coins as soon as they hit an exchange and mined through the whole POW period.

I'm going to continue holding and waiting, but I can't say I'm not dissapointed.

What really gets me is not the delays, it is the lack of communication from Bitsta.

If you are reading this Bitsta, please dude just be more communicative with more regular updates. ESPECIALLY if there is going to be a delay!? You could at least give us a sneak preview of Bitkey, some code, a video of the alpha in testing, anything to show the community that this is more than just an empty promise.

I believe that Bitkey is coming, and I don't mind waiting either, but your communication lacks professionalism and you are causing uneccessary fear and panic by just missing deadline with no explanation or forewarning. Going on holiday just before a release date doesn't exactly look good either..

I don't mean to FUD, I'm just dissapointed and I hope you will hear my valid concerns and learn from them is all.

Good luck and hope to see Bitkey soon.

Evidence?