Ok, but you still haven't addressed my above points that are massive red flags. You have heavily protected wrecks on your site, plus wrecks that have already been recovered. Give me an example of a wreck you are going to explore that has yet to be excavated. Likewise what are you going to do with all of the other material that you don't count as 'valuable'? Are you just going to leave all that material down there? Are you going to actually record the artifacts you recover and their context in actual excavation? Or are you just going down to plunder stuff from the ocean, because if that's the case, this project is amoral.

I know many maritime archaeologists and they all have all recoiled when shown this project, which seems to just be a way to fund your own personal private collection that you can auction to the highest bidder. This is a perfect example of what has become wrong with crypto over the past year and why all the current 'investors' are no different to the banks that just ripped profit from anywhere they could, at any cost 10 years ago.

This project looks like a massive scam. Half the wrecks have already been plundered and things like the antikhitera wreck is protected by the Greek government and has zero gold, or anything valuable.

The San Jose is being rescued by the Colombian government and the black Swan is a code name for the nuestra señora de Las Mercedes that has been looted and recovered by the Spanish government.

None of these guys are recognised archaeologists and nobody in the profession takes them seriously. Just a bunch of chancers trying to steal your money. Don't be stupid did the Bitcoin crash not already show people how pure shit like this is not a good investment.

People talking about hidden presale, stop being mindless morons. It was written clearly on the website there was a presale for days before the start of the ICO and there were even steps and advice for how to get involved. People were also emailed about it that were interested.

You have an ICO yesterday that sold out in 35 seconds and only a tiny selection could get in on it (BAT), whilst people are here bitching about something that people can still enter.

http://semda.net/innovation-concept-commercialization-semda-2017-takeaways/

They def won the award they said they did. Link leads back to the ICO website....

Hi Michael,

The slack link above says it no longer works, could we have another?

Is there a slack for this coin? Would be really good to have a centralized place for everyone to chat/talk. Also is the reward system still open?

If you guys want to use my logo if there is a community takeover feel free. I already made, it so might as well put it forward for something.

All the excuses sound far too coincidental. Why should the 99 Design competition get pulled because someone got threatened? It doesn't make a difference, if someone has your details they have them, it has nothing to do with the competition.

Well, in any case, if whoever takes the coin forward wants to use this feel free. Can add typography to it, recolour it, do nice renders of it from different angles etc.



Would rather see it used than done for nothing.

It said colour preferences, not 'the only colours can be black and white'.

Anyway, the vector design is black and white, I have just provided an extension of what can be done if needed in the future, a fully rendered 3D piece.

My entry to the logo competition is in:

http://99designs.co.uk/logo-design/contests/shieldcoin-contest-shld-396654/entries/29#

Ok, so as you can see I made the shield in 3D:

Couple of advantages for future with this approach is that you can do lots of nice hi res shots, animations and angles etc and it's already ready to go.

Don't have to be a professional to make something look professional

Sorry for i come off harsh. I come from a graphics background where people rarely pull punches.

I don't get what fire has to do with defense. Danger, heat, passion, aggression etc.. but not defense.

You want to build ideas around reinforcement, protection, strength etc.

*sigh* Sorry, but that logo just isn't professional. Doesn't look nice at all. You want something sleek and clean. It doesn't shout shield at me, it doesn't give me an idea about defense, or strength etc.

Well said *claps*

Who said the coin will be the official e-sports currency?

Also LOL coin had a big IPO, so it got dumped by a lot of early adopters.

Basic common sense, so pro.

Haha, hilarious. Next you will be creating a sob story for the 'poor people' that lost their money because they bet their life savings on a horse that lost.

Seriously, Ponzi is in the name of the game, if you are too thick to responsibly manage and make decisions with your own money, then you deserve to lose it.

If the game was called 'The incredible Blackcoin generating, you will never lose game', then you might have a point.

If you are betting money you cannot afford on risky ventures, suck it up and take responsibility if you lose.


Can it be made to be close source? Perhaps, but that goes against what people want from Crypocurrency supposedly. People seem to only want things when it is convenient to their own investment to have them. You can't have a decentralized currency with stable prices like a centralized currency... heavy whale manipulation, insider trading all of this is the result of an unregulated market which is what people asked for in the first place. Except of course when they actually put their money in. Likewise, Bitcoin and Crypto was made to be open source and accessible, that was the point, that was what people ~asked for~. But now that other coins are copying code, suddenly it's not convenient anymore because it directly effects people.

Sure other coins can steal code, they have all shown that, but if they cannot understand that code and how it works, then why does it matter if they have access to it? If copying code was a simple factor of a copy and paste job, then why have a majority of the alt PoS coins been hit with major code trouble? Why does it even matter? Reputation is the biggest thing about Crypto. Bitcoin is valuable because it is the first, the trailblazer and social sentimentality is one of the biggest factors behind perceived value. What is the difference between the value of a knockoff, or a reproduction? Sometimes it can just be about a 'name' and our 'name' is Rat4. We have a developer with prestige.

If Blackcoin does this shit first and gets a reputation for being a pioneer of new, truly concrete code, then it won't matter if Blackcoin1,2,3,4,5,6coin comes out and copies it. People will not invest in a cheap knock off over the real thing unless it's due to financial restrictions, or for a short term pump.

No, Pavel is doing exactly what the coin needs. He sees a security issue and he is addressing it.

Everyone wants flashy shit, they want this feature, that feature, fireworks and parades. None of that shit matters if the coin doesn't work. Most of the other PoS coins have had severe issues with their security, even the almighty DRK had issues with it's master-nodes. XC, their Dev turned out not to be the world class programmer they made him seem.
 
This anonymous fad is exactly that, a fad. They will come and go, people's heads will get turned every-time one coin does something that makes a good ROI and it will get copied relentlessly by every alt coming out from that moment.

We are lucky to have Pavel, do not forget that. He is focusing on strengthening the foundation of our coin and you can have all of the features in the world, but the second your coin goes tits up and starts double spending, or screwing  up the network it will forever be tainted.

The people constantly going on about new features for new features sake are watching the price and nothing more. Slow and steady wins the race and Pavel knows better than anyone what technology the coin needs at it's heart to push forward. He is not only in demand by us, but countless other communities too. Is that not enough to prove his quality? If he thinks that security is the number one concern for Blackcoin right now, then we should shut up and listen to him and stop pretending we know better.


Please explain how PoS 2.0 is not innovative?

It would be like 'King of Kong' but for Crypto.

What have you got to hide? Transparency is crucial for confidence in a coin, especially one with a premine.