So I'm fairly new to this BT arena...and I want to touch on a subject that is going to spark some anger.
The Oyster Pearl exit scam is pretty famous in these parts.  A lot of people got hurt and a lot of people left the space because of it.  Up until a couple of months ago, the man behind the Bruno Block pseudonym was still hinting at the promise of something real, and we all continued to roll our eyes at it.  If you haven't heard, that guy is in jail now...the charges are tax fraud, but more litigation is being built.  All of our PRL and SHL are now wrapped up in government seized gold bars and yachts.  Oyster Pearl is officially dead.

But Opacity is not.  People continue to be outraged by the mention of Opacity, primarily because they still vision BB minting and selling excess tokens and wrecking their investment.  But the true Opacity community continues to rally around each other.  People call the product "fake crypto" because of their use of AWS currently to store their data.  This confuses me.  I have 55 different altcoins in my current crypto portfolio, and only 3 of them are actually used for something tangible.  The other 52 are based on ideas and promises, and are shilled tirelessly based on hope.  I'm not going to apologize that Opacity decided to put a product out first, mind you a product that is easier to use than most non-crypto-affiliated storage products.  I'm not going apologize for paying a quarter for a Terrabyte of storage just because its not decentralized...yet.  I'm not going to apologize for a team, who has worked tirelessly with a fraction of the money and resources as their competitors, that decides to put quality before demand and quantity. 

I think its time that more people did their due diligence before jumping to conclusions about this project.  Wait until the white paper comes out...read it...and make your decisions.  If you can trust a whitepaper for a project that doesn't exist, how can you not trust a whitepaper for a project that does?

I also want to apologize to those individuals who were unable to swap.  Missing the deadline sucks...but the deadline is necessary to move forward.  The notification and window was long enough.  I'm sick of hearing people say "I stepped away from crypto for a little bit" when the reality is "I gave up on this project 3 years ago"  You gave up...we did not.

Not let the angry replies roll in...don't worry, I won't read them.