This design and the colors are burning my eyes! The orange just doesn't seem to work. I'd suggest a darker style, it will look much better. I can really not look at the main page for longer than 20-30 seconds. Who created this forum? It doesn't seem active at all (yet).
Even though it is good to have an alternative, the forum has a huge flaw:"Connect with your social network account". I'd advise anyone not to use such a feature.
it is still in alpha status. Roger Ver is the main person behind it with help of some other people that code.