I don't think that the devs are not working on something, they are just too slow for the crypto world. Coins with promises just don't do it any more because so many people have gotten burned. Now if you want a coin to succeed, you NEED to have everything ready (or almost ready) before launch. The fuck if I'm going to ever invest in something with "promises and potential" again. I'll wait until things have been proven to work and the devs have a good track record....and that's where I will invest.
I think you are correct there with the issue. I've mentioned it before, as have others. Saying something is coming soon, or in the marketplace's case, a month or so from now, is simply too slow in crypto-time. It could work, if the devs showed something in-between new developments, but to just wait and post screenshots, while the price tanks, obviously isn't working.
Then add on the natural skepticism with all ipos, and then include the Bob issue, and it's a terrible mix. The devs should have, and maybe still can, diffuse this skepticism by spending some of the ipo money. But they seemingly have been holding onto it like misers so far. They could have partially diffused the Bob situation/kept the price semi-stable early on by using ipo money to vote the coin up on exchanges... but nope. During Bob's initial tantrum phase, they could have been here reassuring people, instead of deciding that weekend was a good time to spend with their families ... but nope.
They could very, very easily rent machines with some of their ipo money and support their own multipool... again, doesn't seem to be happening. Pay a dev for a mobile wallet? Maybe use some coin to offer promotions? Or maybe actually outline here in detail how they plan for the marketplace to work with low coin volume, what vendors they signed up and exactly how the ipo money is to be spent... nope.
I still have some DCM, but mostly got out with the teensiest of profits when Bob kept going on his rampage. I'm annoyed at myself for not getting out immediately as soon as Bob started the whole thing with Harmony (which amazingly seems like it was the safer buy at the moment).
Anyway, maybe the devs can turn this around still... it's not impossible. But they can't simply sit there and think an upcoming marketplace weeks from now will save things, not without showing something tangible very, very soon.
