I copy paste my reply on slack on a new user's question about marketplace
Hi @joe !Nothing newer than the screenshots we have seen.I talk frequently with Alt about this subject but it seems rather difficult to build it. He practically codes on his own and he wants to make it like
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except that payments will be made with Steps
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I know a lot of crypto people are waiting for the launch , because crypto has many freelancers selling their services
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block explorers , coin makers , logo designers and so on
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I have seen some newer screenshots other than those that have been known to public so I know that the development is going forward,but slowly
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when things will be near to completion ,you'll know it
I know a lot of other coin devs are silently reading the thread waiting for the news on Steps.And a lot of them hold a big amount of coins.I know at least 5 of them who have kept their ICO coins.I will not name them of course , but I sure hope they can state it here.Sadly enough,most of the times they just see comments of holders who worry about their investment (and who can blame them?)and not updates on the coin .
Something few people know is that Alt has coded a lot of other coins before and after he made Steps.If Alt and GW posted on the OP the times they have helped other projects, the OP would be 2 times as big.But team is too low profile to go brag about.If you can blame them on something ,this would be for sure bad PR and marketing.
Another thing about ICO funds:Steps ICO was 19m coins.Minus 5m that where not sold and burnt.That leaves us with 14000000 coins x 200sat each = 28BTC. At the time of the ICO , BTC was 380$ or something (not quite sure,but close to this).That leaves us with 10640 $ .Alt bought new servers to host all the projects for Steps (Steps stay safe etc) +3,5BTC that was the cost for Android staking wallet.Plus some funds that had to remain,because ,yes,they have to eat like we do.And save $ for the Debit card (I'll explain later)
Steps was traded even at 5000 satoshi.I can't even calculate how many times above ICO price that is.What people chose to do with their coins,that was entirely up to them.I know people that have bought BTC at 1100$ , does that make Bitcoin a not serious project?No!Steps has been fair to all investors and especially early adopters.
Another coin's Dev was telling me the other day on Yobit's trollbox that he strongly believes in Steps,but,the team has to work more on their coin and less on other projects.I'm afraid that we have come to the point that he is 1000% right.
Alt gave me access to test the marketplace some weeks ago.I can assure everyone that there is a lot of work in it.A lot!And Alt has been programming on his own.He could have released it already.But he wanted to make it even better.
Will we see Steps above 1000sat again in this lifetime?I cannot speculate,but,I hold 1,1m coins and I'm still buying!
1 last thing:The Debit Card alone cost 20k $ + a lot of work for the paperwork and $for the legal stuff!
I will be AFK for a few weeks,as there is summetime in Greece,and.....you know.....
But I am not important,the dev team s important here,and,you'll hear from them soon.
m3rt1x over and out!
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