Hi all,
My name is James and I am one of the pre-existing Sprouts development team of eight, formed initially by @gonnabetya back in April/May of this year and we are the third such team.
Rather than stay silent and let Oogone continue to poison the well and sprout baseless accusations, we’re taking a proactive stance and setting the record straight within bitcointalk as well as on the Sprouts community forum –
https://sprouts.communityThe reason Oogone was finally removed from the forum was due to his persistent, unprofessional and accusation laden comments, posts and replies aimed squarely at the development team.
Oogone was asked on several occasions and with a final official warning, to refrain from sprouting baseless accusations and passive-aggressive posts, which he opted not to do, deciding instead to post one last baseless, accusation filled message full of hot air, and so we removed him as we said we would.
We also discovered two separate accounts linked to the same IP belonging to Oogone, an alias possibly. There has been some speculation that Oogone knew he was going to create trouble and wanted a back door to continue disrupting our efforts after his expected removal but as stated, that's just speculation.
EDITED: Oogone has since explained that the second account from the same IP was his partner's account and so we struck out the above paragraph to reflect same.
Oogone maintains the development team are scammers and that we’re out to take Sprouts holders holdings which is a little illogical and farfetched as Sprouts is heading for a certain death, regardless of anything anyone does or does not do relating to another currency. Also, because quite simply, we have no such intention.
I.e. Sprouts is heading towards an exponential curve of growth and at some point, the total supply will grow to such an extent that it will no longer be compatible with Litecoin, Doge and Moon as a trading pair.
Once that happens, all exchanges will remove Sprouts and the currency will cease to operate. The only way for this statement not to be true is if Litcoin, Doge or Moon drop in value as well, allowing for the trading pair to remain on an exchange.
So, let’s talk facts:
• Sprouts IS dying and cannot be saved as an alteration in the code to correct the POS reward and supply, WILL create a fork in the blockchain, thus creating a new currency, requiring a new symbol, brand, etc
• We are building a new currency called Sprouts+ because we (the dev team) came together as Sprouts holders and like the underlying philosophy that Sprouts was supposed to stand for. I.e. green, environmental conservation, doing good, etc, etc. We have expanded on these philosophies now to include charity based work.
• None are obligated to swap their existing Sprouts holding for Sprouts+. The choice to swap your Sprouts for Sprouts+ is your decision and yours alone. Once again, we have stuck with the Sprouts community and have thrown a life-line and swap because of the aforementioned affinity we have with Sprouts and also because we too hold Sprouts.
• If none are willing to do what we (development team) is doing, i.e. create a swap (or at least, new wallet with hard fork - which still means new currency), all who hold Sprouts WILL eventually lose their investment once Sprouts is delisted, it’s assured
• If the development team (whoever they are) does not have access to:
A) Capital
B) a good percentage of coins held in reserve to help protect the new currency
Then, any attempt to swap Sprouts holders across to a new currency or hard fork, will likely not succeed
• 5 people out of 285 kicked up a stink in the forum about the 16% reserve and 24% capital
5 people out of 285 is exactly 1.75% of the community unhappy, leaving 98.25% happy people or at least, content. Not a bad outcome at all as we had anticipated for 16% unhappy to begin with.
We have had considerably more than 1.75% of the community post their appreciation for our ongoing efforts, expressing their support and commitment to swap to Sprouts+ when the swap occurs in spite of the 16% reserve and 24% capital.
Why? Because the majority realises they will lose everything if they don’t swap to something else or hard fork before Sprouts is delisted. Or, they’re happy with the way in which we’ve conducted ourselves to date and they “trust” we are looking after the entire community, not just ourselves.
If you are a member of the
https://Sprouts.Community you should by now have realised, having read all our posts and replies to the 1.75% sprouting negativity and when combined with our explanations for the 16% reserve and 24% capital in conjunction with the soon to be released document detailing the allocation of the 24%, you should have realised we have no intention of scamming anyone or stealing anything from anyone.
We have stated all along and very clearly, that we encourage well thought out ideas, opinions and constructive criticism and we stand by this but when someone starts bringing down the positive energy and momentum we are trying to foster and build upon, when someone sprouts baseless accusations about one or more of the development team (or the team as a whole) in passive-aggressive attacks, we draw the line.
To any Sprouts holders or prospective Sprouts holders who have not yet joined the
https://Sprouts.Community, come over and say hi and read through all of the posts the development team has published and then make your own mind up as to whether you feel we are operating with integrity, sincerity and with the best interest of the entire community at heart, or not.
At the end of the day, we're forging ahead with Sprouts+ and so if any feel uneasy to start with, simply wait for longer, don't participate in the swap before investing into Sprouts+ at some point down the road once momentum, trust and its value, have all gained.
The Sprouts & Sprouts+ development Team
Since April 2017
