What is the purpose of the Visio coin? Even in the OP from the preann ico it doesn't tell you this.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1802371.0All that is said here in long term goals is how great IPFS is. Nothing about how the coin is actually being used.
That brings us to the 75 BTC. I'm sorry but I just can't believe you about this. I can't quote it so I'll just link it
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1802371.msg17964679#msg17964679Do I need to ask SebastianJu or any other forum escrow to tell you folks this is nonsense? What's the real reason an escrow wasn't used?
You claim that security is the reason you can't show us the transactions right now, which makes absolutely no sense because this would imply that there's some security risk for ICOs that do use escrows since you can see the BTC move from the deposit address to the escrows address. Please explain what security you're talking about.
Now on your road map what exactly are you doing that hasn't been done before?
"Integrated Wallet Player" - done by plenty of alts in 2014-2016 when everyone bandwagoned putting whatever they could in a wallet
"Blockchain IPFS Hash Storage" - done by Alexandria and easily done on any coin supporting OP_RETURN data
"Wallet to Wallet messaging" - people still call this a feature? So many alts were hyping this in 2014-2015
"Search Index and API ..." - done by Alexandria
Simply putting a video on a website, IPFS or not and then putting that website in the wallet via a Qt Web View doesn't some how make it decentralized just because it's in the wallet.
Hello, thank you for taking the time to write such a detailed comment. It has been mentioned in the Slack as well that the complete ANN/Roadmap will not be published until after the launch of the prototype service. After the launch of the prototype the full ANN/Whitepapers will be revealed and translations to over 5 major languages will happen (contributors already lined up)
It is your choice whether you want to consider the ICO legitimate or not. There have been several unique users who have come out in support of the ICO stating that they had participated in it regardless of how brief it was and it was expected knowing Sindren's background.
The topic of security that comes with the ICO process that was used has to do with the recipient Bitcoin ICO address that was assigned to each participant. There are still several million Visio that have not been claimed by ICO participants and the dev wants to wait until all the Visio is claimed before publicly disclosing the receipt addresses so there is no chance that there will be any fraudulent claims on an ICO account (dev is busy full-time with development and does not want to be stressed by anything other than a simple streamlined distribution process).
You must understand, this is not a silly game where we try to push out as many features as possible in a one or two month time span in order to increase the hype and value. There is a longer term project that consists of several phases.
It is essential to provide tools and basic functions to our userbase regardless of whether other coins in the past have attempted to provide similar features.
When a feature such as encrypted messaging is considered, what may come to your mind if you were a dev would be - 'Which coins are using this? Did their price go up when they revealed the feature? Would my price still go up if I revealed it?
What comes to our mind is how crucial security and privacy is to our userbase.
Whether it comes to Search Index/API or the IPFS hash storage - once again the priority in the early stages is functionality and building the building blocks of the platform.
Be patient, development does not happen overnight and big claims in the early stages are not required. What is required is proof of competency and we intend to do this with a successful launch of the prototype Visio platform. And remember, our priority is mainstream penetration and increased engagement. We will be monitoring traffic metrics and engaging in online advertising campaigns with an intensive focus at providing value to the general non-crypto audience base before making a decision on how to/whether to monetize on the traffic.
Maybe you are used to some fancy Roadmap saying 100 things stretching out months into the future. Those who spend more time working and less talking on chatroom all day instead of developing are usually more clandestine and patient.
We are not insecure, we have no reason to go attack other coins regardless of the flaws they have in their propositions or in their origins. We know what is going to happen in the coming weeks and soon you will simply be astounded at the amount of traction and support that the Visio project receives.
You are going to be pretty surprised at whats going to come, I can assure you that. How difficult do you think metadata retrieval and indexing with a corresponding IPFS hash is?
