TFT Network - Plagiarized Whitepaper

[ICOEthics]

What happened: NO Team and a PLAGIARIZED WHITEPAPER - Almost identitical to Cryptonote.org

Profile Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5116501.0
http://web.archive.org/web/20190304140801/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5116501.0

Website: http://www.tft-network.com
http://web.archive.org/web/20190304140735/http://www.tft-network.com/

This project copied the entire whitepaper of https://cryptonote.org - Even their conclusion at the end is the same.
https://cryptonote.org/whitepaper.pdf

TFT Network Whitepaper: http://www.tft-network.com/whitepaper.pdf
Archived here: http://web.archive.org/web/20190304002720/http://www.tft-network.com/whitepaper.pdf

Here are some pages:







and you can see more plagiarized pages here:

https://i.imgur.com/RlLZZ5J.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/y6dddOb.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/dbalrAe.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/4KCwecv.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/CNLyq8N.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/jQbXjTY.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Q01rjEp.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/WpaoPPb.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/VPyC0Vi.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/YI559t9.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/2mqHF2D.jpg

[tvplus006]

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[TFTN]

Hi. We consider totally unfair your consideration that this project is scam, if you do not know all the work we are doing to build a solid and reliable project.
There was simply a wrong publication of a whitepaper from one of the old team members, a whitepaper of the test so many until finding the right one for the project.
The team rejected this and other whitepapers because it is considered a copy of the original cryptonote and for other reasons.
Now for a simple mistake that was corrected by putting our true whitepaper_V1.0 on the web, cataloging the whole project as SCAM seems to me a serious fault on your part.
We ask you to withdraw this accusation as soon as possible and we request the apology of all the TFTN team for the inconvenience caused.
We invite you and all the people who can visit our website and take the opportunity to communicate that our Windows wallet is in testing and in a few days will be fully functional.
For any questions or problems, please contact us at support@tft-network.com or through any of our communication channels.

[StackGambler]

Hi. We consider totally unfair your consideration that this project is scam, if you do not know all the work we are doing to build a solid and reliable project.
There was simply a wrong publication of a whitepaper from one of the old team members, a whitepaper of the test so many until finding the right one for the project.
The team rejected this and other whitepapers because it is considered a copy of the original cryptonote and for other reasons.
Now for a simple mistake that was corrected by putting our true whitepaper_V1.0 on the web, cataloging the whole project as SCAM seems to me a serious fault on your part.
We ask you to withdraw this accusation as soon as possible and we request the apology of all the TFTN team for the inconvenience caused.
We invite you and all the people who can visit our website and take the opportunity to communicate that our Windows wallet is in testing and in a few days will be fully functional.
For any questions or problems, please contact us at support@tft-network.com or through any of our communication channels.

If you knew it was plagiarised, why did you publish it?

[nutildah]

This is pretty funny.

Old white paper: 4461 words
New white paper: 371 words

Here's the kicker: the new white paper is largely taken from Wikipedia. While they did source Wikipedia in the new version, its quite obvious they haven't an original thought in their heads.

I would be wary of any project that doesn't take the time to come up with their own description of their own product. Also, having an anonymous team is a big no-no in this day and age...

[TFTN]

Yes, I also find it very funny to see people like you, as they only take charge, to attack a project without first asking any questions.
As mentioned before the issue of the whitepaper was an error when uploading a whitepaper that the team had rejected (as well as others). Our web developer uploaded that file to the server by mistake. Simply that: a human error!
Here there is neither an old whitepaper nor a new whitepaper. The whitepaper is one only, version 1.0.
The idea was to make a simple whitepaper with the initial clear idea of ​​the project. A simple project, fork of Cryptonote. Without mysteries.
As a project, the idea is to evolve over time and our idea is that together with the project, we will add new technologies and new products.
In this way our whitepaper will evolve as well as our website.
Several famous projects have had constant changes, big mistakes, changes in the members of their teams, and that's why they would be considered SCAM?
With regard to the team, rest assured, at the end of March, a last developer will be added, there our team will be complete and our web developer will update our official website with all that information. It was what we considered correct with the whole team.
Now instead of attacking all the time, why do not you take the time to write a post with all the questions that come up?
We consider instead of having written this post, I should have been contacted to resolve any inconvenience.
It is very easy to attack without knowing all the hours that it takes to develop a project, and the great economic costs that this implies, costs that our team is assuming.
Have a nice day.

[nutildah]

OK, here's some questions.

1. Where is your team?
2. Do you have a GitHub repository?
3. Why does your white paper only include a few paragraphs from Wikipedia and your coin specifications?

I agree that a half-baked project is not necessarily a scam but its pretty easy for anybody to put out a plagiarized white paper and then say "it was a mistake" after they get caught. It looks like you quickly threw something together after getting caught and are now claiming it is your "version 1.0".

[ICOEthics]

~
...We consider totally unfair your consideration that this project is scam...
There was simply a wrong publication of a whitepaper from one of the old team members, a whitepaper of the test so many until finding the right one for the project.
~
...Now for a simple mistake that was corrected by putting our true whitepaper_V1.0 on the web...
...We ask you to withdraw this accusation as soon as possible and we request the apology of all the TFTN team for the inconvenience caused.

Your website is up since 4 months ago, and now you come here you a typical lame scammer excuse.

Your whitepaper is still PLAGIARIZED

"copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not ("fair use" rules)" is also considered plagiarism

THIS accusation will NOT be removed, it will escalate if you dont provide VALID WHITEPAPER AND VALID TEAM MEMBERS with a video.

AND YOU are the one who should apologize to the community for throwing a plagiarized whitepaper at us, wasting everyone's time.

[TFTN]

If you read in another post we already apologized for the inconvenience because the whitepaper was uploaded by mistake. No problem, we apologize again for that inconvenience.
Why are you laughing at our website? It is a simple site whose purpose is to give a clear idea of ​​the project. I suppose you should be one of the best web designers in the world to give this review.
I'm just going to tell you for once that TFT Network is not a SCAM project. Even if you think otherwise (and probably other people too). We are very calm, we have many examples of famous projects accused of "SCAM" in its beginnings that today are very successful.
Thus, we all have distrust of all the projects in their beginnings. Only the time and the evolution of the projects will say which are SCAM and which are not.
Our web hosting was acquired 4 months ago, the design of the site began late December and ended late February. What is the inconvenience that you see in that?
I do not answer his irony about the images of the team members because I am a respectful person. I request the same from you.
Have a nice day.