Just a quick note to anybody who has sent me a PM.
I'm having a bit of a sick day so there'll be some delay for when I'll be able to get to your particular issue. Hopefully I'm feeling better tomorow.
Keep in mind that for any case I receive I have to spend 10-15 minutes going through the data before responding, and I respond to any issue in order. Naturally now, when the list has been released, is when I'm receiving many of these time-consuming questions and requests for updates. So please understand this and don't think I'm ignoring you.
This also means that the next update to the stakeholder list (we try to do things in batches) will not be until sometime tomorow.
Cheers.
Thanks Mac Red! Take all the time you need to get better
We all need to keep in mind that (K)Ora is a longer term project compared to many other crypto coins, and we need to fight the urge for 'instant gratification' that surrounds many coin projects.
(K)Ora wont make anyone rich any time soon, but if we ALL do our bit to build an active cohesive community then who can say what will happen in the future. But right now we're still building quality foundations, and some of that work isn't always visible.
Getting the stakeholder list 'right' is our number one priority in 'stage 1', and we'll do everything we can to make sure no mistakes are made, and everyone who registered in good faith and followed all the requirements is on the list.
It might take a little longer, but it'll be worth it if the general consensus among ourselves and in the wider crypto community is that the (K)Ora registration process was fair & transparent.
Some people think the focus on 'fairness' is pointless in a capitalist system, but I think that opinion misses a key element. Here is a Kora "mock" coin for example:
https://nxtforum.org/alternate-cryptocurrencies/cccora-descendant-of-kora-nem-sibling-of-nexxfree-fair-equal-4-all!/
Those who think striving for "fairness" is ridiculous don't understand the link between fairness, community acceptance & effectiveness IMO.
Acceptance and effectiveness will come AFTER people have made a judgement about the origins of something. For example, why is Monero currently the most widely accepted Cryptonote coin, and not bytecoin, which came first, and has existed for nearly two years? They are basically the same code. Is it because Monero is 'better'? I would argue it is because Monero is 'accepted' because it had a 'fair' launch, so even the most hardened "survival of the fittest" capitalists are voting for the "fair" version. Bytecoin was 80% mined on the "dark web" for two years before anyone in the crypto community heard of it. A similar thing happened with Litecoin - it wasn't the first scrypt based coin, but it was seen as the first "fair one", so it became accepted by people, and thus effective.
"Fairness" is key for acceptance in a crowded market with many alternatives, and wide acceptance leads to effectiveness. I might be a karma loving hippy who loves "fairness", but I'm actually more of a realist who is striving for effectiveness
(K)Ora is NOT going to make people lots of money any time soon, but it could be a great community to be involved in, and who knows what will happen in the future.
Given that the WHOLE crypto coin ecosystem has a combined market cap under 9 billion today, and everyday more and more people come to realise the true potential of decentralised distributed consensus building systems using blockchain technology, who doesn't think the combined market cap of crypto projects won't reach into the trillions in a few years time. That's my thinking anyway, and we're right at the beginning of the growth period, and we have time to get things right, like having a good 'narrative' about our origins (i.e. the stuff Mac Red is doing now, manually checking to make sure everyone who should be on the list is).
