He didn't say "some" or "my main stash". He stated that ALL of his coins were allegedly lost.
He faked most, if not all of the donations hoping that onlookers would be fooled into thinking this was a supportive community. eg. monkey see.. monkey doo..
Nice try. Or NOT.
For sure he did not fake all donations, because one was mine. I am still bag holding also. Could be life happened to Mr. Spread, and I hope for him he will come out good, and I hope for us he will return and go on with his work. He deserves a lot of respect for the 6 months he has been running Spreadcoin, and I really hope he will return to continue. In the meantime, it would be a good idea that people from the community with skills take a look at the code and make some effort in getting to know it and maybe even make it better and take over if Mr. Spread might not return.
With this whole thing I realized that a true decentralized coin also should be coded by more than one developer, because now this has become a bottleneck and single point of failure. With more developers even more decentralization will be attained.
He ran the project in his 'spare time'.
Clearly, this was turning out to be a big project. Added to the pressures of everyday life, there was plenty of trolling going on. I know, I did my fair share. Mine was to question and challenge and it was actually aimed more at price manipulation. Well the price isn't being manipulated anymore
There was a period of posting where Mr.SPR was getting pissed off. Especially with the DRK clone, master node clone accusations.
JL was probably right, Mr.SPR is probably Chinese. But unlike JL, I don't think Mr.SPR has that much in the way of BTC.
He was posting at regular intervals at times that could be considered after work, at weekends.
Working full time, then working on SPR, plus the trolling, the pressure of testing, etc, over a 6 month period probably led to a "oh, fuck it, I'm off for a break" moment.
It is the Chinese New Year. China is experiencing some bad weather and travel disruptions.
My best guess is that he is visiting family in rural areas. He has the type of job that allows him to take two weeks holiday. Clearly, not a factory worker where they can only take a few days off each year.
Being able to work on SPR in his spare time, probably means he is in IT and reasonably well paid. Paid enough to be able to run home internet and have the freedom to spend time on SPR without a second job.
When you run a team of IT geeks, the last thing they want is to do admin. Some enjoy the crossover to the business side of things, most just hate it with a passion.
When he returns, maybe Georgem and a few others can take on the running of the day-to-day activities, such as communicating update, testing, etc.
I would suggest that Mr.SPR be surrounded by those that can take on dealing with Fud.
Hippie Tech doesn't really count anymore. He is just like that annoying fly that you hear buzzing around but you learn to ignore.
Mr.SPR just needs to zone everything out and focus on coding. It's his project so he can weigh in and join conversations as and when. But the one thing Evan has learned to do is avoid getting involved in most conversations. They are just distractions from the job at hand.
Let's see how far my assessment is off the mark.
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Thinking about this: in actual fact, he could be Chinese but based in Europe. He is on holiday for the Chinese New Year
