Sigh, I just finished reading the whole thread... After some pages it just gets a waste of time because the same arguments are being brought up everytime in a slightly new form. Pretty frustrating to see all this energy put into defending against accusations instead of making the coin better.
I can't conclude anything else that literally every accusation ('hypothesis') has been debunked / countered with valid arguments. Only commentary which holds truth is the monero code/project being far from done. This though, is actually something the devteam keeps saying, the project is in alpha.
It's a shame that for 'ordinairy' people (as in outsiders) it's getting too much time consuming to keep up with all this drama. I was listening to Let's Talk Bitcoin, and noticed they couldn't form a opinion because of all mud throwing. It seems that the crapload of BS is clogging people's view (exactly the goal iyam). If I weren't personally invested and brought in some other participants as well, I wouldn't invest the time/effort to try to keep up with all this BS and see if there's more truths than monero being alpha-stage. A shame, like I said, because it is a very promising project. People could be missing out because of this, and that means the shills/FUDsters are (partly) succesful.
What I'm taking from all this:
- Monero is a legit project. The most legit one out (t)here.
- There is a LOT at stake for some people catapulting this FUD-campagin into overdrive. Makes me more confident about the disruptive potential.
- I made a good call investing in this as well as notifying people around me. Whether it turns out profitable or not, it is worth the shot/gamble (if you will).
- An expanded ignorelist
- a strong belief that the devteam should stop responding to these acquisitions. Maybe some of the prominent members can take up this role, and sometimes being backed by a dev if necessary. But the main goal of the dev's must be DEV, and not DEF (defending
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Yes my account is new, I have been lurking around here from feb 2013 tho.
