Folks,
Some of you who may or may not be familiar with me under this nickname - this is syntaks from Neos. I've come to post here for one reason and one only and that's to set a few things straight regarding Neos, our decisions and people involved in Neos. I'll start by addressing what seems to have become somewhat of a "hot topic" lately which is yak. People are forever complaining about his ruling with an iron fist. People are either blaming yak for the price, blaming him for any setbacks, or blaming him for whatever seems to be transpiring that's negative. For those who don't know yak, let me explain a few things and maybe settle some dust here that's unfortunately seeming to cloud some people's eyes - and not by fault of their own.
yak isn't a child by any definition aside from his humor at times which we're all pretty guilty of having a similar sense of humor at times. He's a grown man whom I've known for quite a while. He's been at-keys for a few decades now and has been involved in design, marketing, and crypto since the inception of Bitcoin. He's far from unfamiliar with the dirty practices of manipulation for gain from being involved for as long as he has been. His years of experience and knowledge are one of the reasons he and I work together so well and why I chose him to work with me on this project. With that being said, when people come in under false aliases or even without it's as clear as day to him what their intentions are once they've said their bit. He'll be "quick on the trigger" because he knows otherwise I'll end up doing what I'm doing right now which is writing half of a novel in response. However, I do feel strongly enough about the work we're doing that for me it's worth taking the time right now to clear the air.
So you have an issue with yak because he banned you or flat-out told you he knows you're trying to mess with the project? You dislike yak because he didn't hear out the request or argument for the 100th time from the 50th fake alias to re-open a thread here? You're blaming yak for the price drop when even you yourself are stating here that you just dumped? Whatever your reasons for disagreeing with yak or disliking him are, let me tell you a few reasons why you should like yak:
1. yak stayed up with me from day working around the clock to bring the Neos interface to you that it is today. Did he get paid? Not nearly enough and definitely not enough to justify him giving up his personal life beside me because he believes in this project
2. yak's the one who set up the forum because I'm coding - we had request after request for the official forum to be up and available for the public and supporters to be able to discuss the project
3. yak's provided a lot of input which has been applied to Neos and some of the functionality within
4. yak has stood by this project relentlessly even beyond the design work being completed UNPAID without any promise or hope of being paid - just because of his firm beliefs in this project
5. yak is constantly helping people when they approach him for help regarding Neos - and I'm not referring to responding to yet more requests to re-open a thread here, I'm speaking with regard to actual help with the interface or features
6. Given the opportunity yak's incredibly frigging smart - instead of an attempt to vilify him, how about an attempt at some serious crypto-related conversation? Insight as to where we might be headed with rationale included. He'll give you that.
Finding loyalty and dedication like that these days is near impossible let alone probable and in this world of crypto.
We have a plethora of projects spawning day after day - most of which as you've all experienced come with the price tag of "developers" abruptly going missing once an issue turns up or they've collected their ICO funds or dumped their pre-mine. So with that being said, do you really want to leave a project you're stating you believe in but due to yak's presence you'll abandon? I'm not going anywhere and I've had to endure a slew of negative feedback alongside the wave of positive feedback. yak the same. So ask yourselves, do you really want to walk away from a legitimate effort? People that believe in crypto beyond the price put on what's produce? Or do you want to stay around while we feverishly and without personal gain or consideration continue to develop and collaborate with others to keep strengthening this project? I can tell you right now whether it's 4PM or 4AM if we're all not around, at least one of us will be and we won't watch the clock while we're answering your questions or helping you fix an issue. Neos wasn't created as a get-rich-quick. It was created as quite the opposite. My beliefs and intentions have been clear as day since the first announcement of this project. I believe in crypto and the potential it has to make somewhat of a positive impact on this relatively negative world we're living in. Beyond price, beyond monetary value, beyond material causes or rewards. There's something crypto represents that's much more than that, something priceless and not easily obtained - freedom. Freedom from the constraints that the powers that be have forced upon us, the limitations we've been subject to for far too long, and the reliance on a bigger elected body of individuals or groups dictating what we can or cannot do. Crypto stands for much more than "fill my pockets" - at least to me it does.
Arguments being made that people can't keep updated with the project's status or what I'm working on or what's in the works are completely ridiculous. I post on twitter and our forum as well as IRC when updates happen. New investors being brought in via this forum? Exposure perhaps, but the threads are just locked - not closed and I update them as well. Do we really want to attract people that could focus on a negative campaign to drive the prices down - in turn forcing valid supporters of this projects to throw away their true investments based on a lie or fabrication? How would that help strengthen the value of the project. How does that help newcomers to crypto ignore the negative talks and bullshit in plain English that is spewed in their faces via media? It doesn't.
We have our means of advertising and making the public aware of Neos - which has mainly been word of mouth because of the hard work we do put into it. Other advertising and options to push Neos further out there are definitely in the cards. As I write this however, I stray from a list that once contained 27 tasks comprised of either bug reports, requests, or areas that could be improved spotted by the community, or the team. The list now contains 12 items. Before I started hammering away at this list, my focus turned to the osX installer and Windows installer. For easy adoption and acceptance, newcomers needed an easy install and process management system (start|stop|restart). If you take a look at those two aforementioned installers, that's exactly what I've produced. Following the rest of these 12 items my focus will be on our multipool unless someone steps up to claim the bounty for that. During the day and night, as yak and most of our supporters are constantly discussing on either IRC or our forum - we're relentlessly feeling out and discussing other means of advertising. No single minute is wasted throughout the day. We're not trying to drive the prices up, we're after something much bigger here. We would love for you all to be there with us, but I don't want you to hold Neos or invest or support if if anything I've said here is something you don't agree with.
In closing, if you take anything from this in walking away - I want you to seriously reconsider your stance and re-think your opinions on how and why we're operating in the fashion that we are. I do appreciate every single person that supports Neos, but I don't expect them to be here - I want them here because they want to be here. If anyone has been genuinely offended, I do apologize as that is far from anyone's intention. If anyone has any questions for me, please feel more than welcomed to stop by #neoscoin on irc.freenode.net - our official forum
http://forum.neoscoin.com - or Twitter @NeosCoin. Once again, thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
syntaks
