Some crazy guesses:
The investors are all huge blackcoin bagholders.
Blackcoin will only be followed with the absolute minimum and will die.
The delievered wallet and working smart contracts, just to get released the funds from bter, will be an exact copy of blackcoin and blackhalo. So investors pay 1,3 Mio$, but not for a new coin. They pay that blackcoin will continue development under a new name.
The reason why this project is not just Blackcoin: The devs have no money left.
So far so good, understandable situation, BUT it is not transparent. We don´t know the other holders, we don´t know how much they have invested. AND if you buy into your own ICO, nobody knows if you just take your invested BTC back. I don´t wanna say they will, but it is possible and very easy.
Blackcoin won't ever die. Thats not going to happen. I'm going to protect these so called "bagholders" as long as I'm in crypto. Couldn't I have started my own coin? Sure but there is value in being part of a community and honoring them to the bitter end. You can see my post on Blackcoins subreddit about BayCoin and you will see they did not see this coming and i explained why it would be good for them. So reddit proves that there was no "plan" at all. It was a spontaneous offer that was the most sensible decision at the time.
Blackcoin is the security/multipool/contracting coin there is only one foreseeable drawback and that is: I cannot fork it. Only rat4 can do that. But what we do here, reflects back on them. This isnt just slapping a new name into Halo. Here are the differences listed below:
Blackcoin: GOALS AND PROJECTS
*Blackcoin gets their own multisignature exchange NightTrader which has Bitcoin and Blackcoin pairs. Your funds can never get stolen by the exchange
*Blackcoin gets their own fully
decentralized exchange with microtrading in Halo.
*Blackcoin will have options and futures and be multicoin
*Long term goal is to make Blackcoin what it intended to be. The crapcoin killer and contracting coin. I'm playing with all kinds of ideas to put into their coin and one really basic one is, they will be tied to the two exchanges mentioned above and the multipool aspect will be transparent. NT will draw volume to Halo and keep Blackcoin very much alive. Then the long term goal is upwards price pressure. I have a couple ideas already but dont want to give out my full plan.
Both coins have Halo and Markets
BitBay: GOALS/DIFFERENCES ETC
*BitBay gets markets and these markets will be fully advertised and partnerships will be formed
*BitBay gets pegged to USD or RMB and the network is divided into liquidity, tradable coins and long term hedges ... I have one more awesome idea but going to keep it to myself
*BitBay plans on using the above to roll out a mesh network with a very attractive incentive. It will be our first foray into hardware and coins
*Long Term goal is to keep brands separate. BitBay must earn their Halo. NightTrader is a trading system for BC, it matches the name well. BitBay is a stable marketplace with a rollout plan for mesh network. It also has the business partnerships to make some of these things a reality.