Hey, as long as we are announcing that suchmoon has won, I thought I could revisit my predictions from November 5... I think I did pretty good considering when the predictions were made!
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=720844.msg9449020#msg9449020(1) Zenpool will continue to suck and possibly get worse
Zenpool? What Zenpool? For that matter, Hashlets have all but disappeared?! Oh, the 1 Satoshi per day Zenpool. Yep.
(2) Hashpoint pool will continue to generate record hashpoint returns, forcing prime and zen owners to move to hashpoint mining (which is of course non-existent)
True all the way through PoW phase which was extended to make hashlet owners feel like they "won" something; as predicted Zen hashlet prices plummeted too.
(3) Relieved of the requirement of making BTC payouts, GAW will be able to fix some of the more glaring red flags (like the constant inability to withdraw, maintenance down times, etc.) which are related to the fact that GAW is not yet actually mining anything.
Well, seems I missed on this one. Withdrawal issues plagued GAW all the way in.
(4) GAW will launch its round 1 ICO, which will force hashpoint conversions into hashcoin, but that is no skin out of GAW's hide since its all premining.
Pre-mining? Nah, GAW would never do that. Except for the 96% that is did pre-mine of course. Hashpoints for all! Check.
(5) GAW will announce that its lawyers/investors/retail partners (pick one or more) have decided that selling hashcoin for fiat is problematic legally, so they cannot do it. GAW will advise users to exchange hashcoin on the exchanges; maybe will even have a deal with one or more exchanges to make this automatic.
How about that for an accurate prediction! Check+. Of course, with level 4 verification on Coinbase you can trade up to $500. Yippee.
(6) Hashcoin on the exchanges will be nearly worthless.
I am going to call this 50% correct. I am surprised that XPY is still worth anything, much less $4. But still a far cry from the $20 - $100 range that GAW promised.
(7) GAW will apologize and blame the whole mess on the U.S. legal regulatory system and/or its lawyers/investors/retail partners who just don't "get it"
Trolls on bitcointalk, regulatory system/KYC regulations (or KCY as Josh writes lol), and a conspiracy of "dumpers" trying to kill the coin... I give myself 80% on this prediction. Once the SEC/FTC/AG steps in, I am sure I will be at 100% on this.
(9) In the meantime, GAW will be able to buy real mining machines since its payouts on hashlets are ll in worthless hashcoin/hashpoints, which allows GAW to use its mining and hashlet sales to actually purchase hardware.
Check. I still want to know what they are doing with the 5 petahash farm.
(10) GAW, if they do not blow up legally, might eventually succeed in becoming a cloud mining company with real miners. Since its users bought in at $16-49 per mhs, and by December prices for ASICs will be down to $5/mhs... there is plenty of room for GAW to transition to a real cloud mining company using customers money ... as long as they can stave off withdrawals and payouts for a couple more months. Of course hashlets will be worth $5 / mhs by then too.
Nope, I missed on this. Never would have guessed that Josh's new gambit would be to shit on mining altogether and promote mining wallets without mining. Such confusion. Such brass balls. Well, can't guess everything right I suppose.
(11) Hashcoin will end up where GAW started - as a loyalty program.
I think we are about 50% of the way there on this. Time will tell if GAW is successful in controlling the exchanges for XPY as Josh seems determined to do .. then will be 100%.
