Iām still watching silently, just as Iāve mentioned multiple times. I have nothing to add anymore.
Jordan and I very publicly disagreed on several major things, including one motion that I thought was the most important: eliminating Tier 6 NSR sales and instituting capital controls. I donāt know why people would find it surprising that I agreed with Jordan on most things early on in the networkās life. Why would I invest so much time in this project if I didnāt agree with his vision? Go back and re-read any of my major posts/proposals, and youāll see that I always thought through things carefully and presented my opinions honestly. There was no ārubber-stampingā. I suspect you feel this way because I disagreed with you on the merits of buybacks versus dividends.
Iāll make this publicly known, as Iāve seen a few āWhere is TomJoadā posts: I wonāt be spending much time here anymore. I donāt agree with the direction the project is going. I donāt agree with the strange actions of @Phoenix. I donāt agree with the lack of mainstream currency control mechanisms, and would go so far as to say that I expect other projects to eventually use Nuās share/currency dual structure to greater effect, by using proper financial mechanisms that are used in real world central banks. I donāt agree with the number of people flooding the forum with insults, attacks, and gloating (even whey they have accomplished nothing on any other project). I donāt agree with a great deal of what is happening here.
Too many people seem to have forgotten that NuBits is an experiment. It has said so on the website since day 1. As an early enthusiastic large shareholder, I have likely lost more money from the collapse of NSR than just about anyone here. Yet, I am not acting like a petulant ten year old, unlike many forum participants I have seen in the past month.
There are too many other things happening in my life right now that demand focus, to the point it is no longer personally rewarding for me to be contributing my thoughts on this forum. For every thoughtful @coingame, @ben, @jooize, @cybnate, @sentinelrv or @cryptog, there are too many more individuals that add nothing to the dialogue anymore. Even @JordanLee/@Phoenix, for all his bizarre behaviour, is someone I greatly admire because he has a solitary vision for this project and is determined to see it through, even when most shareholders (by number, perhaps not voting stake) disagree with him.
I still hold NuShares and am watching with interest to see if a price recovery is possible. I hope so. If it isnāt, this has been a historically-significant experiment attempted with the best of intent. But I assure you, I am still here reading, even if Iām not posting anymore.
