If a dev plans to launch a coin to be a real player in economic markets, the least they can do is compile the client for linux and windows. Since they did not, we can only speculate they are some fly-by-night hackjob crew.
Cross platform is important, and not having it at launch (or even hours after launch) is a huge problem. The devs have been nearly silent on launchday which is not a good sign.
I've been watching this launch for the last couple of days and mining it - well, trying to mine it - from launch. There are a few things I'd say are 'not a good sign' here:
First, apparently in the hours and minutes running up to the launch of their shiny new cryptocurrency, the devs were going through safety lectures and putting on coveralls so they could climb into a zero g (misnomer, actually, it's not zero-g, it's freefall) simulation/parabolic flight. So you can pretty much forget coverage for any sort of untoward event that might happen in the race up to the launch.
Second, the actual launch (mining of the first block?) is apparently triggered by someone on the team during the flight. Did you know they call these things vomit comets? Brilliant idea.
Third - don't know about you, but I was trying connect my modest ~5 Mh to one of the launch pools. Said launch pool couldn't find a block for nearly an hour, while someone (dunno who, seemingly not the other pools) was apparently finding plenty of blocks, thank you very much. Apparently the pools had to regenerate addresses and reconnect to stratum, etc. to finally get everything to fly.
Fourth, when the devs (hate calling them that, but okay) finally do make an appearance they blame the pool operators, saying they can't be bothered to 'test' them, and anyway it's just like a 'gold rush' so relax, there are plenty of blocks coming up. Well, yeah, now that the difficulty is at {insert higher difficulty here}
I'm still mining this (p2pool, getting about 20 coins every 10 minutes last time I looked), because there isn't much else to play with tonight. Yeah, I'm a noob. But it looks to me like this team forgot that they needed to be PRESENT for their launch, and not flopping around exchanging high-fives with their Macau-based investor in a plane over Texas.
Why aren't they around now? - They're at SXSW, fer chrissakes. Partying their faces off. Probably leaving paper wallets full of Octocoins in the urinals at Stubbs.
That reminds me, I'm hungry.
