RC 3 launch yesterday was definitely a bummer !

i do not know enough about the technical part to participate in this discussion and believe evan and the team know what they are doing and i totally trust them.



i have a couple of pointers (which in my opinion) have to be discuss,

hopefully solved before the next release of any kind.

(i am not sure where else to put them, so i post them here, hope you guys do NOT mind !!)



- Communication

there has to be a proper chain of command be set up for updates to the community and public !

it can NOT be that 2 hours into the release there are NO updates what is going on !!! no updates only fuel the trolls and all the other nonsense on the chats. people get confused and worried and that is NOT necessary or helpful (for confidence in DRK and the price) !

we are by now talking about a 41 Mill market, this is not just evan with some boys in the garage coding away, DRK has to be treated as a professional product and its community and "customers" have to be updated and maintained as they deserve it.

even after the 1st updates and change of wallet messages, there was no (until 10 hours after) update if we are on a wrong fork, or maybe it is all good now (as IRC copies suggested evan can fix it fast), or not ... you Dev guys might have it all figured out at that point (or not) but you HAVE to tell the community (treat them as your customers, thats what they are!) where DRK is standing and going, good or bad , failed or running ... there is only good PR in the long run, but NO PR and communication is totally unprofessional and not acceptable in a 41 Mill market. as we (DRK) want to play in the big boys (BTC, LTC,..) league, we have to act like it !!!



- Secure communications for the Dev team

the chatter on IRC between evan and others of the Dev team has to move to a "saver" location !

chats and communications from evan and others get copied from IRC and show up all over BItcointalk with positive or negative comments.

i know AlexGR did this to calm the community and bring necessary updates (when it was needed), but this can NOT be and happen as it was totally unaproved by Evan and others copied there ! (that chatter is till now floating around out there)

this is really unprofessional (from a PR standpoint) and can go terrible wrong in the future as more and more people find their way to IRC, use quotes they copy from there, and might even change the content they copy.

PLEASE move to a saver location (non public) as i can see the PR disaster coming from this.



- Release Dates

i am only approaching this from a PR side of things .... if a RC date is set (27th June) and then the date is moved forward (20th) due to tons of testing and confidence of the developer, and then the RC still fails ... well bummer eh !

we gotta stick to our set dates, test the sh..t out of it before launching, and launch when 100% ! do not get pushed into earlier releases by the market or whatever pushed you, stick to YOUR timeline ! and the market will follow and appreciate it. (sure now we are behind with releases and the pressure is on.... but you EVAN are the MAN, thats why we are all here, so you tell the community and market how long it takes to be ready for whatever launch !!!! )



- New Developer Team

i am very happy to see that evan extended his development team !!!! finally !

extend your team further !! a couple of guys can NOT do this business by them self !! delegate to others !! i know that started already and there was a long communication from eltito (who is very good), regarding communication going on, but this has to go even further. treat it as a company and a product !



these are only my 2 cent of knowledge and thoughts in all of this

i am happy to be part of DRK and i know we will launch to further highs, but i believe it is time to change certain parts of the "team" to be as professional as "our" coin DRK is or will be soon !