Still no repayment yet of stolen funds.

Warning: Don't invest in IOTA! I am one of the early Investors in IOTA. In my opinion it is A SCAM! The Foundation has stolen 13% of all IOTAS from the Investors. They promised 3 times to reclaim the funds and havent reclaimed anything! We are now goin on 3 months! Don't invest in IOTA!  For more Infos: https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=iota%20reclaim

Thank you for the warning, but your post looks illogical. If you are expecting to get a repayment then the iotas can't be stolen. You should work on your wording to stop confusing people.

You can check node health here: https://iota.dance/nodes. Or setup your own full node

generate seed, then replace few characters manually by yourself, and use it, you will be good to goo...

from binance? I am seeing iota withdrawal suspended on binance for quite a time now.

Don't use random online seed generators, too many people have been scammed. The only one, that is recommended is the one on this site and even then I would change some characters by hand: https://matthewwinstonjohnson.gitbooks.io/iota-guide-and-faq/getting-started/dl-wallet/what-is-my-seed.html

A lot of people use keepass to generate their seed, which is also fine.

I am here since quite a while but under a different account which I lost. I was mining bitcoin on CPU, lost some to the first MtGox hack in 2010 or so and unfortunately did not really believe in bitcoins success Whatever...

But even in that times bitcoin transfers have always been  reliable and I understood the crypto behind it good enough to know the funds cannot get lost once they are in the blockchain. In the moment I do no have the same trust in IOTA. If it would work, the concept is great, but I do not see that it works like it should. And I am not sure if the current problems can be overcome or if it is a more general problem of the concept, not the implementation.

Stop scamming people.

I'm testing the IOTA wallet and wow, I've had several instantaneous transactions, some have taken no more than 6 hours, considering it's free, it's amazing, I see it quite well after having tried many other purses, even with btc I've had transactions more than one day pending.
In the IOTA wallet, we must insist a lot on the search for a good node in the light purse for a good connection, it's amazing, great project.
Keep going !!!!

IOTA selected by Tokyo Metropolitan Government Program

We are really happy to announce that the IOTA Foundation has been selected by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to participate in their accelerator program, aimed at helping IOTA get established in Japan and connect with local companies to work together on innovative new solutions for the Japanese and the global market.
Official Website: http://www.seisakukikaku.metro.tokyo.jp/bdc_tokyo/english/bizcamptky/blockchain/index.html
Official Press Release: http://www.seisakukikaku.metro.tokyo.jp/bdc_tokyo/assets/pdf/en/news-events/2017/20171222_2_blockchain.pdf

With the rapid growth of IOTA in Asia and the increasing interest of Asian companies to work with IOTA, we think that this is a unique opportunity for the Foundation to setup a dedicated, staffed office in Tokyo with support from the government and start working with the local ecosystem. Several of the Founders and Core Developers will frequent Japan during the program and the Foundation will setup several Meetups and Events to help kickstart IOTA’s growth in the Japanese community.

The program will last for 2 months, with several events on January 15th, February 23rd and March 16th. More than 18 Japanese companies are participating in this program and will be mentoring the selected companies. We are incredibly excited about this opportunity and are looking forward to work with the various stakeholders.