I am also Planning to buy more and more.Because I know about this project capability and Unfortunatly I have bought IOU coins.Tha is fine I want hold it and I believe  Vlad A lot.He will deliver what he promissed

They didn't generate even token yet how can someone sell you private key ? It is possible only when AE token will come into existence. As many people have told but not recommended that you can have only IOU tokens on hitbtc at the moment. In a week Ae tokens will be generated and distributed but then you may be able to buy directly from exchange.

Heads up for clearing the situation and will be waiting for the announcement about full team members soon. That is right github is busy because development is going on. Aeternity came out to change old smart contracts and to introduce new chain but it is surrounded by issues since day 1st. I hope all to finish soon and development to be accelerated to complete the product.

Thanks Vlad for the update and your tireless work!

Is the CTO an expert in erlang and game theory who has made blockchains?
IF so, which ones?

Another update, this one coming directly from Marion:

Hello all!
To bring some light in the dev team situation:
The new setup is not 100% finalized, that's why there hasn't been an official statement.
The talks/new arrangement with zack are/is not finalized, that's why there is no update. There will be a change but again it's not set in stone yet.
There is no intention to hide any changes nor any reason to be worried that the development of æternity will have a set back or problem.
We will arrange a Q&A with Joel the new interim CTO so everyone can get to know him.
Please wait for an official statement about changes regarding Zack or new hires.
Have a good day everyone!

As mentioned, I am sharing info as soon as it is available.

Regards,
Vlad

Unbelievable.

So now we are 4 months in and in a much worse place than at the start (ie, almost no visible progress other than Zack's work, which has now become Aeternity's competitor).

There's $50 million floating about. Almost none of it has been used so far for some reason.

How about a commitment to using that money, including a specification of the budgets. Like every other ICO has.
Aeternity can still become a success, but only if the money is used. And I'm not sure anyone believes it will be.

And otherwise, people are going to think that the intention is for someone to keep that money. I'm sure there will be people looking with a fine toothcomb at any possible criminal aspects of this ICO and that is just going to make things worse.

How can someone expect unaffected development will be carried on when there are so many deep internal issues in this project. These are someone well informed people who come here and through burning news and then official representative gives explanations. Why community,investors and supporters are not informed directly. Clarity and transparency last long and key to success doubts kill the success.   

Hey,

I fully agree. However, apparently there are some internal discussions which have not yet been finalized. Once they are, information will be shared around.

No need to worry. The team is always taking the long-term success of the project and the community into consideration.

Regards,
Vlad