Nice, some of you wake up and see what happend.
First step in a better direction.
80lite within 48hrs-

we are at 50.
for me the biggest hype is that the most can see whats clear since days/weeks
now we can continue
what happend is not what most of us understand as karma or doing good.
feel free to cheap buy in
others maybe miss this train

My integrity is worth more to me than the money is. I couldn't care less what you Internet strangers ("soulless bodies of text") think about my decisions. I simply wouldn't be able to live with myself. And that trumps any benefit I would otherwise get.

So for me, if the decision was to take $2.5m/6.2m and screw people over or do the right thing and earn little to nothing, that's an easy decision as well (I'd do what I said I would).

The sad part is there are a lot of people that feel the same way you do. I've been offered $20k+ to write theses and such for doctoral students that just don't have the time or the will to do it themselves. Somewhat easy work, sure. But my integrity keeps me from doing it. The money is worthless to me if I constantly have remorse for the actions I've done.

I just wish most of the world wasn't apparently out to screw everyone else over to get themselves a bit of extra cash. It's depressing. And the worst part is if Kosmost had been listening to his community instead of basically trumping over anything that was said, his idea would have netted FAR more than $2.5/6.2m. So not only did he screw over everyone else, he screwed himself as well. Karma's a bitch.

Interesting thing as well: he keeps claiming this was due to public/private attacks against him. Seriously, Kosmost? This is proof you've never held a leadership position in anything successful, nor owned a successful business. Welcome to business ownership and leadership 101. That or you are just using it as an excuse so you can avoid the truth. If this is seriously your reason for dumping everything -- and it has nothing to do with the Lill situation -- you really need to get a business mentor. There are two things to expect as a successful business owner:

1) Character attacks (defamation, libel, accusations) -- public and private. Some people are jealous; some are distraught. This is what a PR team is designed to handle

2) Lawsuits. And a lot of them. Competing businesses sue to bankrupt you. People that dislike you sue to try and take your money (by making up lawsuits in the hopes one will net them a win)

Welcome to the real world of business. If you aren't facing both of the above, your business is still worthless. These are the signs you are making a difference in the world and are making real money. Protip: there's a lesson in here about you facing one of these and Lill supposedly being worth millions.

Sorry, but this is one of the biggest loads of crap on this forum.

Yes, it is makes sense. But it's still untrue.

Selling Lill independently would be stealing. I have not done that and I will not do that from any offer than has been made in the past, nor from the same investor now or anytime in future.

I tire of these accusations. Honestly, they're  quite insulting and do not inspire me to continue doing things for Karma that I do not have to do.

The lack of community support is deafening, so I will just show myself out.

Don't do that. 

This community is strong and Karma can be saved.

Take a week off and formulate a new plan of action.

Those here who can code or offer bounties - list what and how much you can do.

I suggest immediately doing a code update radically dropping the inflation as much as possible and max cap [if it's not too late] to help slow down the freefall. 

Then determine what features most people want added to Karma.  Right now anon is still the hottest and also maybe add a Karma Game which also seems to be a very popular new feature investors look for.

One can do so much with a name like Karma.

So think about that and use the creativity you've already shown to have and come back with a better plan of attack than even the first time.  That, plus these other features, can push Karma to new all-time highs in no time.

Good luck!

Some facts.. then I will get back to my real life....

1) I still have my coins

2) I have not stolen any of your coins

3) Karma is not dead. It is over 300%  above the price when Karmashares was announced.

4) I have no plans or intention to sell Lill at this time. All offers have either expired or been rejected. I will not accept any offers from the same investor (or an associate of the investor) for Lill, as that would not be ethical.

5) To announce that I am looking for someone to take over Karmashares would open up another can of worms, lead to a decline in price, and lead other people to say, "... it could have been done better!".

6) To announce to the team first that it will be done will lead to posts talking about "...insider trading"

7) If you don't like how something has been handled now is your chance to show us how it should be done. Join the team and put your money where your mouth is

These conversations are highly unproductive. Yes, I hope Karma moves on from such drivel.

9) I am still waiting for responses to my posts regarding the future of Karma (i.e., what will YOU do specifically, right now to help Karma in its new direction?). Some claim that I have not properly responded to their points when my own posts are ignored. (However, I have responded to all point except the craziest of conjectures.. which I will leave in the pile of dung that I found them in)

10) The more I am insulted and threatened publicly and privately the less I want to be involved with the current Karma community. I am/was doing this voluntarily. Without support, there's not much I can/want to do.

Hard statement for those who supported you from the Devteam

Kosmost. So here's the deal, and I'm sure I'm not the only one that feels this way.

My understanding is that Karma was all about the businesses that support it. By closing the businesses, you killed the profit stream (also known as "the value").

So the question is... if you didn't do this to screw people over, what is the plan to increase its value now? What did you have in mind? I thought the entire idea was hedged on the businesses that no longer exist?

And I agree -- making statements as to what you *did* is wrong. I don't know for a fact one way or another. But you are withholding so much information all the community can do is assume the worst. You're in a position of power. If the President, today, said "I'm stepping down as President of the United States," tell me you wouldn't think there was a reason for it. "People were mean to me" wouldn't cut it. It's part of being a leader. There would obviously be more to it. Just like in your position. All you're doing is saying people are being mean to you so you no longer want to run a business. This is ludicrous and is exactly the reason why nobody trusts what you've been saying the past few hours.

While Kosmost’s actions are disreputable, perhaps misguided at the very best, they are not deplorable. I completely understand why he returned the Karma from Karmashares LLC. Kosmost’s actions remind me of altcoingood taking down the block explorer after getting into an argument with a couple of people. For now Kosmost hasn’t devolved into such a display of indignation. Please remember, things could be worse.

Once the funds were returned it was clear to me that it wasn’t Kosmost’s intention to scam people or otherwise cause them harm. However his actions have caused significant loss to many people, both Karma holders and Karmashare LLC members at the very least due to the damaged reputation of Karma as a cryptocurrency. However Kosmost has done by far the most work for both Karma and Karmashares LLC, with the most notable thing done for Karma itself being organising and coordinating the transition to x11 as well as the related security changes.

Kosmost has not apologised for his actions nor advised how or if he intends to make amends. Although Kosmost has already provided a more than reasonable amount of funds for Karma and Karmashares LLC to date (disregarding recent actions) I think it would be reasonable for him to provide a healthy amount of funding for the future development of Karma especially given his implied means to do so.

I suppose since Kosmost has now clarified he doesn't want to be the Karma project leader we are now at who is willing to take over the leadership position?

I suggest the new leader whoever it may be:
1.   Not make a Karma team or coding team etc; and
2.   Make everything public including but not limited to algorithm changes, side chains, future plans, etc.

Chargin.

I second this request.