A few things;
I had a boss once tell me he was a great teacher. He said people have to come to him, in other words it wasn't freely given. I have been told many times that I am a great teacher, I have always given freely of my knowledge. I don't feel the need to go around saying this to people, I only say it here to raise a point.
So who is a great teacher, the one that needs to assure everyone around him that he is great, or the one who teaches freely?
I won't trust someone who feels they need to say, "trust me, I am an honest person" 100 times.
Also at issue, there have been numerous requests for transparency and the dev and his buddies have responded with sidestepping and BS. This does not create trust. This creates suspicion and questions.
My advice is this, either choose to be completely transparent with ALL information if you wish to be trusted-or do not and take your chances with the development of this coin. Stop saying trust me--trust is earned. It is earned through open and honest communications, not through assurances that you are trustworthy.
You must realize that there have been scam after scam in this market and people will NOT trust you simply because you think they should. The fact is that coins that have dev teams that are transparent with their info and professional in their dealing with critics and consumers are successful. Reverting to flaming critic's posts does not instill confidence.
"You are spreading FUD." = I can not formulate an intelligent response to this.
"People are saying nasty things about me." = I do not have to respond honestly to this. So there!

I am going to side with cautious optimism, and hope you are sincere with your stated intentions with this coin. I am currently mining this with the intent of holding onto a bit.
But I assure you, if you choose to ignore critics and consumers who ask for transparent and honest communication you are doomed to fail.