Dear Link community, in the last few months we have been through hell and back trying to make the first decentralized oracle smart contract platform come to light. However, events out of our control have made several partnerships impossible to continue, and therefore ChainLink is no longer viable effective immediately.
The project has taken on dimension that is simply not possible in the sensitive environment of the professional world. Community harassment, doxing, and a segment of our community associated with alt right imagery have made it impossible to go on.
The rumors of the shadowfork were not rumors but happened on the sly on Wednesday, January 17th, 2018. The transition will be continuing to make ChainLink go on in private sales, where we will return on the public market once our partners are pleased with progress, and community has been severed.
I realize this will make many people unhappy, but there were only two options. One, to go on as a skeleton chain with diminished partnerships and prospects, or a shadowfork.
