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There Is No Magic Plan to Save LUNC - But There Was a Roadmap
I do not know how many people realise this, but I have been here since almost the beginning.
To be completely honest, I arrived shortly before the LUNA crash, following the depeg as it unfolded like everyone else. My background became an important part of what I contributed during the four years that followed.
From a young age, I loved three things: art, technology and chemistry.
While formally studying chemistry, I spent most of my free time learning about computers, networks, coding and emerging technologies.
I have been involved with cryptocurrency in one way or another since around 2011. I mined Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum and other proof-of-work cryptocurrencies using CPUs, GPU mining rigs and ASIC miners.
I also supported several new proof-of-work projects during their early stages. Some of the contacts and relationships I still have today come from that period.
The deeper I went into crypto, the more scams I encountered. That pushed me to study cybersecurity, blockchain infrastructure and methods of investigating suspicious activity.
I genuinely enjoyed exposing scammers and protecting people whenever I could.
When Ethereum began moving from proof of work to proof of stake, particularly after EIP-1559, I started researching what I believed were the strongest proof-of-stake ecosystems in the market.
That journey brought me to LUNA.
The crash
When LUNA and UST collapsed, I blamed Do Kwon, just as many others did.
My original motivation was simple: help the community and see him held accountable.
However, after spending more time studying the depeg, my personal opinion changed.
I came to believe that he was not simply a scammer who had planned everything from the beginning. I believe serious mistakes were made before and during the depeg, including decisions involving the recovery time of the market module that contributed to the crisis becoming even worse.
In my opinion, he panicked and made catastrophic mistakes.
That is my personal conclusion. Others are entitled to disagree.
The burn movement
After the collapse, Terra Classic was facing the consequences of extreme overminting and hyperinflation.
I proposed the burn tax as a mechanism to begin addressing that damage.
It became one of the first major community proposals to pass after the collapse and helped give the community a shared objective at a time when the chain desperately needed direction.
I contacted exchanges and encouraged them to support the burns.
MEXC was one of the first major exchanges I personally spoke with, and it began participating in the burn initiative.
Later, I was invited to the now-iconic Twitter Space involving Binance and CZ. The question I asked CZ created significant discussion and pressure around the subject.
Binance later began its own LUNC burn programme.
I am proud of the part I played, but I also recognise that this was a wider community achievement. Thousands of people pushed, promoted and supported the burn movement.
The burn tax was not perfect, and it was never supposed to solve everything by itself.
It was designed to begin reversing some of the damage caused by the hyperinflationary minting event while bringing the community together behind a measurable objective.
I also helped initiate discussions surrounding the approximately 800 million LUNC burn and supported other initiatives intended to remove supply from circulation.
But burns were only one part of the work.
Burning tokens without rebuilding utility, trust and demand will never be enough.
The work most people never see
For years, I have provided technical support, documentation and communication for many third-party platforms that list or support Terra Classic.
This has included platforms such as:
Trust Wallet, Binance, MEXC, KuCoin, Kraken, LBank and others.
Without technical coordination, documentation, upgrades and communication, blockchain support can be suspended and assets can be delisted.
Most people never see this work.
They only notice it when something goes wrong.
When Binance was considering removing support for USTC, I worked on the documentation and communication needed to explain the situation and help prevent that outcome.
When Kraken was considering delisting the chain, I participated in meetings, prepared documentation and explained what Terra Classic was, what was being developed and why the chain still deserved support.
That work helped preserve access for the community.
I supported efforts to protect critical infrastructure.
I submitted and helped pass numerous governance proposals intended to improve the condition of the chain.
I introduced a proposal exploring whether approximately $4.1 million could be recovered for the blockchain.
I supported Layer 2 and ecosystem projects such as Juris, Selenium, TerraSwap, Tritium and others.
Some of those projects failed.
Others were built but never received enough users or community support.
Some developers simply gave up after facing continuous drama, misinformation and personal attacks.
That is one of the hardest parts of this story.
Developers do not always leave because they are incapable of building.
Sometimes they leave because they become exhausted from being attacked by the same community they are trying to help.
Security
Many of the security actions taken during the last four years were coordinated by me alongside current and former development teams, with support from Strath and several other contributors.
Most people will never know the details of those incidents.
Many people do not understand what consensus security means or how close a blockchain can come to serious damage before the public notices anything.
Some of the vulnerabilities we encountered were genuinely terrifying.
There were situations where people did not sleep properly for days while risks were investigated and fixes were prepared, tested and implemented.
Terra Classic’s record of avoiding a successful direct exploit of the core chain did not happen by accident.
It required people to identify threats, communicate privately, coordinate solutions and deploy updates before attackers could take advantage.
Ed Kim, Zaradar, Frag, Strath, Raider, Jag, PFC, A.E., Orbit Labs and many others helped keep this chain secure.
To all of them: thank you.
The roadmap I believed in
Despite what some people may claim, I did not believe that burns alone would save Terra Classic.
My roadmap was based on rebuilding the economic engine of the chain while restoring trust.
It had several connected stages.
1. Market Module 2
The first major part was Market Module 2, or MM2.
MM2 was intended to restore market functionality in a controlled and safer way, without simply repeating the mechanisms and mistakes that contributed to the original collapse.
The work exists in the repository as a pull request ( thank you Strath).
The objective was not to switch the old system back on blindly.
The objective was to redesign it, introduce controls, limit risk and create the foundations for new economic activity.
However, nobody wants to touch it.
Not necessarily because the concept has no value, but because the drama, accusations and attacks associated with implementing anything significant on Terra Classic have made the work feel impossible.
2. A complete technical and economic audit
Before implementing MM2 or any major economic change, the system should undergo a complete audit.
That means auditing the code, economic assumptions, security controls, risk limits and possible attack scenarios.
Trust cannot be restored through promises.
It must be restored through transparent code, independent reviews, public testing and measurable safeguards.
The community needs to understand what is being activated, how it works, what the risks are and how those risks are controlled.
A successful audit and careful implementation could begin rebuilding confidence among users, developers, exchanges and external partners.
3. The USTC staking system
The USTC staking system was another major part of my roadmap.
The governance proposal passed, and the complete blueprint was prepared-yes, by me.
The concept was to give USTC holders a reason to participate in the ecosystem rather than simply waiting for a miracle repeg.
The staking system could help lock supply, create new utility and form the foundation for additional products.
Unfortunately, Orbit Labs decided not to move forward with the implementation because the level of conflict surrounding new development had become enormous.
They may continue providing maintenance and necessary upgrades.
That work is important and appreciated.
But maintenance alone will not create growth.
4. A multi-product ecosystem
MM2 and USTC staking were not intended to exist as isolated products.
Together, they could become the foundation of a multi-product ecosystem capable of generating activity, increasing potential APR and creating additional burns.
Different products could serve different levels of risk and different groups of users.
Staking products could lock supply.
Market activity could generate fees.
A proportion of those fees could be directed towards burns, community development, security and sustainable rewards.
Additional products could create real reasons to use LUNC and USTC rather than simply holding them and waiting for prices to increase.
The objective was to create a positive economic cycle:
More products create more utility.
More utility attracts more users.
More users create more transactions and fees.
More fees can support higher sustainable rewards and additional burns.
More activity creates greater interest from developers, exchanges and investors.
That is how the community could begin rebuilding-not through one magical action, but through several connected products creating real economic activity.
5. Reuniting the community
The final part of the roadmap was not technical.
It was about bringing the community together again.
The burn movement succeeded because people with different opinions were able to support one shared objective.
MM2, audited economic systems, USTC staking and new products could have created another shared direction.
Not everyone would have agreed on every detail.
That is normal.
But the community could have debated the risks, improved the designs, audited the code and then made informed governance decisions.
Instead, nearly every major initiative now becomes a personal war.
Developers are attacked.
Contributors are accused of hidden motives.
Validators use fear and rumours to gain support.
Ideas are destroyed before they can even be properly discussed.
Growth requires ideas, experimentation and calculated risk.
When every serious initiative is attacked before it can begin, eventually the builders stop building.
That is where we are now.
The personal cost
During my second daughter’s pregnancy, an enormous amount was happening on Terra Classic.
I spent far more time dealing with the chain than I should have and not enough time beside my wife.
For that, I am truly sorry, my Love.
It was a mistake I promised myself I would never repeat.
During the pregnancy of our third daughter, I made sure I was present every day and ready to support my family.
That experience changed my priorities.
Over the past decade, I have also continued my formal education.
I completed training in networking, cybersecurity, Python, JavaScript, HTML, finance and other areas of technology.
I also studied business administration, accounting and economics, and I am now finishing my master’s degree in computer science.
I have grown enormously during this journey.
I believe the majority of my contributions to Terra Classic were positive.
But today, I am tired.
Why I am stepping back
The constant drama has become exhausting.
A small but extremely loud group of people has made it increasingly difficult for anyone to propose, develop or implement something new without facing accusations, misinformation and personal attacks.
They may not represent the entire community, but they often receive the most attention and support.
That becomes deeply discouraging when people spend years doing difficult work behind the scenes, only to watch individuals who have contributed very little attack those who are genuinely trying to build.
The pressure created by certain actors is driving contributors away from the chain.
MM2 is waiting.
The USTC staking blueprint is ready.
The wider roadmap exists.
But people with the ability to implement these systems increasingly believe that doing so is not worth the attacks they will receive.
This is not sustainable.
There is no secret Binance plan
I need to say something clearly, even though many people will not want to hear it:
There is no magic plan waiting to save LUNC.
There is no secret button that Binance will press to suddenly repair everything.
I communicate with major exchanges, platforms and ecosystem participants for years.
They do not see a reason to force progress into an ecosystem that rejects progress and attacks the people attempting to create it.
Exchanges cannot build the ecosystem for us.
They cannot manufacture useful applications, sustainable demand, responsible governance or a healthy community.
They will not rescue a chain whose own community is afraid to build.
Some validators and influencers continue growing by exploiting people’s hopes.
Their message is always similar:
“I know something you do not know.”
“There is a secret plan.”
“Support me or you will miss out.”
They use fear and greed to increase their influence and voting power, sometimes without understanding the validator set or the technology underneath the chain.
There is no secret rescue plan.
There is no guaranteed repeg.
There is no hidden agreement that will suddenly make everyone rich.
There was, however, a realistic roadmap:
MM2.
A complete audit.
A carefully controlled implementation.
USTC staking.
Multiple products.
Potentially stronger and more sustainable APR.
More transactions.
More utility.
More burns.
More trust.
And, hopefully, a community united around building again.
That roadmap would not have guaranteed success.
Nothing in crypto can guarantee success.
But it would have given Terra Classic a direction and a reason to grow.
What happens now
I am not completely leaving.
I will continue operating my two validators: Vegas Node on Terra Classic and Vegas Node on Terra.
I will keep the Discord and Telegram communities open.
I will continue supporting projects, proposals and initiatives that I genuinely believe are good for the ecosystem.
But I will take a more observational position.
My X account will no longer be dedicated almost entirely to LUNC.
I will begin discussing other subjects that matter to me, including artificial intelligence, technology, cybersecurity and the projects I want to build next.
Most importantly, I will focus more on myself and my family.
For years, I worked to help other people’s bags grow.
Now it is time to invest that same energy into my own future.
This decision hurts.
But enough is enough.
The bad actors may feel as though they are winning today.
They have successfully pushed away developers, contributors and people who genuinely wanted to build.
However, I will still be here.
I will still speak when something matters.
I will still support what I believe is right.
I am simply no longer willing to sacrifice my health, education, career and family for people who attack the contributors trying to keep this ecosystem alive.
Terra Classic does not need another rumour.
It does not need another influencer claiming to know a secret.
It does not need another promise of a magical rescue.
It needs builders.
It needs users.
It needs transparent audits.
It needs economic products.
It needs accountability.
It needs burns connected to real activity.
It needs the courage to move forward.
There is no magic plan to save LUNC.
There was a roadmap.
But a roadmap means nothing when the community attacks everyone willing to build it.
There is no magic plan.
There is only the work.
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