eMAID is currently on P2PB2B. Even though not a famous exchange, it honestly isn’t bad in terms of UI, UX and fees.
Honestly, me and @Sotros25 have been working so hard getting eMAID some traction on exchanges but it’s extremely difficult. Exchanges require a lot of attention and continue to demand more from the project in terms of liquidity providing, volume and lawyer statements to prove your not a security. Regulation in the UK is currently in such a bad place that Maidsafe cannot be involved in any of this, meaning, this should be entirely community driven. Soton managed to get us a lawyer statement, which is the first step of getting on any higher tier exchange. I offered my time, money and my knowledge and connection when it comes to exchange managing. But in terms of volume and liquidity, Exchanges like Bitfinex, Kraken or Binance either require a thriving community (a top 20 coin with tons of market makers already active) or project assurance that they will provide a market maker. We’re not talking several thousands here, but it would be closer to a million eMAID and the BTC equivelant, which is simply not something I can do myself. For this reason, I recently started this topic to raise funds for community driven CEX listings and support.
There have been a few donations, one community member was quite generous. Making it possible for eMAID to get on P2PB2B instead of only getting omni delisted from P2PB2B and people losing access to their funds. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate all the small donations, but we’re talking 4 donations in total. It makes me question how important we as a community think exchange adoption really is.
I’m sure current market sentiment doesn’t help, it is the best time to communicate with exchanges however. Additionally, I know some of you want to see Maidsafe deliver a stable testnet before donating which is understandable too.
I hope that I don’t come across as too frustrated (because truthfully I am a little). I just hope that the community will step up before it’s too late. I know we have a ton of people that want exchange adoption and we have even more people that are afraid we lose access to the markets we currently have. People need to understand that (at least until the Swiss foundation is good to go) it’s all in the hands of the community right now. There are plenty of opportunity now that we have ERC20, I just hope we take them, I’m ready for it.