@iCEBREAKER if we consider a hybrid algo we can attract more people and be more inclusive.
A hybrid algo is a compromise which may alienate as many (or more) people than it attracts.
And it's scope creep, especially if we don't use an existing off-the-shelf schema.
Let's not (yet) go in search of wheels to reinvent before we even know what ETH is doing (and when).
Hybrids are not new. I started my crypto interests mining Novacoin which is a hybrid which seems to work well. You can mine it and you can stake it. It is a very attractive feature and provides stability to the coin with the staking factor and it is attractive to those of us who want to mine and earn that way. So this wouldn't be anything new.
Of course the devil is in the details, but it clearly has been done and works. I personally find this would be a very nice option to have the benefits of both worlds.
Because NVC "clearly has been done" it means Charlie Hos's new thingy will work? LOL, no.
The particular hybrid under development for possible use in ETC is new.
Hybrids in general are not new, but nobody has proposed copying Novacoin so IDK why you'd bring it up to sell us on something different.
The hybrid vs pure PoW issue is contentious, and we're under a time constraint thanks to the diff bomb.
3 devs are barely enough to lead a search for a viable (ie fairly bulletproof) hybrid model.
It sounds like that work is mostly finished, so the next question is "are 3 devs enough to bridge the the codebase and protocol schisms entailed by using a different hash function than ETH?"
I don't think so, but we may be forced find out the hard way.
Until then, the default position seems to be defusing the bomb and staying with PoW. That at least keeps the miners on our side.
Sorry greenie, but ETC isn't being created as some kind of home business/income supplementation opportunity for old people.
It's irresponsible to gamble on such a risky experiment, especially when on a limited income towards the end of life.
Gambling (with money owed to your power company) is how you wind up old and broke, not the solution to that problematic situation.
The proposed hybrid is a feature, and we are obligated to fight features (not rush to embrace them with dollar signs in our eyes).