1. New source.
2. New POS aglorithm. "The algorithm will allow accounts to start generating blocks after only 10 confirmations. Each account will also know at exactly which point they will generate the next block."
3. Most useful desktop client ever. Among 2nd gen coins.
4. Alisases trading platform.
5. Dev is working on anonymous transactions.
6. Voting system will be implemented by the end of the week.
Answering your first question: "Can anyone explain to me concisely why Qora will be better than Nxt?", nobody states that Qora will necessarily be better than Nxt. From what we have now I can say that it's an original cryptocurrency with unique source. The dev is one of those geniuses that push the crypto world forward. All of that together means that Qora is not one of those weird coins like eMunie or Nem or Nxtl. It's something big and the future will show how big it is.
Thank you for your thoughtful response. The dev has shown himself to be a genius through his work on Qora thus far or does he have other credentials? I have heard the rumor that he is in fact BCNxt. Is that still just a rumor?
Yep. I don't think we will ever find out. Most importantly that the patter is the same. Instead of years of development we got the coin within a couple of month and had 7 new versions of the client since then. We'll have v9.0 by the end of the week and the opportunity to vote what features shoud be implemented next.
As for Qora/BCNext:
1. He write "can not" instead of "cannot".
2. He doesn't worry about a nice logo, website, even open topic look. ANN topic was one of the uglyest OP on the forum. The same as Nxt's.
3. He doesn't spend a lot of time on the forum, but coding instead. He even missed IPO closing! So he's super focused on the code.
4. He is Europian.
5. He invented new POS algorithm.
6. He's working on anonymous transactions.
7. He postponed IPO because he didn't want to have the same problem that Nxt has.
8. Both Qora and Nxt have great names. Qora sounds awesome, Nxt was the right name for the first 2nd gen coin. So equally great.
9. He never denied he's not the same person.
10. BCNext's original hero account (one of NXTers guess) was again abandoned and 2 weeks later - there was a Qora.
11. As for the distribution - mining is lame, it is better to have IPO whales who can easily provide bounties for future development and marketing.