Proof of burn is essentially the conversion of Quark to the "new" coin correct?
YC
Yes and I don't like it. It essentially means anyone who doesn't like/want the new coin is left holding a coin that is worthless.
It would be better to come up with a new coin and let the market determine its worth through exchanges.
In my opinion.
However I think sticking with quark is better, what's wrong with it that can't be fixed except by creation of a new coin and proof of burn?
Wtf? You haven't understand a word of the approach, otherwise your post doesn't make any sense at all.
So you think a new coin is better? Guess what, proof of burn is exactly that: a new coin. It is also not unfair because everyone can decide on his and her own whether he or she likes to burn or stick with Quark. Of course if the majority of people and their infrastructure are withdrawing from Quark this could cause Quark to become less valuable or even worthless but this would be anything else but letting the market determine the price.
What is the difference to a new coin? Only Quark holders would receive shares. This is a way to SAVE the potential, time and ressources that many of us spent into Quark. The new coin would start at 0 with all the relevant tasks to be done (exchange rate listing etc.) but it may be a good option for those who don't agree with the current events.
So all in all, proof of burn is not really a concurrent approach to merge mining. It is rather a new coin to allow Quarkers to leave the community without losing their sahre. You don't need to like it. If it becomes reality you can still stick with Quark as is.
I like the idea if the coin will have some good developers behind it and the main qrk team are on board. I hope it will all be transparent and community input will be key to decisions.
I still am not sure how proof of burn is any better than qrk only ipo. I hope you'll build in a development pot of at least 10% that is transparent anyway so we have some funds to spend.
The actual burning is kind of trust related isn't it? better to keep the qrk in a pot and release for projects.
Either way thankfully someone is doing something. I hope you and VIC and Coinmama can get together and work on this. I think VIC is key to qrk even being 1c tbh.
Instead of all the hassle of merge mining, a small % of the companion coin could be held back for mining on foundation pools. Set up some qrk mining foundation pools taking 2% cut and top hashers get some companion coins as reward. Then again i guess proof of burn (if the qrk is really burned for good) is going to perhaps lead to the total replacement of qrk with another currency so maintaining qrk's chain security is not that important.
The key is getting some very good developers onboard, for that we would need to reserve at lot of the coin for them and release it to them over a period of time for continued development.
Either way i am pleased to see something being done.