I think the long term mining plan for WOC is a solid option, PoS is definately an interesting method used to attempt to keep a crypto relevant and value up by it's limited minability.
But PoS hasnt really shown any great advantage over PoW coin..
PoW does keep a coin relevant (by making them obtainable by miners) and has been shown in a recent thread people are still wanting to mine WC, miners (like myself) first question about a coin is 'can i mine it?' so a PoW gives a yes to the number one question.
I do think a sizeable pre-mine for IPO is a good idea, it's been noted by myself and others that large pre-mines do deter miners and reduce interest in a coin because it may look scammy, but with WOC already having a community involved and a fair bit of press, if it is transparent and we are an informed group then I think we can counteract that.
Not to mention that if initial interest is a bit low then it will avoid that initial pump and dump insta mine; definately a positive thing in my mind because people just going for instamine dump reduces the integrity of a market and have a disproportional amount of funds.
This would create a place where momentum builds, I can't see anything better in the crypto world than a coin which gathers momentum as it lives, we dont want WOC to be a shrinking violet.
For a specific figure i'm not sure, but 5-10% I think is worth consideration, it may not be terribly satisfying for those wanting to make a quick buck by getting in quick and selling as fast as they can, but for people who look at where a coin is going and if it actually has merit then they will see the value.
Lastly i think there has to be a fairly big pre-mine for the IPO as I think there will be a lot of interest in buying WOC even if its just from within the community and if it ends up making WOC vastly more valuable I could see it killing off WC itself.
PoS uses zero power. That's the advantage over PoW.
too true, well actually except the multipool which isnt direct but its power to get coins