https://twitter.com/EmbargoCoin/status/469899509682941952
200 EBG for even a single user is nothing.
I will suggest to increase block reward of reduce confirmations/block time.
Else this coin will not get any clutch in exchange markets.
200 EBG right now is just below 1% of all the EBG that is available in the market right now, since that is all that has been confirmed at this point, so while it's not a ton, it is close to 1% of all that's out there, I don't think you'd be able to get someone to give away 1% of all of what is out there of Bitcoin or Darkcoin in a giveaway. The block reward is slowly increasing and will increase to 500 EBG per block by the time it reaches block 2268. The confirmations and block time will not be changed as it is fundamental to this coin.
Seems like too much of anything is killing. Let's see how your idea pans out.
I would ideally like to see us as a very stable coin that can hold it's own value without too much volatility being dumped, the 20 minute block time is a little protection against dumping since it will take over an hour for a transaction to be moved from a wallet to an exchange, or between exchanges. With the total number of coins available being only a little over 7 million with very little inflation per year after that (around .3%) the coin has the capability of storing at least 3x the Bitcoin value if we can get community support behind it. While this may just be a dream to be able to store that amount, I see that it could definitely be possible. This is designed more as an investment coin that can maintain value and hopefully have gradual growth, rather than a day to day transaction currency with a volatile price. However all markets can be volatile and I wouldn't listen to me for investment advice, but I think we definitely have potential, we just have to build up the community behind it and get interest into the coin, which is why I'm trying to do some giveaways with the coins I have and I don't have too much at the moment, there are definitely other miners out there with more holdings than myself.
What are the plans for promoting? No innovation in the OP than limiting the coin supply.
We are still getting all the plans together for promotion of the coin, we have been waiting for the initial ramp up phase to finish and will start with more promotions once we reach the 500 EBG per block phase. If you have any suggestions for things you would like to see done for promotion we are definitely willing to listen.