It is more than how many coins are left in the ICO. It is also because the coin is POW.
I would not say you are left with "uncertianty" any more than you are with any other POW coin.
You are looking at the best chance a crypto has ever had to break out of the crypto realm, and move past it into the general public.
Whatever calculations you need to make, I encourage you to take your time and research until you feel comfortable backing the project.
No one can predict the future, but as we look into the merits of this coin, most find it has great potential. Hopefully you come to a similar conclusion in your findings and can join our community with the optimism of success we enjoy.
With Bitcoin, the rate is 25 per block, at a target rate of 6 blocks per hour. Obviously, there will be some variance as it adjusts to massive spikes in hashing power, but we can assume it will approximate it over the long run, which gives us a rate of 150 per hour, or 360 per day, give or take.
I would like to know what the total global daily reward for all miners is planned to be, in terms of the coin itself. Obviously the value of those coins will depend on how much demand there is for them, and that is unknowable, and I understand that I must accept that risk. But, what could should be known now is what the total mining reward is planned to be. I also understand that the rate will be variable, because it will be augmented at low points by the unsold coins from the ICO. However, there is still a planned minimum amount that will be created, right? With Bitcoin, it's 360, and in a hypothetical world if they were subsidizing low value mining at troughs also, it would grow above 360. But 360 is known as a minimum, in that hypothetical example. What is the equivalent of 360 coins per day for the real-world example of Electroneum? How many coins will be mined per day, at a minimum?
It makes a big difference in the investment potential if we are talking about mining out 200 million per year or if we are talking about mining out 2 billion per year for the first year or two and then halving, or whatever. I would like to know what the inflation rate of the currency itself is going to be, irrespective of its value compared with other currencies (which cannot be known), and then I will be able to make my bets based on how well I believe demand for it will outpace currency growth. The lower the rate of inflation, the more I'll be comfortable investing and telling my friends to invest. Obviously, if it's a higher inflation rate, they will be able to attract more users, and that could potentially raise the value exponentially faster than inflation lowers it, but that is harder to predict, and does offset potential growth. I need all the information if I'm going to recommend this to anyone or bet big on it. I'll be buying a little before the drop to 140, but I can't advise anyone else to participate or even participate fully myself without all the pertinent information.
I think this team has an incredible business plan and revolutionary insight, and that there is great potential in this project -- much greater than in most I've heard of. Yet, this is a crucial piece of information that is being withheld, and it makes me uneasy. Can I please get a straight answer in ballpark figures what the expected range of annual coin creation is going to be?