As a pool operator, I've worked with quite a few devs on various coins... and I have to say that the KarmaCoin devs have been some of the most open and responsive guys I've dealt with. They know that the community makes the coin, and they are listening! Huge kudos (and karma
) to them for making changes when necessary.
I'll be posting up a news item on our home page with the wallet download as well as sending an email note out to our 1000+ registered users to help get this wallet upgrade out as smoothly as possible.
Long live KarmaCoin!
I agree, greed is what ultimately ends up making a coin unpopular and generosity + working to make a coin a success is what makes it successful.
you reap what you sow. This is the concept of Karma at its most basic level.
I read recently that sri lanka has almost ran out of physical coins because people give them as offerings at temples so the government is now pushing for temples and churches to accept digital forms of payment...
I would love to see a crypto currency like Karmacoin fill that gap... there are literally billions of people around the world who donate coins on a weekly basis... if we could tap into that market.. not only would we be spreading the use of cryptos far and wide but we would also be helping to spread a positive message about crypo currency and how it can change the world from the ground up...
I am really sold on the idea of a coin that promotes itself through giving.
Bitcoin Jesus (Rodger veer) and Bitcoin Guru (Gavin Andreeson) were instrumental in promoting Bitcoin in the early days and they did it through simply giving away small amounts to everyone they could. They may well have given away most of their coins but they are still very wealthy because the price if BTC has skyrocketed as a result of increased adoption.
read more about the physical coin problem here.. and you will begin to see how Karma coin could actually fill a worldwide need..
http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/02/19/srilanka-coin-india-temple-idINDEEA1I0BZ20140219