First of all good job so far kosmost and the whole team. There's a great deal of excitement in the air now, great time to be part of this community!
That said, I have read through the Karmashares site and FAQ several times now. As exciting as I find the idea (its really quite simple, as most great ideas are), its the details that irritate me.
You say that shares are reserved for potentially any Karmacoin that will ever be created (~92Billion max). But how do you prevent "double claiming" (for lack of a better term)? Lets say I decide not to exchange my coins, but instead participate by holding them in my wallet for 30 days. I then get shares/points for every one of those coins, so theoretically their shares cannot be claimed again, right? What if after those 30 days I decide to sell half of those coins. The buyer now wants to also claim his shares, but his wallet now contains 5.000.000 of my "already claimed" coins and lets say 5.000.000 "unclaimed" of his own. This is when it starts to get really confusing.
Exchanging them is more straightforward at first glance. But what exactly happens to those coins? Do they stay in cold storage for a certain time, or are they destroyed (sure hope not, though that might increase value of the remaining coins)? If they are not "locked away forever", then we will run into the same problems described above as the coins enter circulation again.
Maybe I just don't get it yet , but I feel I'm not alone. I think you'll still have to finetune the site explaining the concept in the coming days.
@rickyross I don't think kahir is trolling, he's just voicing his opinion. Lets be nice please.
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First post in this thread but have been reading since the beginning. I have to agree with learminer on the great job kosmost and the whole team are doing! This is by far the most professionally handled crypto coin out there. I love the transparency too....you guys always keep the community informed. Most other dev groups are so secretive. This is bad juju for any coin in my opinion.
My understanding of karmashares is that when someone wants to invest, they need to have at least 10 million to invest. Their Karmacoins are traded for Karmashares at 1000 coins per share/point. The Karmacoins become the property of Karmashares LLC and in exchange, the investor is given 1 share/point (per 1000 Karmacions traded) of ownership in the company. A total of 92 billion shares/points comprise 100% of company worth, so the amount of shares/points you own against the 92 billion total shares/points determines the percentage of company ownership you have.