While I'm not 100% in favor of changing the block reward, it's certainly not the worst idea running
If this has the support of payu, and the consensus of the community, then....fork away.
I'm not real big on the idea of dropping the block time to 1 minute. What's the advantage to be gained here? The 1 minute and and fast blockchains are very taxing on my network. In particular, the 1 minute time on
Zetacoin is enough that I put that down as quickly as I put it in my pool rotation.
In general I'd like to see activity that attracts consumers. Increase usage will certainly attract traders and more importantly - miners. . I really don't think that the structure of the blockchain is the difficulty. Low hashrate presents exceptional opportunistic mining for multipools and the more selfish miners I believe I see on the maza chain.
What I would think would get maza more attention (and increase price accordingly, and then typically miners follow) has nothing to do with the blockchain.
Real-world casino gaming machines that accept maza. There's casinos all over where I live, with a local tribe opening a new one now. I'd like to be able to go talk to them and present Mazacoin in such a way that they could easily see
- how it works
- how it secures their income
- how easily they can adopt
- how they can profit buying maza early for later jackpots and winnings (profit potential)
- how maza can increase their margins through decrease handing costs, and increased impulse sales
Developers, miners, and traders are consumers largely of the tech of a coin/blockchain - they're not so much the "users" of it. Focusing on how users of maza can better achieve their goals will be the most effective way to secure the blockchain itself. More users, more attention, more price, and then the key to security follows: hashrate.
I still think mergemining will attract solid pools (as opposed to profitswitching multipools) and provide a much needed baseline hashrate. It will take some time to attract those pools. We will open a pool for maza when new your new code is available (and tested) - we'd prefer to see it mergemined, but we will put our support behind maza now that development has recommenced. (and, yes, I do mean mergemined with bitcoin in particular, but I'd be open to some other parent chains, or sibling chains)
While I continue to focus on casino adoption, I also note that Payu mentioned that some food vendors would be accepting maza this summer. It's powow season. though someone derided this as small and insignificant, I think it's a key to real usage. One of the best ways to spread a message is through food. "Put your money where your mouth is" I guess
Indian communities are pretty small - it doesn't take much to get the message to the people of influence in those communities. I'll certainly find myself in some of these situations this summer. I'd like to have the confidence to spread the message to those vendors. (mmmm fry bread!)
anyhow. just my 2maza worth for today. Thanks for the help owlhooter, definitely we need someone to put forth the real effort you are. It would make me very happy to see the maza that we've promised to give back to the community it's intended to benefit worthwhile to give, and that is again starting to look like a possibility.
