We are looking for community feedback on this distribution model:
Without a healthy and stable market, there will be no distribution. The concept of the distribution for ‘NHZ’ has always been ‘long and fair’; unfortunately that idea has been threatened as the reward system has not kept in line with the recent gains in price. We need to take action to ensure that the market remains healthy in the short term, to guarantee ‘NHZ’s longevity.
Currently, at a reward of 666 per day, a single node returns 19,980 ‘NHZ’ per month. At the current price of 170 satoshi’s, this comes to 0.033966 BTC, or $11.44. Assuming a node costs $5.00 per month from Digital Ocean, that is a 128% gain. This high profit margin has given rise to people running over 40 nodes and simply dumping, which is creating significant sell pressure and strain on the market. Currently running 3016 nodes is distributing 2,008,656 NHZ per day.
I recommend that we switch to a fixed distribution method of 1,000,000 NHZ / day. Not only will this create a longer distribution period, it will stabilize the market while keeping the nodes all in profit.
1,000,000 / 3016 = 331.57 NHZ per node
331.57 x 30 = 9946 NHZ per month
9946 NHZ @ 170 satoshis = 0.0169082 BTC or $5.69
@240 satoshis = 0.0238704 BTC or $ $8.03
@305 satoshis = 0.0303353 BTC or $10.21
As you can see, the profitability rises significantly with even minor fluctuations in price. As the price decreases, the profitably has the inverse effect. This barrier deters people running nodes from dumping at a lower price, and at a loss. Likewise, as the price increases, it encourages them to hold, as if they continuously dump, they lose their profit very quickly.
Currently 260,000,000 coins have been distributed from the 1,000,000,000. The following figures assume that 1m coins are distributed by the nodes every day for one year.
120,000,000: Development Bounty
365,000,000: Nodes
12,000,000: Giveaways (1,000,000 per month)
*Estimate 1000 users @ 100 NHZ per day = 36,500,000 : Website Faucet
Total over 1 year = 533,500,000 NHZ
+ 260,500,000 already distributed
= 794,000,000 NHZ (79.4% distribution in one year)
Roughly 6.6% of the total supply is distributed per month. Using these numbers, you would be looking at a total distribution period of 15 months from today, October 4’th, 2014.
The formula is simple: 1,000,000 / # of nodes - This keeps the market healthy, and running nodes profitable so there is still incentive for people to run them and continue to grow the network.