These are Hyperstake's vital statistics:
-X11 PoW blocks already phased out
-Proof of Stake Blocks Only
-90 Second Block Time
-Minimum Age - 8.8 days (rounded)
-Maximum Age - 30 days
-Annual Interest Rate - 750%
-Maximum Stake Subsidy - 1,000 HYP
-Recommended Block Size - 1,000-4,000 HYP
The timing specs we already have are quite close to the ones of HYP.
My personal opinion about HYP - it is a ponzi scheme: in a year the total supply would be ~13 times bigger than now with no real value behind this figure. You may consider my opinion as FUD in regard of HYP or as it has to be considered, i.e. as a critical view - it is up to you.
The maximum reward per block is a good thing and I was going to discuss it as well, I just waited until we finish with other parameters. The main purpose of having the maximum reward per block is not the inflation control but the network security enforcement: this maximum keeps people from merging their inputs into a single one and running a wallet once per staking period.
@Darkhorse & bee7 - I support EVERYTHING you guys are doing, so my suggestion regarding Hyperstake is just that - a suggestion
I might get shot for saying this on BTT, but I think some inflation is good, and that's why I'm interested in HYP. Maybe the founders of HYP are interested in the $$ only, but what they're doing is still interesting as an economic experiment with crypto.
Arbitrary inflation from fractional reserve banking system & quantitative easing is BAD, but inflation serves many useful purposes, and with crypto it can be set in stone by the coin algorithm. IMO coins with fixed supply appeal to early adopters for obvious reasons, but if you think from the view point of someone 3-5 years from now, they will look at the price chart of coins like bitcoin and see too much volatility. Inflation that increases coin supply at a rate that's similar to adoption can *potentially* keep the price stable, and that will appeal to crypto users in the future. Unless people in the future 'accept' a coin (i.e they choose it over another option, there will be many IMO), the coin will die.
Algorithmically controlled Inflation that matches adoption growth is what HYP is experimenting with IMO. Let us say that:
value = price * quantity
If the coin supply/quantity is fixed, and value goes up, price MUST go up. Price constantly going up isn't good for a crypto CURRENCY IMO, people want price stability (although it does make a good store of value, so a good crypto commodity).
If there is some built in inflation, 'value' can go up, BUT the 'price' can go up more slowly, because some of the 'value' is present in higher 'quantity'. This is a very simple explanation, but I think it captures the essence. Price stability is better for day-to-day use (i.e my bread & milk stay the same 'price' roughly), and 'value' can still go up because of built in inflation - holders of the coin get more coins from staking/interest.
This is what eMunie project is trying to do, have the EMU holders get their 'value' increase through more coins at the same price, not higher price for same number of coins. eMunie will probably be the first attempt at a true crypto CURRENCY, not a fixed supply crypto COMMODITY.
I'm happy for RS to pursue a different path, but high inflation controlled by an algorithm IS NOT like high inflation caused by fractional reserve or QE, and that's why I think high stake coins are about to be the next big crypto 'craze'. Inflation of fiat is always prone to manipulation that destroys value, but with crypto inflation WE KNOW the rules at the start, so it is fair, and maybe quite effective.
If you expect rapid adoption eventually, and you want to have price stability to attract new users, high inflation is possible solution.
We can take RS in a different direction though.