This model, or something close to it, is what I'm hoping we do, but we would need some coding help.
A simpler option, which would not require coding help, is to reduce the block reward and/or speed up the halving of the reward. In this scenario, we would keep PoW mining, but mining would yield fewer coins, which presumably means that fewer coins would be available for sale on the market and the price would go up.
Any comments on that option, let's call it PoW with reduced inflation rate? Like it? Dislike it?
Btw, the main purpose of either of these changes would be to make SolarCoin a greater financial incentive for solar energy generators, to incentivize solar energy, which is the mission of the SolarCoin Foundation. As it is right now, because so many new coins are being produced, the price is low and thus the incentive is low for generators to claim their coins.
Your last paragraph is an interesting take on the chicken and egg conundrum. As I understand it :
You need miners to secure the blockchain.
Most miners will not mine a coin if the price is low and/or shows no sign of a rise. They are in the game to ROI on their hardware and electricity.
As I write this the total network is at 150Mhz/s with a Difficulty of 2.1.
The price of SLR has flat-lined at 500S or US$0.003 with a total trading volume of $246 in the past 24H.
IMHO the move to the 15 block difficulty change was a good move to stop the tactical mining, but the publicity around that move allowed the mining community to realise that SLR has a massive pre-mine and very limited earning potential for the ROI focused miner.
Finally - your rather cheapskate choice of server provider for SOLARCOIN.ORG was a huge mistake from a perception point of view. Take at look at your records at say :
http://www.scamadviser.com/check-website/solarcoin.org and you will see that solarcoin has the following bedfellows: (although that is probably an inappropriate term given the list content).
p Address: 199.83.128.125
Hosting Service: "Incapsula"
Hosting City:
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Hosting Postal:
Hosting Country: United States
Domain Created: 2013-04-17 18:21:32
Domain Expires: 2014-04-17 18:21:32
Domain Life: 365
Est Value: $3416.32
Ping: 812
Speed: Average
Network Name: The Endurance International Group, Inc.
Network Country: United States
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