Let's face it: we have the most vocal existing PODC miners with their BIASED opinions posting here! There you have it, Im neutral and looking for the best foundation for biblepay. Lets work together.
The status quo (which is what the majority of users are doing) should be no surprise as the most vocally supported choice. I have said a few times and will say it here, going to something other than PoDC would likely personally benefit me (as the cost for me to produce BBP with BOINC is exceeding our value...whereas some others have very cheap power and can continue). The bottom line is change CAN be good, but it comes with cost, and that is uncertainty and instability. The keys in my book are to continue down the path it seems like is in danger of being abandoned (PoDC) and work on possible other factors in the background. Simplifying the difficulty of starting BOINC would go a long way, but even that won't likely be enough to swell our ranks nor recover the price (outside of an overall rebound in the BTC markets).
There has been a tremendous amount of change in this coin over it's first 18 months, most of it has been beneficial but with each change, we lose some users and so far have gained others. Further change will certainly do the same, so it has to be carefully weighed. Unfortunately, there is not a good gauge of community support as only a fraction of the users have Sanctuaries or vote on the forums. So any decision, even with "strong community support" will only reflect a small portion of the users.
Slow and steady wins the race, right now the markets are chaotic, I'm wagering in the next 12 months, up to as many as 90% of the current coins will fail. If this coin can survive, it might be with innovation, it might be with perseverance or it might be with providence. But my feeling is a time of crisis (low price) is not the correct time to make dramatic changes.
10-4 on the status quo, I agree.
Regarding the change and the user base, I disagree that we have lost users and miners. I think we went through a growth phase with POBH, and some of them went away, the ones who didnt care about us, but the ones who did care are probably still in the background and decided to not take the complicated plunge with PODC, or did take the plunge and now we have half in PODC compared to the miner count in pure POBH (POBH was easy to start, its a given).
On your innovation vs perseverance: I firmly believe innovation is what keeps us out of the graveyard. The perseverance part is a given and required also. But I think we should be known for our own innovation and not known as the next clone-coin. That can set us apart.
