Since the addition of the coin, way back months ago, it has received 0 transactions... Along with a few other coins that have been inactive for some time now. Nobody is using it to buy anything.
Same thing with YACoin. I received an email with the same explanation. Thank you for the response.
I have a concern though. Considering votes can be bought, it seems a little unfair to accept a coin now with the possibility of removal if it doesn't meet some quota of transactions? When YAC was accepted, I'm pretty sure there wasn't a gift card service like there is now. I looked for things to buy, but I didn't find anything appealing.
I guess it is a chicken or an egg question--the merchants vs the coins... which I think would be more understandable if it didn't take BTC to get votes. I mean I believe you that 0 transactions were made with YAC. Is there a real cost to having a coin on there? What if it had only a couple transactions in a few month time frame? These would be good questions to know for the future at the very least I think.
YACoin is definitely alive. It has a working block explorer, website, up-to-date on every fundamental feature. It needs work in the enthusiasm department, which I'm optimistic about. Each NFactor change is like a new release of a coin. But it wouldn't hurt to have a payment system like coinpayments.
Any thoughts or clarification would be appreciated. I'm very thankful for coinpayments regardless. Cryptocoins are just speculative commodities without payment systems!
We try to give coins a very generous time to get some transactions, OBS and YAC were added long before any of our recent votes. Our removal of a coin does not mean we like or dislike the coin. If it can't pull some of its weight, we try to give new coins a trial run at it. Also we do not collect proceeds or fees on the votes, they all go to BitGive Water Fund.