Please could members of the DigiByte community write individual brief statements about how they feel the first year of DGB went. Also, please include your favourite moment and what you anticipate in the future. These statements will go into the book.
The first year of DGB had many changes and updates to keep up with the evolving nature of cryptocurrency, I think that's why many people became interested in the coin.
Favorite moment - when I discovered DGB in a pool that mined many different coins. At that point in time it was nice to find a scrypt-based coin with a shorter block time, because as a miner I could see rewards more often with my GPUs which were not the best available. Unlike LTC where it was taking many hours/days for a block to be found at the pools I was mining in.
And for an un-favorite moment, I'm going to mention the lower block payout and change to 1% block payout reduction per month. This was done to "reduce" the amount of coins going into circulation but in reality was only a short-term fix. Over time, the original reduction plan would have been reducing the reward faster and made coins more scarce, which would have fit more into the original vision of DGB in my opinion.
For the future I see more and more adoption of Bitcoin, but the limitations are going to allow a new coin (or coins) to take it's place. As long as the dev team keeps the DGB fresh and interesting, DGB could be the one to replace Bitcoin.
