@Introvert.....I have suggested this more than once and never got any type of reply.
I think they have just two options:
1. Give back the PLC money to the investors and let the coin die, or..
2. Do as we both have suggested and use the PLC BTC to buy up all these dumped coins and get prices stabilized.
Some would think giving the PLC BTC to the charity would be option 3, but it isn't really an option at all. The investors did so to get a viable coin with a decent ROI. They did NOT donate to charity. If donating to charity was their intent, they could have done so directly.
I agree with you and would like to go for option 2, and I really don't care about 1. I am definitely willing to hear any other ideas that the Dev Team might have in due time.
Thank you for your involvement and support of this coin!
I thought that was a good idea the first time you suggested it. The devs can turn the IPO in to a MUCH bigger IPO buy buying millions of the inflationary coins cheap to drive up price due to more limited supply.
So yeah, buy up most of the WATER with the IPO and let it start staking while they do the things they were already going to do. Stake would be pretty massive.
They only got about 20 BTC.
Just assume the price can go up to 10 times, 80 sat, although I think it is too hopeful.
It is still far from the original price, ~300 sat.
Also we need other supporters for the price in order to make it stable.
The market now values all WATER issued at 47 BTC (470M WATER * 10 satoshi). The dev team holds capital of 20+ BTC against that market cap. That is pretty sizable coverage of over 40% and they can be a big market player at this capitalization if they wish. Now, nobody says they need to burn all PLC BTC for this. But, in my view, they need to buy enough to stabilize the price of the coin, regain control as much as possible and use part or all of it to build up the community. I am sure the Dev Team didn't think they would need to engage in "market manipulation", but that is a cost of this mistake.
Nobody should expect to see 200-300 satoshi fast with this number of coins. Only with building up and support of the community we might get there eventually, and that's not guaranteed.
I would offer a third suggestion...
Use half of whatever BTC is remaining from the PLC to buy up as much WATER as possible to distribute to the PLC holders. This leaves CWC with some money to continue their work and puts some extra coins in the wallets of the PLC holders, without damaging either too badly. CWC operates exactly like it would have if its PLC earnings had simply been less, which I'm assuming they were prepared to do since they had no idea of how much BTC they would bring in, and PLC holders gain a number of coins proportional to their investment. This keeps everyone at least partially satisfied and still able to take steps forward to build and promote the coin, which is where its long term value will come from anyways.
I seem to recall some anecdote about the fairest solution being one that nobody is completely satisfied with. This applies here. If some concessions are made by all parties involved, then we all lose a bit in the short term, but it allows recovery and progress in the long term.
The value of the coin will eventually come up again... maybe not to 300 sat, but then again, maybe much higher. Yes, there are big holders now that will dump, but how is that any different than any other coin? But they would be foolish to with a POS coin and with a small window of opportunity to acquire their fortunes. The coins gained during mining from block 7000-8000 are basically irreplaceable... If someone is holding a few million coins and decides to dump them, it's not like he can go and mine them back tomorrow. So, those that are in this for a quick buck will dump, while those that are in it for the long haul will buy/mine/hold. It might take a while to shake out the weak hands and build some value, but it can happen. Personally, I like playing as many sides as I can... I sold half of what I mined from 7000-8000 and out of the other half, I've set aside 80% to hold long term and gain interest and 20% to play with in the market.