here is my suggestion for the sockpuppets problem:
1) disqualify all the new accounts after January 21, 2014 and refund them if they did fund NEM project;and
2) give those shakes to the real and important members of BTT, such as Hero Members or Sr. Members if they are interested in NEM project.
so we can get strong support from the community.
I agree with this 100%. If NEM isn't going to honour the statements utopian made previously on multiple accounts we might as well eradicate all the socks and suffer the consequences of that rule change.
As it stands, there has been a retrospective rule change, BUT we still have sockpuppets, so NEM distribution is flawed. Might as well have a retrospective rule change BUT end up with NO sockpuppets at the end of it.
It would require utopianfuture doing a monumental back-flip in the pike position, but IMO banning all sockpuppets is easier to defend than the current policy of 5. The '5 socks' policy looks ridiculous, and there's obviously some people who avoided taint analysis who have a lot more than 5.
UP could reboot a new BTT account to carry on his leadership of NEM, and the sockpuppet fiasco would be over.
One account one stake, and no more socks. Ban all socks!!