Seems like there's still roughly 600 Nemstakes available to be claimed, with the first 400 going to 3 kinds of people - NEM enthusiasts, NEM whales and NEM early dumpers.
I'm guessing not everyone follows this thread or the development of NEM on a daily basis, there's still probably a large amount of people who are on the stakeholders list and don't know about the NXT AE or have yet to claim them, but that's pure speculation on my part.
Are there any statistics available on the amount claimed vs. the amount sold on the NXT AE? I would like to know how many people claimed a NEMstake just to hold. The higher the number the better in my opinion.
The early dumpers are a good thing as it gets rid of people who aren't that interested in the development of NEM and just want to cash out, but several accounts holding more than 2 NEMstakes doesn't bode well for the NEM either.
The distribution model is one of the better things NEM has going for it. I'm wondering if the NXT AE has ruined that to a certain extent. If it turns out that only a dozen or so guys are holding 10 plus stakes than this discourages new members joining this community. That's not what anyone wants to see as far as the long term success of this coin is concerned.
Thoughts from anyone more informed than me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
I think the NXT exchange was a good idea for latecomers, but i didnt like how the prices were pumped up so high, i also have read that some people were able to claim NEM stakes for only 40 NXT before being listed on the AE.
It was my fault for buying into the FUD about NEM and was advised by many that i paid too much for it at 15K, so i sold it thinking it was going to drop in value.
Now im going to have trouble buying one, i should have kept it.
I only want to know if the NXT AE has increased the number of NEMstake holders (even only owning 0.1 Nemstake) or decreased the number of NEMstake holders (i.e. less than the 400 issued thus far). I'm not interested in what it's currently selling for as the market will always dictate the price.
In any case I don't understand how a few posts on the NXT board could influence you to sell your stake at a lower price than you bought it at. I'm afraid that decision was all your own doing no one else's. I lost my first BTC to day trading last year, but learnt a lot as a result of those mistakes. I didn't blame anyone or even become disenchanted from crypto currency. It just made me more informed too look out for more interesting projects with an eye on the long term as opposed to just trying to make a quick buck. Today's price of NEM isn't even that important in my opinion, it's the level of participation and enthusiasm from the community that's of far greater interest to me personally.
I'm not selling any NEMstake, but I would encourage you to do more research and buy back in if you feel encouraged about what your read about NEM dev team and the amount of effort that is going into it. Really smart, transparent devs are hard to find in the crypto world.