Is it true that XEM has been initially distributed via Airdrop? There was no ICO, some private sale or similar?
Part of it was Airdrop. Part of it was 'given away' for a 'nominal donation' so read that as you will. But it wasn't like a typical ICO where you get more tokens the more money you put in - the initial NEM distribution was all based on Stakes and those were given to people in this forum based on unique usernames.
http://explorer.nemchina.com/#/s_block?height=1Who were the 5 lucky ones that got 4 725 000 206 XEM or 52,86% of the "airdrop" ?
What is the current circulating supply?
If CoinMarketScam (
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/nem/ ) is correct: 8 999 999 999 XEM, it's the most greedy PoS scam project ever, with only 61,363,334 XEM or 0.686% earned in almost 3.5 years.
Here you can see the final distribution statistics and explanation of the various funds nem has:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TKTIakxUEotmTN4Et80EI7d-8XifgFZ4aBUGAukgLfY/edit#And here is the rich list with the different fund addresses named:
https://nemnodes.org/richlist/It would be grand if they only followed through with what they initially planned but the silver coin plan has had only silence or excuses for years now. At least the fund is still there, so there is some hope.
2.1.2 Silver Coins for Distribution to Initial Stakeholders
Based on community consensus, physical silver coins will be minted and distributed to initial NEM stakeholders.
The silver coins shall be distributed as an asset (colored coin), effectively giving all initial stakeholders a parallel, silver-backed digital currency that shall reside on the NEM blockchain. To claim one physical silver coin, one whole silver coin asset is needed.
Note: The execution of the silver coin project is not guaranteed and will only proceed providing that XEM market cap and liquidity are sufficient to cover the expenses with the allocated stakes. If this condition is met, all initial stakeholders will be issued their silver coin asset. If the allocated stakes do not reach a high enough value to fund the project (to pay the mint and cover all costs [shipping costs etc.]) until V1 is released, the complete fund will be transferred to the community fund. "A high enough value" can not be exactly fixed at this time, but to get a feeling: it is estimated that the fund should reach at least USD 260,000 to be successful.