I would really rather the rich not get richer (I am an original stake holder here btw).
I would really like to see the extra NEM put in a system that promotes the ecosystem.
I am hoping we can figure out a good plan to put the NEM to use in a way that makes the entire NEM system better.
Rockethead talked about the long game. I think this is right on point.
We can just give the money equally to the people who hold on BTT and the people that bought on AE and make them richer, or we can burn the stakes which essentially does the same thing. We could also just give the main devs as a big bonus. They have worked really hard to make this and probably deserve it, but
I don't want to do any of these things. I want to see extra NEM get paid forward and be used to make NEM a much stronger ecosystem down the road. And yes, the end result is that the original BTT stakeholders, and the AE stake buyers, and even the devs will be much better off.
Do you know the "Marshmallow Experiment"? It was conducted at Stanford by famous professors. They found that little children that could see the long game and could delay their gratification for a bigger reward went on to be much more successful in life as adults. We need to be the good kids in the Marshmallow Experiment here and believe that in the long run, we are better off by not trying to make ourselves richer, but by trying to get other people and third party devs into NEM. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_marshmallow_experiment
why not give the rest away to new users? wouldnt it be in the interest of NEM to reach as many people as possible?
No, as continuously giving away coins mean that existing owners (especially those who paid for it on Nxt AE) continue to lose money. We had one IPO -- not a hundred where you continue to give away coins forever. The new users should buy it . There should be reasons that they should be tempted to buy it.
Aruracoin gave the whole country of Iceland "free" coins. It didn't gain "users" -- instead it killed aruracoin as those who got it for free immediately dumped them for BTC. Aurora is dead now.
i think you are pointing out a very valid conflict with free ipos. some people got it for free(or a minimal pocket change) at the start cause they were lucky enough to be at the right place at the right time, and the rest gets kinda left behind. so basically some get gifted, some not. that makes it even harder to convince people to invest into something, others got for nearly free.
This makes it necessary that you offer really strong reasons for new people to join the movement! Its hard to convince people to join something that gives and in the process of it give someone else a 1000% profit on his investment. Not to say its not gonna work!
All for the same reason why unclaimed and sock coins should not be burnt. It will only consolidate the holdings of the balance of NS to a better position when most got them for literally next to nothing.
Agree. It would be better to actually use the non-claimed stakes for something useful that boosts the project in one way or another.
I think you have a simple conflict here.. people who already got their cheap stakes and want to have even more profit vs. people who stumbled upon NEM at a later point in time and want to join the movement without spending lots more than the original stakeholders. Id say its a basic greed game...im quite excited how this one plays out
Absolutely, friggin' spot on.
The devs are going to have to look deep, really make a hard decision that truely benefits the project, because there will be alot of people who will be biased for their own gains - even those once thought of as prudent and honest. Baring in mind what you said, I propose that devs take things discussed with a pinch of salt.