If we could have 1/3 of the stakeholders here like you, this thing will just fly, no doubt! And I hope there are. We need everyone to play their role in order that this whole thing succeed. After all, nothing much was taken out of everyone in the beginning, merely ~ 0.033BTC on the average. Despite that, we have quite a number of dedicated people to at least come out with the Alpha.
Like everyone else, we are all impatient, but we have to help ourselves to get this off the ground at an even faster pace. The only way is to get more resources.
@Makoto, may I suggest that we just launch a crowdsale with some silver and gold rounds that are designed specifically for NEM. Have a limited edition series. At least, this way, people are not just putting in money but get back something that gives them some value, one day into the future. Even if the price is 3 times that of an equivalent silver coin (including the cost of the special design and small quantity issue costs) at $60-$65, this is nothing at about 0.125BTC. Silver is at a decent low level now and in line with the world economy, this can only go up in price later. So is gold.
This is a great idea!
Silver is super cheap right now compared with where it has been. I think it can only go up from here.
If we include 100 NEM as a cold wallet on each of the coins, then we can spread NEM as well.
For gold coins, we could have 1000 NEM or so.
Having physical NEM coins would be excellent for promotion and give people a way to hold NEM in their hands. I don't think we could understate the psychological connection it will build with people.
I created a thread to discuss ideas here and I'll add the idea about gold and silver NEM coins: http://forum.nemcoin.com/index.php?topic=2337.msg3939#msg3939
+10000000000 for both of you guys, seriously!!!
I love both of you for this!
We can hit the floor now and cry, or just roll up our sleeves and take a look forward.
It's our choice!
We have a huge thing here and a lot to do.
So .. let's show the world, what we are made of!