Hi Guys,
New member here. Got into cryptocurrency recently and thus signed up for the XEV airdrop!
Now this is my first post, and I am actually a very recent holder of XEM. (I have enough that I can harvest on my own on a local server. but have not attempted it yet).
I sincerely like the technology of XEM, as it was built on new code, and has a lot of good real use cases in planning, which is why I got into it initially. What has concerned me, is XEM has allowed a socialist government, ran by a dictatorship, to use their blockchain for their local assets/currency. That is what has been announced on their social media twitter account.
Where does XEV stand on this issue? Of course a blockchain is free for anybody to use, but there must be some level of control as to whether it's use is for the same values it promotes, or the opposite.
I like how XEV is standing for equality, freedom and trust. This was the original goal of the first cryptocurrency, which was BTC, but it ended up being in control of miners, and whales. I like how this airdrop is geared towards promoting these original values, which I not only support them on this forum, but also critique. I believe equality, freedom and trust can be garnered on a blockchain, only with equal distribution of coins, where whales cannot hoard large amounts for their own gain, which is predominant in a lot of top coins now.
In this instance, the developers choice not to hold an ico, or ask for donations, is a great move, as it will ensure coin distribution can be done on merit and interest, instead of how large the bag is, and how much profit one is going to make in the end. I believe more can be done on marketing this airdrop, so more people can be involved, and thus more coins be distributed evenly across the world, but of course I respect the whitepapers and founders decision to remain low key in this aspect. To be honest, with 1000 stakes, the low key aspect should be effective, as long as bots and hoarders are weeded out. I love the idea that you will have three rounds in april to filter out puppet accounts. Is this right? I don't need to know how you will implement this, some secrecy regarding your methods would be beneficial to the KYC process, I believe.
I am looking forward to the white paper being updated, in April, so I can look at the more technical aspects of this project. Do you plan on implementing anything like Catapult? What is your ambition regarding the TPS the network will run at?
Really liking the fact that you the founder is trying to prove a point on principle, than chasing moons. Thank you for starting this project. Wish you success, and a further continued zeal for genuity.
Btw is your username based of the roland 808 ? Nice drum machine