Just because a job is simpler does not mean it is less time consuming. Plenty of menial tasks which are simple and tedius can also be
extremely time consuming. I mean no disrespect or disregard to the devs of NobleCoin or Diamond saying all this, it was an inquiry.
Prices have been falling with the NOXT announcement and I believe a lot of it is due to a worry NobleCoin being left behind.
I mean this with no disrespect either, but thought I could perhaps use this quote to also help understand why NOXT is necessary and some personal reasoning/situations. There are plenty of menial tasks which are simple, tedious and time consuming in crypto beyond code/wallet/forks. Not only that, but every marketplace purchase, merchant, site, service, exchange and payment gateway (even some charities) generally costs BTC to list as well as keep listed. If you believe my disclosure, the maximum I could have paid myself for this over 10 months is $7,000 - many other things cost money. Times are tough.
Developers cost a decent amount of money and don't generally accept NOBL - I've spent a long time trying to find and work with a PoS team that are happy to do so in return for our services rather than BTC (although I've offered a good amount of NOBL in the past and a spot on the team if desired) I can't afford and have a longer-term view with teaming up because of future possibilities. The biggest delays are due to me jumping the gun excited to have a solution that simply didn't pan out. When people I work with accept NOBL it's immediately dumped on the market so people may be happy with the development but then not the following price drop.
NOXT is a response to half the communities concerns. No matter what we fork to a certain demographic will not be satisfied, so it's the first of many choices. It's also a way to raise funds with a unique project that can stand on its own two feed moving forward so that I'm not struggling to pay rent and surrounded by developers, environment, services and a community who want things that cost BTC I don't have.
Ultimately, NOXT is purposefully designed to be deflationary over a couple of years - as it is used it dries up - it's not designed to last but to build and bring value. NOBL is designed to remain a decentralized cryptocurrency forever and to be used in future cycles. If I leave anything behind that reflects poorly on everything we're trying to work towards so is not an option.
I'm not trying to use this as an attack, just as a way of understanding how things work personally sometimes from my end.
Edit: If I get this right, and I'm trying my damned hardest to make sure I do - I will have burnt the entire amount of NOBL that was mined since we first announced PoS.