The following message was drafted by generalizethis and submitted for open review and modification by Dash community member blockafett/blobafett2, or others, who did not offer any proposal for changes, and is therefore is considered a collaboratively-constructed fair disclosure statement.
public service announcementDash (formerly xcoin and darkcoin) had a significant fastmine over the first 48 hours of its existence (~2 million coins). These facts should not be glossed over by those seeking a fairly launched coin, so until the dash media reflects these facts, this warning will be posted every 24 hours on the BCT dash thread. This warning will not be posted when the media reflects these facts. For those seeking more information Monero Developer Smooth has created a thread with the pertinent facts:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=999886.0Why is that a "warning"? Inflation being lower now compared to a situation where there was fast mining now or in the future instead of in the beginning would be far worse for a potential buyer and indeed deserve a warning as his purchase would lose value very fast. Add to that the fact that half of the new supply is awarded to masternodes who are holders of the coin instead of the miners who often autosell the coin they happen to mine at any given time for electricity.
It's understandable some other coin holders who are currently suffering from devastating inflation and no funds for development holding back their investments can feel animosity towards those who have made a different choice.