Quote from: smooth on August 14, 2015, 06:59:34 AM

Quote from: TPTB_need_war on August 14, 2015, 06:51:53 AM

smooth, I think Monero people have tried to claim that mining for all made their coin the fairest launch. Yet we see even the emission curve declined egregiously faster than Bitcoin (and I pointed that out last year).

It's actually incomparable to Bitcoin. Faster initially, then slower.

I don't think we know the "right" speed or even if mining is he way to go. Super-fast is obviously bad because, among other reasons, it makes the network horribly insecure later (the whole, programmed self destruction). (Of course I know you know this, stating it for the readers including illodin).

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We know the miner wasn't optimized on launch.

Isn't it time we come off the high horse?

I don't think I've claimed it was the fairest launch (maybe it was Risto who said that, but we of course know that he is not an expert on these things "in the trenches", he has the 10km high perspective), but it was free from the most egregious abuses that have plagued many launches, including things like not having Windows miners available and much worse. I think I may have said it was "close to" the fairest launch and I do believe that, among the major coins. I mean you could argue that AEON had a fairer launch because the miner was optimized by then, but who cares, AEON is approximately worth zero.

As for your proposal, I have replied privately with my thoughts.

To speak more generally, I don't think we know if ICOs are really a great model. Maybe it is. Most of them have done poorly, with the exception of ETH so far, but that is early (the wallet is so primitive and hard to use that many people who want to sell literally can't access their coins -- talk about a messed up launch). Obviously many have been blatant scams too (some claim this about ETH, although I don't really see it personally). That poisons the well a bit, and some ICOs (including perhaps some non-scam ones) have subsequently really flopped as a result (esp. if not high profile with a big marketing budget pre-ICO like ETH). Investors tend to throw out the good with the bad. Maybe yours can do better.

Here's an interesting fact of Risto (https://twitter.com/ristopietila), from Helsingin Sanomat, finnish news paper, news video...
http://www.hs.fi/hstv/uutiset/v1401588977732
or
http://www.ruutu.fi/ohjelmat/hs-uutiset/risto-pietila-esittelee-bitcoin-kartanoaan-virossa
dont know if the links will work..

translated,
Malla's Mantion in North-estonia might be the largest purchase made by bitcoin, Risto Pietilä earned the money by profiteering bitcoins. He want's to attract more bitcoin users.

Nobody profited from anything?
Did you know this smooth?