I assume I will get categorized as the same from you (shill, henchman, cheerleader) but a few things to point out. I have seen quite a few different crypto solutions since January 2012 (before hearing of eMunie in June 2013) and I can say with confidence that I feel eMunie is the only one that I have come across that addresses all of the flaws of BTC AND has ability to scale to be a mainstream solution for the public or your average non-technical consumer. It will hold a public IPO after the product is 90% complete and close to launch versus hold an IPO and start development from scratch.

eMunie really redefines mining in general to instead of that you are rewarded fairly for participating or running services for the network (distributing ledger, chat service, mail service, profile service, ratings service, decentralized marketplace) Someone that joins eMunie years down the road will have a clear path to participate and be rewarded with eMunie in addition to earning interest on their balance. I like to think of it as a hybrid between POS and POW for the end user.

I also do not post very frequently with Senior level member still as I approach my 4th year here shortly. For many people in this forum part of the fun is evaluating the best solution and have probably ran a wallet for hundreds of different coins. The current environment is more like horse racing than anything else. We all are betting on different horses here. In my case I am picking a Perfecta of eMunie for the Win and maid safe to come in second. Those two projects have something in common in that they are both carry themselves with integrity, years of dedication, and an attitude of designing the product in the best way without cutting corners. Personally I would like to see the two of them work together and think they would make a good combination. This is why it can take years, especially in the case of eMunie with 1 developer.

I have enjoyed keeping up on the other solutions out there.  I also paid the 10 protoshares back in the day to get a preferred ID in Bitshares in 2014, at the time I guess I got bored with that and the workaround needing to resync the blockchain to get it moving again. In the eMunie testing has it ever got stuck on various beta's sure. many times. But that is the difference it is not released to the public and would not without extensive testing to make sure that will not happen. Our current test network just hit 2.4 million transactions without getting stuck. That is the type of testing BTS should do before they release. Some of the other coins I have looked into are Burst, (proof of capacity based) it has lasted over a year and it is unique and why it had my interest. It was fun to learn, fun to mine, and enjoyable way to pass the time. Does it have the ability to compete with other solutions...no, not at all but fun none the less. Also tested Storj, potential exists there too but just prefer maidsafe myself. I have tested ETH mining out and hard to believe they are on a live network. It does not seem all that fair to give the tech guru an advantage to mine it now without simple GUI available and a year later with Serenity release be full POS coin where the average user must "buy in" to use it. I do give credit to Bitshares over ETH in that regard of just having a Windows wallet available originally.

The point is that many of us here do look for the BEST solution and willing to give each of them a chance. It is a great idea on this OP to spur some competition and pass the time, why not. It would only be one factor that people may use in their evaluation of different solutions. I am happy to see the focus in the alt coin section sort of evolve toward the more unique solutions in general away from the copy/paste coins. eMunie, BTS, VNL, XMR, DASH all have their thriving community of users. Let the all around best solution win. (achieve a level equal to or above BTC) that should be the overall goal here for all of them.