Quote from: nexern on October 26, 2015, 12:49:04 PM

just saying nxt have a adoption problem due to it's initial distribution and therefore is a scam
makes no sense at all. ignoring and boykoting a provable good piece of cryptotech is very shortsighted
and counterproductive for the whole cryptomovement too.

I have repeatedly said otherwise and don't believe NxT is a scam in itself. This doesn't remove the concerns and risks of initial distribution which is plaguing NxT right now. The fact remains that some initial investors are dumping there practically unlimited bags on exchanges for over a year now. The initial distribution was so poor it insures there are enough large bagholders to do this for many years before they run out.

Poor initial distribution isn't a problem in itself as long as the early investors are independently wealthy and can reframe from sabotaging their own currency. This apparently isn't the case with NxT where some of the initial investors either have no faith in the currency longterm or cannot afford to hold onto their distribution during the initial years.

Quote from: nexern on October 26, 2015, 12:49:04 PM

adding merchants doesn't solve anything, this is a tale.

Merchant adoption is extremely important as it gives credibility and use for the currency. Using indirect tricks to spend your coins like shapeshift do nothing to support your currency as all the coins are dumped on the exchange for BTC and/or Fiat. It also doesn't help that the user is taking an exchange hit on all purchases when using these tools. There is also the PR problem involved where the cryptocurrency space is filled with scams, this problem isn't limited to NxT and also includes Bitcoin, but at least Bitcoin has a large pool of legitimate merchants.

The first step is to grow merchant and user acceptance. The second step is to have those merchants slowly start reusing the cryptocoin instead of dumping it 100% for Fiat and saving some.

Quote from: RealBitcoin on October 26, 2015, 12:54:47 PM

You cannot eliminate scams, they will always be there. People just need to fucking learn to do their research before investing. Otherwise they will be scammed every minute of their lives.

This doesn't remove the fact that the NxT community is focused on marketing itself as a financial platform to invest in assets and equities instead of focusing on slow and sustained merchant acceptance where actual goods and services are sold and not scams.

Quote from: RealBitcoin on October 26, 2015, 12:54:47 PM

Its a 3 step process you cant just skip them.

Yes, but the approach and pitch isn't to grow merchants but to create a platform to facilitate competing tokens, assets, and equities. You guys are sabotaging yourself to line the pockets of those that are pitching these cryptoequities promising false dreams instead of focusing on slow and sustained growth with real businesses.