Quote from: funnyman21 on November 05, 2015, 08:22:32 AM

I have nothing against Aeon but am confused about why it has been doing better than Boolberry recently on Bitrrex.

Boolberry has less coins in circulation (slower mining reward schedule) so I would expect its price to be higher even if the two coins were the same. Boolberry actually has lot more features, a larger community and has been around longer.

What do you think?

I have made it quite clear in the Aeon topics that the recent Aeon run up has been mainly me buying a lot of it. Don't think that Aeon mass adoption is right around the corner or anything; I like the branding, I respect Smooth's honesty and competency as a developer, and I like the focus on mobile and pruning that Aeon will try to implement. I also enjoy that I've had a hand in helping bring about a proposal to make Aeon be the first major cryptonote with an inflationary (0.888~%) trailing emission. As you can see, the price has fallen back down to pre-AP buying spree levels.

I am interested in all cryptonotes, and Boolberry as well. In addition to some advanced and unique features, I heard Boolberry was deflationary, which is great! I think a major deflationary Cryptonote is necessary - this way there will be three major Cryptonote coins and each will have a type of trailing emission: deflationary, disinflationary, and inflationary. As well, some core Boolberry members have written me to invite me to get interested in the community, which is flattering and I appreciate.

But I have reservations. From what I have heard Boolberry features a 1% constant dev-mine:

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Developer Bounty: Up to 1% (Controlled by miner's votes)

I understand that the miners can turn this off, but it will just be reassessed retroactively at a later time. I apologize if this has been asked before, and if so please point me to any comments where this is explained/justified. It seems thinly justifiable as a dev fund, and paints the entire project as more of a commercial endeavor rather than an altruistic one designed to create a worldwide private ledger. I understand that everyone needs to eat, and even Aeon's primary dev Smooth has inherited a small treasure hoard of coins to use for support & development. It's the recurring, non-voluntary nature of this that makes me cautious. And I am forced to extrapolate that if it makes me cautious, it will make others cautious too down the road.

So I'm reading over your ANN topic and some of your other materials; if you have anything to add to my thoughts, I'd love to hear it.