Yeah my choice would be the æ symbol, but I'm kinda flexible depending on strength of argument. I'd be interested in hearing smooth's opinions on the symbol issue.

At some point we're going to have to commit to a symbol in order to make a start on further branding, logo design etc. How best can we commit to this? Via democracy? Core vote? This raises interesting first challenges and sneak previews into the issue of governance. How do we square that?

It's an interesting subject, because as we have seen recently in Bitcoin, getting the socio-political element right in regard to governance is key to a strong foundation. As Aeon is kinda an experimental test-bed it might be a good idea to experiment also with the sociopolitical framework of it's management.

Direct democracy? Aeon Foundation? President? Supreme Council? Straw polls? How can we achieve an interesting, experimental, and inspirational political framework that truly makes Aeon stand out from anything that has occurred before, including Bitcoin. How can we design a system where the ideas of the layperson can receive serious consideration from the executive function of the overall hivemind?

Something to consider.

For now at least, the first task would be to get the symbol sorted so we can expand further.

As for the post you've just made in regards to changing the emission. To be honest, I'd simply just delete it. If you let it fade away it sends out the wrong message, if it attracts trolls it sends out the wrong message, and if doesn't do any of those things, then all it does do is say: "Hey I'm AmericanPegasus and I've just bought a ton of aeon and consequently we need to start pumping this shit together."

Play it down. Don't attract negative noise before we've built the foundations.

Those my thoughts.