Start this new Komodo coin with snapshots just like NXT did. Everyone will be happy. Then, when the Komodo chain has launched make it possible for the KMD stakeholders to print new KMD and sell them on the open market to fund development. This approach has been used before and it works. Let the community control the funds and let it be necessity-based. jl777 you don't really need 30k upfront, it's ridiculous. Just ask the money that you really need and explain where you spend it. If you are going to dilute BTCD holders share then AT LEAST DO IT BIT BY BIT.