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Distribution plan is not set in stone yet. Dev still tries to find a compromise between fast and wide distribution.
This is quite a tricky problem. On the one hand, you want to spread distribution over as long a timeframe as possible to allow more people to participate.
On the other hand, the longer it is drawn out, the longer tonych is sitting on 90, 80, 70, 60, 50% of the total coin supply. It's hard to be taken seriously as a currency when one guy owns 90% of the total money supply (even if he promises to give them away for free at some vaguely specified later date). So, from this perspective I think you want to distribute coins as quickly as possible to eliminate the uncertainty associated with one person holding almost all the coins (whether he intentionally after maliciously and dumped the coins or I believe his identity is public so someone could steal or rob him off the coins).
so for now, next step what the team BB / tonych need to do is to put all the BB in an trusted escrow ...this will be a big win for all. tonych will be more trusted and he can finish distribution without losing/dumping/etc. the coins and big exchanges will jump in to add BB for trade without the fear of dumping or what else tonych can do,
i would like to hear more ideas about this subject.
cheers and keep doing a great work TEAM BB.
There may be some intention to keep byteball away from the main exchanges so holding them at this point it time would fit in with that thinking if true.
I'm happy with a long distribution but if it was an automated process via smart contract or otherwise so no skullduggery or collusion could be realised, people may feel better.