Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions, Mr. Graham.  Looks like I have a lot of reading to do.

So is it safe to say CHC is one of the most ASIC resistant if not THE most ASIC resistant coin out there at the moment?  keeping it in the hands of the people and staying spirit of decentralization.  this is the type of projects i like to get involved in. the small market cap and simplicity are things that can help newbies learn and maybe get their hands dirty.

I have a computer science background but moved family restaurant business because of first dot com bomb and family reasons.  but i still love playing with new technologies and codes when I have the time.  the cryptocurrency revolution have rekindled a lot of my interest in picking up development again.  but it looks like so much C++...even tho that's my first language learned, i gotta say i have very little experience in it.  i am more familiar with web development with php and java.  a faucet script is probably the best i can do right now.

As for funding, a lot of coins i see happening is either
1. Decentralized funding..either crowd funding or blockchain dev-tax, have trust from funding source but, using the fund correctly becomes really hard and politicized, it always somehow end up being centralized controlled and spent.
2. Centralized funding...a la, big investment, or individual, group or company involvement...allows fast, efficient and less political barrier to move things...but the trust and longevity of the funding is not as good as decentralized funding.  

I see smart contracts as pretty interesting solution for this decentralized funding and spending....but i have not done enough research to testing to see if that's possible.

Thank you for the conversation.