Re: NEM (XEM) Official Thread - 100% New Code

Was this coin distributed as an airdrop in the beginning?

The very first people to express an interest got free stakes. Then it moved on to a pretty piddling amount. I think it was 0.045 BTC. That might have risen as more people got on board but I think the total amount gathered was only about 65 BTC.

History of the Redemption Process:
https://forum.nem.io/t/not-claiming-nemstake-why-it-is-no-longer-possible-and-the-history-of-the-process/2859

From the Final Development Contract:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_0Z9jDGHPxPbndmbm96eW1XaEk/view

Initial fund raising = 66.2 BTC + 419,697 NXT (minus some refund)

It was 10$ for one 2250000 stake in the beginning