I think 150K is unrealistic even at today's prices; that's 0.1875 BTC you're asking people to invest in a coin with no certain path or future and ranked 462 on the marketcap its just not gonna happen imo. Most people don't have $600 worth of BTC to blow on a random altcoin at the bottom of the marketcap. 25K is understandable and maybe even 50K if you really want people to work for a mn(I personally don't, I believe they should be available at a fair price to everyone that wants to invest in one).
Striker,
I get where you are coming from however, the 150K figure was decided by the community right here by poll. The Dev agreed to it and that was the target anyone interested in running a MN has been working towards. If the dev now reduces the number of coins required by any factor. Some may think he used the 150K figure to sell the coin and increase its liquidity. Either way, going back on his word and the original wishes of the community is a bitter pill to swallow.
If people dont have $600 worth of BTC to "blow on a random altcoin at the bottom of the market cap" then perhaps they should move on, a MN in this coin maybe isn't for them. 0.1875 BTC is not a lot for 150K coins when a coin is less than 6 months old. Remember back in 2013 when 20,000 Potcoins were selling right here for 1 BTC? If that were any benchmark then one might say 100K was more of a realistic number. Given the reduced number of coins in circulation and minimal pre-mine, 150K is fair compared to the example above.
If he is going to go back on his word, then perhaps a fair solution would be to add a POS feature and do away with the MN idea all together.