Quote from: m4ever on December 25, 2017, 09:01:03 AM

I can verify that it is Payu ...indeed he posted after I chided him, on Friday, on Facebook, (we've been FB friends since early 2015 and I even donated to his brief run for Mayor in MAZA) about not keeping the community informed on Bitcointalk. And that regardless of the trolls..that he should explain what has been happening with himself...his efforts with MAZA...vision for the coin and address concerns of those with an interest in a "native" coin.

In speaking with Payu via messenger I emphasized that RIGHT NOW - with the influx of BIG money into the crypto space - that money is looking for "penny coins" with a hope of development and at least a name associated with the project.... I asked Payu to address some other questions to and he did for me...if you have questions I think he will be more active here. No one wants this coin to help native tribes more than Payu who IMO walks the walk of an activist. Perhaps the indigenous people will awaken to this incredible potential laying right in front of them. Perhaps not.

What has never been dealt with adequately is the actual "Native" side of Maza. Most people who hold it are probably non Native supporters of a Native currency. So it is not quite right to push the price up in support of non Native supporters of a Native currency.

Payu has no hesitation to get his hands dirty and even take abuse to further the coin, which is good but still doesn't solve the problem.

Guruvan and Owlhooter have taken care of a lot of complex technical stuff and watched the coin's back, also good, also doesn't solve the problem.

I saw Payu posted a thread referencing a small dollar ico of some kind. ICO's drain credibility from even the most legitimate projects, and selling coins, again, to non Native supporters who want to support a Native currency runs the risk of more circular running.

Maza started with a huge amount of publicity and good will. It was attacked aggressively from the start, and never offered much beyond good intentions and the promise that investors could profit from their good intentions.

All nice but this time around there has to be substance.

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I don't know what the solution is, but a) it is not another central currency that obliges a local group to surrender some power to an outside authority, b) it is not somebody with grand ideas on how to help a different group to succeed in their own milieu, etc

Coins are easy enough to make. It seems a good first step is to arrange an easy secure network for tribes to make their own currencies and a framework to arbitrage or exchange their coins outside their area.

Mazacoin could set some basic standards for tribal currencies, then accept those currencies that meet those standards into some sort of cross network between "white" maza and local Native coins. The obvious pitfalls would be that Maza would have to support the local coins and not itself where any conflict arose. And of course tribes are notoriously white now in their politics, a lot of dirty pool that they play to keep up with their competitors. The best solution might be a blanket rule that the oldest local member of any tribe makes the hard rules, the lesser rules are made by 'experts'.