You response is appreciated, Kimoto. Checking into it is all I ask. Like I said before, you probably hadn't accounted for the popularity of currency-hopping and multipools when you designed the algorithm...but it multiplies the problem considerably. Another issue is the lack of dedicated Megacoin mining pools to spread things out -- the only (active) mining pool I am aware of was at multipool.us when the reward halving took place...and most people decided to just switch to the multipool port since they were already there. We're talking about a virtually instantaneous reduction in has power by over 80% once the reward was reduced...and it continued to taper off rapidly after that. The only people left mining were either clueless, forgot they were even mining, or people like me more concerned with keeping things rolling than immediate profit. I only changed my mind and walked away when it was clear the community didn't really care how things played out.

I've gone on about this ad nauseum at this point and I'm sure we're on the same page so I won't continue to beat it into the ground. Just a frustrating situation when I invested so much in getting things back on track and the masses that just decided to look the other way have no idea where I'm coming from.

You've done an awesome job with Megacoin -- there is a reason I'm as passionate about this situation as I am. I trust that you will get this all figured out and make the decision you feel is best; I will support you regardless.