UPDATE:

A vote was held in our Discord, with regard to the direction the project should move in.

Results:

11 - Don't change code
3 - Raise MN collat only (to 3000)
6 - Add a treasury and MN voting system only
94 - Raise collat AND add treasury / MN voting system

The consensus then is for us to fork the code, change the masternode requirement to 3000 NORT, and to add a treasury into the block reward (we're thinking 10% of block reward, this will still mean 45% to miners and 45% to MN holders, so each only give up 5% of their earnings, which isn't huge). This will give us a budget to use for NORT, and will ensure that we get listed on more exchanges promptly, along with other developments. Masternode holders will be able to use their nodes to vote on budget proposals.

We hope this direction is one that the community is happy with, please discuss in general.