The discord is very active right now. For people interested, i suggest checking it out
https://discord.gg/fZfUNwCPU mining only is best, read Bitcoin white paper, Satoshi wanted everyday people with computers to be able to mine it.
This is part of the reasoning behind it. Besides the threat of ASICs and NiceHash every cryptonight coin faces, Crypto in general has become extremely commercialized. The arms race to build every bigger and faster mining rigs has been ongoing for some time, where the main people profiting are the big companies, like NVIDIA, AMD, Samsung and all the other companies making GPU components.
Meanwhile the electricity produced to run these rigs is getting extremely out of hand. I have read articles that bitcoins estimated power consumption could power some European countries. Mostly dirty power from China. This is bad for the environment and something we don't need as the doomsday clock ticks closer to midnight.
So we need to change the way we think about generating crypto. Or more to the point, we need to rethink if the way we are doing things is sustainable in the long term. I don't believe it is. Everyone with a PC has a CPU, everyone with a PC can mine NERVA with a couple of cores with only a minimal increase in power consumption. No need for expensive GPU rigs with ever increasing ROI. No need to destroy the environment and add to the profits of major corporations. Instead we go back to placing a decentralized currency in decentralized hands. A responsible and sustainable cryptocurrency in the true vision of Satoshi.
Also, nethash has climbed to nearly 30Kh/s since it's launch a few days ago, which is phenomenal for a solo mined CPU coin. Shows me that people agree with the principles of NERVA and i thank all those that have jumped on board and supported the cause