Quote from: dzarmush on January 18, 2014, 05:28:21 AM

Quote from: lyynx on January 18, 2014, 05:14:17 AM

I don't see what the rush is to distribute the 10 million Nxt, is there a specific reason? In addition, if the individuals are trusted, why would the code need to be changed just to accommodate them? This just doesn't make sense, perhaps I am misunderstanding?

We need features, and to make features we need developers, this is where the Nxt or Nxt>BTC should be spent (or atleast 80% of it). All the hoopla regarding Nxt has died down now and I believe we have reached critical mass in the Bitocointalk community as shown be the diminishing accounts being created everyday. Everyone that is here now and participating is obviously committed, so I can say for sure we have a strong community of Nxt'ers.

The next milestone will be general public adoption, at least the general crypto community and for that we need a rock solid client that hopefully supports forging and a reliable network. In my opinion, being second generation, we need to get to the point where this can be run securely on a mobile phone (transaction and forging) - to me - that is second generation, but that can come down the road as we have plenty to work on regarding the core of Nxt.

All this talk about marketing is great, I work in that space, however, it is not needed at this time and perhaps never will be. All energy and funds (if needed) need to go to development, at least in the next couple of weeks.

I vote that the majority of funds either be dedicated to development or destroyed.

The same again. What do you mean by "dedicated to development"? Do you have something in mind? Then share with the community and suggest a bounty and the community will vote for it.

Also what's the use of destroing the coins? That's fucking crazy. Even two payments of 5M to Cryptsy and BTC-E owners for adding Nxt to their exchanges will be way better then destroying them.

But I do agree with the first part. Changing the code just for that reason is maddnes. Don't developers have something more important to do? Why the hell we need this commity at all? Let the coins stay were they are now and focus on ideas for development and promotion.

Let me clarify the destroying of the coins (which is not desirable). If the code suddenly needs to be changed to address the issue of the coins not being claimed, I would rather have them destroyed then have a band aid put into the core. Messing with code in this manner is what's fucking crazy.

However, if we will not touch the code, then distribute them via community bounties. There are plenty of users I would feel comfortable having manage these funds on a trust basis alone without touching the code. But, i may be a bit too trusting as i donated 10,000 of the Nxt that Drexme was gracious enough to steal and sell for personal gain, but that's another story.

As for suggesting ideas, at this point, i just want to see the features originally planned implemented. I have worked as a project manager for one of the fastest growing POS (Point of Sale) companies in the US, so once the network and client are at a stage where they can reliably be integrated into other applications, I will have plenty of ideas to share. For instance, subscriptions (recurring payments).

In the meantime, my team and I are finalizing our Nxt trading platform and will present it when and if it 100% to our satisfaction.