Quote from: novacadian on January 29, 2014, 12:11:15 AM

This is my first foray into a Global Currency, as crypto may be for humankind. That seems reason enough to take a breath and think things through. Do we want reward in this new age to be more of the same which we have seen in the Industrial Age? Do we want the free flow of information, which is a hallmark of the Info Age according to such far thinkers as Alvin Toffler, to be manipulated by the few? Or do we want to get it right so that others could take what is done here as a template for the future?

That's very idealistic, and I certainly wouldn't stand in the way of your initiative. Beware, though, that right and wrong are matters of opinion.

Quote from: novacadian on January 29, 2014, 12:11:15 AM

The shaping of this new age could come from projects like this one, if we can think outside the box of our conditioning, to derive a means by which information can be freely shared while providing a fair and equitable system of reward.

The monthly dumping makes it obvious that the vast majority are not here for reasons of political philosophy. It is not surprising then that there is a desire to get our ducks in a row... to put up our shingle... drive business to our door... drive up DVC so that more can be dumped at even greater prices.

My DVCs has never left my wallet, other than sending it to other DVC wallets. That is not meaning only recent bounty payments but going back to my first introduction to crypto. My drive here is not to get rich quick but to be part of something that gets things right. If that is a mistaken belief on my part then you will have my heartfelt best wishes yet not my contribution as a programmer.

If we are to have that needed debate then one thing that should be a given is that the system should not be designed to pit programmer against programmer in a race to the bottom. If we can start at that point then let's open a thread on the new forum to think tank how things may be handled to achieve our mutual goals.

I don't think anyone is going to get rich quick with devcoins, personally. It may happen with good speculative market timing, but overall it's the least attractive to wealth storage compared to all the other coins. The coin is actually relatively old and its price is indicative of how much the crypto-speculators value it. This can be a good thing, because it means the coin will be relatively stable in price. It may not seem that way, but compared to all the other coins that basically started at zero and are now worth up to $1000USD each, their range of trade is much, much higher than devcoins, so devcoins can be considered the most stable of the lot. Holding coins does support open source a little bit (because they can sell it at the price you didn't), but putting regular money into devcoins is something else, and that's what it needs to be more stable, and pay fair wages.

Just like the other cryptocoins, the price is determined by how much people are putting in, and how much they are taking out as a whole. The difference with devcoins, is that we know people are going to be taking it out. What's the point of saying to open source programmers (who are already doing open source work) - "Here's a reward for all your open source work, good job! But don't spend it"?