I'm just getting troubled with the actual value proposition of the new algorithm to be honest.
Was it meant as a way to make mining easier?
I don't think it does that and would even say that it would be more troublesome to support and help people having questions about it. If I want to, I can easily mine just fine by just doing heat mining?
Was it to have more coins directed to the foundation? This seems to be an issue with the value of the coin itself. Putting a bigger bucket to fix a leak is only a temporary solution.
The only thing it seems to add is having "pool mining" built in the coin but for what purpose? I don't need to do pool mining with PODC to get something (that is more or less predictable) and setting up Purepool for heat mining seems simple enough?
Maybe you can help me understand what the value proposition for this new algorithm is?
Your thoughts are fair.
Yes it was intended to make mining easier, (launch wallet and enable). The rewards should prove to be fairly predictable over time.
The hope on the foundation side to add more support for the orphans, in short and long term. I don't disagree that our main issue is cost, this will still be a problem but long-term after things recover, it would potentially increase our support base.
PODC requires a stake, and requires a fair amount of setup up front. There have been many complaints and questions/concerns/comments about PODC difficulty.
POG would have no stake, (just a donation), no external setup.