I am the moderator of Quark Reddit at http://www.reddit.com/r/QuarkCoin/ . When I came in I saw our community shattered, divided with bitter petty quarrels, hopeless and in panic. As a moderator (as well as someone who has started several small successful social networks in the past), my emphasis was on Community Building strategy. I cleared the bugs, made our Reddit look very stylish (and the community recognised this several times), I made sure that our reddit is not just a place to share "official" information, but a hangout space for the Community, where people hold each other's backs and give support. If before Reddit was some forgotten outpost of Quark constellation, now our Reddit has more traffic then all 3 forums combined. I gave countless hours in making sure that each newbie question is answered - and yes the newbies do ask the same questions over and over again, and yes, I write full response to each of them. Those of you who are visiting our Reddit regularly know me and how committed and passionate I am about Quark project and our people. Because through my behaviour I want to set a standard of what the attitude of each of us should be. That's what Leadership is about! Same thing in war, same thing in life. And if the Logo is the Flag, I can't take that logo (no matter how good design it is) from someone whose principles are muddled up!!! It's not just bad karma, it's a question of virtue and integrity. This Sense of Community that has emerged is really THE STRONGEST point of Quark!!! Yes - think about it! Because 30 seconds confirmation and 9 rounds of hashing -- anyone can clone that, and they do. But what they can't clone is the Community that we've got going! The dedicated individuals at Quark Foundation and all others activists, each of whom do their job altruistically! They've called us premined, scamcoin, delusional etc -- but we're still here... and not only that, but we are gradually rising - numbers don't lie: our Reddit is the 4th most popular sub after Bitcoin, Doge and Litecoin -- and the market demonstrates its confidence in Quark too when they see a united, Ambitious and Determined community!
Now, when I see such cheating behaviour, it pains me - seriously! And yes, such behaviour should not be tolerated. Because if it is tolerated and even rewarded with even 1 QRK, then it sends a very wrong message to our Community and a very wrong message to potenntial Quark investors. I personally would be very offended if cheaters were to receive a single Quark! I would therefore strongly urge against giving any rewards to any of the competitors.
Instead, I fully support Quark Foundation -- because it has proven by deed and by delivering accomplished projects that it is a trustworthy body.
These are some of the projects that they are working on http://www.quarkfoundation.cc/projects/ and with 120,000 QRK a lot more much needed and much valuable infrastructure projects can be accomplished!
* New Mobile Wallet app (so that small shops, cafes and restaurants can start accepting QRK.) * Foundation's own pool to avoid 51% attack, and to give it a steady income to finance more cool projects * a New beautifully looking Wallet with in-built miner so that average Joe can start mining immediately, and so that our low hash-rate can increase. This feature would instantly make Quark more accessible to the masses. * Quark's own Payment processor to allow for e-commerce!!! * Quark integration into Magento, Drupal, Joomla, Wordpress and others, * Quark wallet extensions for Chrome and Firefox, * Secure Cloud Wallet like Blockchain.info * Quark Point-Of-Sale system (I have spoken with CoinKyte.com and they are interested in Quark if we could accomplish some goals) * Quark ATM (those Bitcoin ATMs can easily be re-programmed for Quark for $5000 each) * apps for smart-watches (yes, they are coming and will be the new frontier), * A site like LocalBitcoins.com (I've been working on that but I need to hire more experienced developers to help me out) * Community organisation tool and project-management tool (like Kickstarter) * A tool that integrates with Google Map and shows where Quark is acceptable in your vicinity. (Yes, I've been building that too, but more on that later) * More videos and in different languages * A professional Media, Advertising and PR team * Promotional public events * Giveaways of few QRK to each new person who has never heard of Quark and doesn't know how to use the wallet. * etcetera * etcetera
Any of these projects is more important that the Logo. If the above projects were to be accomplished, Quark could very soon rival even Bitcoin. Yes!
I think the entire pot of 120,000 should be given to Quark Foundation not only because it can help finance these much needed projects, but primarily because you could help send a very important message that Quark is not just a crypto-currency, Quark is a Community, and we don't tolerate sleazy behaviour like cheating!