Quote from: gramufibus on February 10, 2014, 02:12:00 AM

Quote from: Jaguar0625 on February 10, 2014, 12:32:51 AM

The goal is not for NEM to be a NXT copy and paste coin. IMO, there's no value in that. With NEM, we want to take some of the best ideas of NXT and Bitcoin and create something new and, hopefully, better.

Wow that is amazing and exiting news to me. I'm not knocking nxt but the chance to rewrite the rules offers so much.
I have a question which might be a dumb one so I apologise in advance if so. I like the way nxt is different than mined coins, but it is a common criticism, though I think "pre-mine" is an incorrect term.
Is there any way... that without disrupting nem's initial distribution, that it could be made more appealing to the coin miners? Perhaps adopt a model that is based on nodes on the network, versus amount of nem held?
I'm thinking of this purely in terms of what could make nem a more sucessfull currency. And I'll admit I know little of what I'm talking about.

The idea behind both PON and POI is to reward nodes that contribute the most to the NEM network. PON rewards the number of nodes (exactly what you're describing). POI takes it one step further and gives preference to active nodes.

I don't know if we really need to do more to attract POWers. Many don't like any type of coin that is not 100% mined. On the other hand, we could always hold back a small percentage of the initial distribution as a reserve and distribute it somehow (e.g. to miners, via a faucet, via a lottery, or via more fundraising). I don't know any of these are good ideas. I'm just brainstorming and throwing out ideas. Personally, I think we have a pretty strong community already and probably don't need to make a huge effort attracting POWers.