You have chosen a bad time for bringing a new project in the cryptocurrency world, it’s really tough to get a positive response from across the pandemic world, whatever the case is, your project looks potential for the future perspectives.
Hey cooltoadfrommmoon,
Appreciate your input; but we must politely disagree regarding the bad timing. The COVID-19 pandemic was the perfect time to release the CPU miner to the general public because they were stuck at home for quarantine. While some were lucky enough to retain their jobs, other folks lost their jobs entirely and had no way to compensate themselves- yet, they still had time on their hands and a computer that they could use to mine XBR.
Interestingly enough, when we announced the project via Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook, we were met with varying interest by audiences that didn't understand what crypto or mining was. Most people ignored the announcement, but many did not and those individuals successfully mined a few thousand blocks using their laptops, Macbooks and regular desktops that they would normally just use to browse Facebook or update their resumes in MS Office.
You can get a rough idea of how popular the CPU mining videos were by checking out the initial two CPU mining videos on the
bitcoinR YouTube Channel. The Mac mining video had a little over 7k views and the Windows video had a little over 5k views.
Until yesterday morning the difficulty was <500 and as of right now it is 724,592,054; and while one cannot just success by hashpower and difficulty alone, I do believe it is directionally indicative of a project that may succeed in the long run.