Quote from: qwizzie on Today at 09:37:52 AM

How can it be considered 'scammy' when our orginal blockreward schedule also included a planned reduction in blockrewards for miners ? With a 60% (masternodes) and 40% (miners) end goal !!

On the basis of what you said there is nothing scammy going on at all but my answer to afbitcoins was based on a different context.

Quote from: qwizzie on Today at 09:37:52 AM

Does that mean Darkcoin/Dash was scammy from the start ? I don't think so. Miners and masternode operators knew very well what they were getting themselves into (at least those that paid attention).
And yes, we stopped in 2015 with a 45%/45%/10% blockreward split (which was very very fortunate for miners), but that does not mean we are not allowed to change this when we need to.
And it certainly does not mean that by changing it (again), this crypto project suddenly becomes a scam project.

I agree with you, Darkcoin/DASH was probably nowhere near a scam from the start and those that took interest before investing either as miners, masternode operators or investors all should have known what they were getting in to.

Quote from: qwizzie on Today at 09:37:52 AM

I am going to repeat this once more, Darkcoin/Dash is and always has been a masternodes-focussed cryptocurrency. If people only start to realize that now (6 years later), then that means those people did not really understand Dash all that well or understand where its power and decision-making lays.

I feel that even though the balance of power was always with masternode operators it seems no matter how many miners and DASH holders try to put out an alternative view the only thing that will happen is what the masternode operators say. Even if the set up was designed for that to happen from day one the fact it is correct does not mean miners and investors might feel a little bit ignored.

Quote from: qwizzie on Today at 09:37:52 AM

I understood that perfectly well in 2014 / 2015 --> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=860067.0 and seeing the explosion of masternodes that followed in those early years many many others understood that as well.
People can try to bend this crypto project into a form that they want or desire as much as they want, but if that conflicts with a crypto project's identity and that which really drives such a crypto project,
then those efforts will be pretty pointless and not very realistic.

Do you feel the status quo of masternode operators controlling the direction of DASH is something that will change one day or do you think it will be a central part of the whole DASH experience?