Life is not that simple, we do not always get what we want. Think of it as a simple business transaction or investment. If you are being specific about energy consumption and environmental impact of mining then there are many so-called eco-friendly coins out there, you should consider joining their project if it makes you feel you will meet your goals.
But I want PoW.
It's just that I don't like the impact on the environment.
All that energy has it's purpose, so what I am looking for is a better usage of that energy. Without compromising the competitive mining.
And now, from what I've learned, I have some thinking to do on how the aggregate mining cost fits the equation. We also want to reduce that.
I got the feeling that karoke interest in this topic had to do with a desire to create a new project for himself.
And not to specifically join this project. Maybe i got the wrong impression.
No, I am already with Dash.
ATM I just have a vision for a solution and kind of concrete intuition on how it could be implemented with Dash and using Dash Platform. The project is half baked and might solve to nothing. Way too early to share any details here. I have a lot of studying and thinking to do to fit the pieces together and that is the main motive of my engagement here (to study and understand).
My other motive is trying to understand both sides related to the proposal of changing the block reward distribution. I do not attribute too much importance to this initiative (IMO the time should have been spent on development of Dash Platform) because my interests are very long term. I consider this period of low blockchain activity a temporary phase. If Dash survives in the next 5 years (and from what I see it is very well positioned for that), the activity on the blockchain will thrive and the problem will be solved by itself. The service provided by masternodes will grow significantly and so will the costs leading to equilibrium between masternodes' and miners' cost margins (or the market will take care of that anyway :-( as I have been shown).
For that matter if anything comes out of my vision above (a better use of PoW energy), the implementation as I envision it now would surely create a lot of additional activity on Dash blockchain.
Thank you for the detailed response. Looking forward to hearing your vision for a solution and its implementation, when you have it finished. And i agree with your thoughts on this being a temporary phase
and also think Dash is well-suited for the future. Good to see someone thinking long term like that.