Unlocking NMX tokens is the process by which unlocked tokens become available for sale on the exchange and withdrawal from Nominex to the external wallets
How can you use Blocked tokens?
1. You can still use NMX to pay the trading fees
2. Shortly after converting the NMX token to DeFi, we will implement the ability to stake blocked NMX tokens, which means that you can earn additional NMX tokens on this staking, which will be immediately available for withdrawal and sale.[/i][/center]
I guess no bounty hunters have interest to use NMX token to pay trading fees or they even don't use Nominex exchange. The news gives a more transparent information for them.
1 year is not a short time but not a too long time, in fact. In the meantime of unlock waiting, they still are allowed to stake NMX tokens and get rewards. Who knows that next one year, one NMX token will have a price $10 or $20? As no one believed that some day BNB tokens that were airdropped in 2017 can have a price $252 today:
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/binance-coin/Patience and belief sometimes can bring money to you.