dang, how did I miss out on this?  I'm very new, just started mining and trading in Feb.. so I have been reading all the the launch and ANN threads to determine what to mine..  Guess I missed out on this one by a few weeks.. Now that someone has pointed it out in another thread, I'm again crushed to find out I can only get  16 per block vs 77 .. dang!

Well, I want to be part of the gang, so I went ahead and bought some on BTER (and added a few more votes on mintpal for the heck of it..).  I wondered why I started checking out the pools and they were all bare.. I don't blame ya, 77 -> 16 is a big leap.  I feel like I missed out on some great coins for the time mined..  I think I'll throw a few hash at it anyway just to be an honorary member..

I was glad to see the sell orders are actually holding value, I'm sure some of you must hold some nice stacks of coin at this point.. Good for you guys to not sell short.. it gave me confidence to buy!  Hopefully it stays that way as it hits the bigger exchanges..  I may not have been onboard from the ground level, but I still smell some cheap coins vs what the future holds.. so I'm gonna try to make up for some lost time.  Any other advice for a noob?  Is 16 block reward crazy to mine now?

I suppose the value can only go up as the supply dries up (assuming they don't all get dumped on mintpal tonight!)

Peace