2) The first 24 hours became a larger problem when the # of coins decreased from 84million to 22million, In retrospect this was probably a mistake... but we can't take that back now without killing the price and shaking investor confidence. The airdrop idea sounds super shady, even if it isn't.
Major changes like this should not be taken lightly. Investors want specs that are written in stone. Major changes should ONLY happen if it's crucial for the success of the coin. Neither of these issues meet that requirement and therefore I think should be left as-is.
You raise valid points. I suppose it may not be clear to everyone, but the imbalance in the first 48 hrs of mining rewards is an issue that recurs daily, and is preventing some significant amount investment. To me, the salient questions are whether this is significant enough to take action, and if so, what action to take.
One possibility other than the airdrop could be to increase mining rewards for, say, the next 24 months, to bring down the relative % of coins mined in the first 48 hrs compared to coins in circulation.
This illustrates the imbalance -- it's no small thing:
