Devil's Advocate: doesn't it sound a but pumpish to say you've wanted to raise MN payments to 20% for a while, when it's never, ever been mentioned.
It's crossed my mind that it should be done, but I've never said it out loud... Never saw you say so, either...
This'll be new troll focus, so why not address it now?
Actually I don't think it will cause any pump, but rather discourage mining, and cause less interest in the coin, as it is turning into a closed system, where only real profits will be made by big holders. IMO.
20% is excessive. My interest has waned. Pigs get slaughtered.
As camosoul pointed out, block reward is already as low as it's going to get. The idea with going to 20% is to create stronger incentive to own MNs, take more coins out of circulation and drive the price up, which will benefit miners as well.