Quote from: ny2cafuse on May 29, 2014, 09:17:07 PM

Quote from: Chronikka on May 29, 2014, 07:54:27 PM

But that is my point...it was discussed on reddit and the dev ignored the naysayers. They just decided to halve the coin. Outrage ensued and they stepped back to actually listen. Or atleast they pretended to listen because they ended up doing the same thing anyway.

The 840k block has always existed but it doesn't make any sense which is why I disregard it. At 840k blocks and 420 coins per block, thats 352 million coins which is more than 75% of the supply. So either it was always intended to halve the coin repeatedly in a short span (i.e. 4 times in a year) or the halving strategy was never set in stone and 840k block was just an estimate

Exactly... they pretended to listen and pushed on regardless. The fact that they said "we're running a poll" and "we're testing the wallet changes" in the basically the same breath shows that. We're on the same page about that. The poll just gave them the results they already knew they had because of the outcry of halving support from reddit.

The 840k block was a ways off... true, but it was there. I'm sure a lot of people would agree that the halving could have been so many other things than what it ended up being. I still wish they would have considered a continual small percentage decrease over time. But oh well... what's done is done.

-Fuse

The reality as I see it now ---

1) The model seem to be this ... create a company, piggy back on crypto/Bitcoin craze, mask it as open source community driven, but never really engage with the very people who can make or break the product. Could it be called a scam? Not really. But lets call a spade a spade and see it for what it is.
2) Screaming loud does not work ---I personally have tried to make points over and over (both here and on Reddit) ..... without much response or even acknowledgement from people in charge of POT
3) POT may be the last man standing in the CCN/DOPE/POT crypto battle -- which I hope is true.
4) POT may become successful beyond what we believe can could ever happen -- which I hope is true.
5) POT will likely never have a vibrant true community - one where developers, maintainers, marketers and community members all have opportunity to discuss an debate how the coin moves forward and how we can collectively help it grow.

ATMs are cool ... but crypto currencies are mostly a techie thing. Yes, virtually everyone you talk to has heard of Bitcoin ... outside of your immediate techie friends. how many people that you know actually own any? My guess is very few. Now how can we expect POT to be any better? We cant -- but we can expect that strong community, transparency and communication - the viral effect - will offset more than we can give credit.

I will admit - they are trying to make progress, but too slow and too veiled in secrecy and it baffles me. .. its not rocket science. --- IMO without a full court press (using a basketball term) on the social media/community side -- I unfortunately think the future of POT is limited.