Thanks for that. Your criteria are much tighter than mine.

I'm satisfied that the notion of merge-mining is perceived as a valid strategy and has fairly broad acceptance amongst the “classic coins”, there's even an explicit config setting for them in Abe.

Myriad has excellent primary brand recognition as the merge-mining lynchpin of the “new generation” altcoins. It's difficult to see how it could be easily unseated from that position.

I had some initial concerns but, thus far, Myriad has respected the individual brand identities of its merge-mining flock.

Myriad's price performance has been quite responsive over its (let's face it, fairly short) history and that's a much more positive sign than the usual hockey stick price graph: \_____ that speaks so eloquently of stagnation.

I have an unfair advantage, I'm a psychologist by discipline so I'm acutely aware that all of the above pales into insignificance next to the absolute, basic principle of human psychology: we're more effective in just about everything we do when we work cooperatively in a group.

Not dead coin.

Cheers

Graham