In general, there are two kinds of computer users in the world: those who want to work (and therefore want something that works), and those who want to develop (and therefore want something to troubleshoot). That’s tongue-in-cheek humor, but it’s basically true, some users love playing around with the latest technology, the most recent release, etc., and don’t mind [actually like] troubleshooting, and others want something that is guaranteed to work and don’t have the time or inclination to troubleshoot. It’s the difference between “stable” and “beta”.

AutoPOW multi-algo is beta. Which kind of computer user are you? Are you an IT thrill seeker, or a pragmatic, get-the-job-done-without-further-complications kind of user?

Of course, you could also fall into yet another category that could cause you to be interested in something beta, and I would call that desperation. In the article posted about DOGE, the two sub-headings are titled as follows:

• Plan to save dogecoin
• Dogecoin in ‘dire situation’, says Lee

There’s even another category we could create for someone interested in that kind of ‘adventure’ that might be best defined with the inclusion of the quote at the end of the article:

• “[The community] can focus on what dogecoin does best (tipping, donations, wow) instead of worrying about defensive mining and network security.”

I’ll let readers put their own name on that category.  

To summarize, I don’t like the idea. I think it’s just another gimmick for losers. A very bad idea - but that's just me.

Let me just finish with a question: if you’ve got a winner, why on earth would you want to join up with someone else in a “dire situation”? A winner stands on his/her own two feet. I say go with a proven winner - the known, stable and proven version that needs to be finally implemented correctly. Who do you want to share victory with? And why?



Add: I just saw that neuroMode has an article being published by CoinBrief tomorrow titled: "Multi-vPoW: Myriadcoin's Solution to Parasitic Merge-Mining". I'm looking forward to seeing how he argues that! https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=483515.msg8193318#msg8193318