Quote from: mepsipax on October 19, 2014, 05:05:19 PM

Quote from: Simakki on October 19, 2014, 04:56:03 PM

Quote from: amytheplanarshift on October 19, 2014, 04:16:48 PM

I am leaning towards agreeing with everyone that this discussion should probably just be left alone. It seems like there are quite a few who do think we should change the total amount of coins, but I think that decision will ultimately undermine investor confidence, at least in the short-term. Long term, it really could go either way, but I think that the effects would be so minimal that risking short-term investor confidence is too much of a risk for a very minimal long-term gain (if any).

After thinking about it carefully for a significant amount of time since this discussion came about, I have come to the conclusion that the risk to reward ratio for this decision is simply not good enough for me to be able to support any changes.

Stick with the original plan!

Yes I agree - stick with the original plan.

Seems to me that since our Nem keys were posted (and things started to look serious), this forum has been full of 'distractions'

First we had 'what happens to the unclaimed stakes?'

Now we have - '4 billion is a superstitious number'

Can't help but wonder if these supposed issues are meant to delay or distract the developers from getting on with developing Nem?

I don't think it is distracting or causing any delay. The developers are busy doing their developer things. If anything, I think it is healthy that we have these discussions. As stated numerous times here, this is more than just a simple cryptocurrency pump and dump. This is the beginning of a movement and an entirely new cryptocurrency ecosystem that we are hoping will set the standard for the future of finance in the digital age. We need to have these discussions to make sure that everything is done right.

If there was no concern about the number of total coins, this discussion never would have started up in the first place. Obviously some members of the community feel it is an important issue, so it is important that we let their voices be heard and discuss it in a civil manner as a community, which we have done. That is really our job as participants in this movement. The developers are doing their job, and we are doing ours.

I would much rather we discuss these matters and actually have a meaningful debate about them instead of the developers having total authoritarian control over every aspect of NEM and how it works.