I actually believe the collateral increase is a good idea. Like most all coins price has bottomed out. But this isn't about price. First of with rewords being split 50/50 yo mn reword and staking reword per block, increasing collateral is not really going to affect your payout wheather you stake or you run a mn. Secondly a coin with no set total ammount of coins will need higher collateral to keep balance in the ecosystem. Say once 300m coins have been produced for example that would be a huge ammount of mns available and most people would then stake. Leaving the privacy from obfuscation lacking. As the coin grows so too shall the collateral. Early adopters that save their coins should have no problem growing along side the coin. Balance is very important for sustainability and growth. Also with a working prototype developed demand will grow. Once AEG launches and AEG coins begin being used In the ecosystem this will create more demdemademdemandemdemademdemand obviously. Nearing 30m coins a collateral change is just what AGE needs to grow, ( think not just price but overall growth) and mature into a well balanced ecosystem. Some say raising collateral is a last ditch effort for a dying mn, while that may be true for some coins that have no real product and are a copy and paste of earlier projects usually with no staking involved or unbalanced reword system. AEG on the other hand as I mentioned has a working prototype 50/50 split block reword structure and room to grow with no current max supply. It actually makes a lot of since once you break it down. Good luck team would love to see more exposure banner adds other traditional forms of traditional marketing. All in all AEG with a market cap of 300k could prove a very lucrative investment for the coming months and years. BEST OF LUCK TEAM AEG!