... I try to invite people I know or have some interaction with and in my case they are typically miners with Nvidia gear. Vetting those invites lets me know they have the ability to mine the coin and support the network.
I also talked with the invited in the discord, where they assured me that either investors or miners. I have 47 invited people, nevertheless basically their balance does not exceed 50 coins. I'm not saying that the project is dead. Yes, there is some kind of communication, but interest decreases. As I wrote above, it can be seen from the graph of the complexity of the network. I hope that the developers will not bury the project, I myself mining this coin 2 month.
The release miners for AMD and rigs for rental service, unlikely to revive interest with the existing profitability and a steady decline in the interest of miners.
In the discord, silence, moves in the market very small. The number of miners is decreasing. https://merit.disifi.com Network The last 5 invited at last week have a zero balance. Developers are silent, no announcements.
If you need an invite use https://wallet.merit.me/?invite=sync I will accept you if you PM me your alias. I'll help you set up the miner and answer your questions.