I don't know, I count two people so far who are against the proposal. One of whom lost all credibility a long time ago with "OMG Evan broke my walletz and all my coinz is gone. Darkcoin is broke sell sell sell" and "Darkcoin is obviously broken because even though hundreds of other people can figure out how to set up a masternode it's not working for me so I'm out of here."
Weighing those two voices against the several dozen that have lauded the proposal both here and on BCT and I think you're pretty damn close to a consensus. Code the system, push the update, and find out!
That is because some people enjoy being argumentative.
About the project itself,
-The emission is the same whether you direct a portion of the rewards to the development of the ecosystem or not. It means the coins are going to the market no matter what. The network needs to decide what is the best way to direct those funds so that it can ensure, mining, development, promotion and masternode operation.
A good way to think about it, is asking yourself. What would benefit a regular Dash end user the most? These are the people that are not miners or masternode operators. The emission dillutes the capital of the regular user no matter what, whether it goes to masternode operators or miners. So is it not better for the regular user for a portion of rewards to be directed at the development and promotion of the ecosystem, as his only chance for profit is actual coin appreciation and that can only come from value created?
-The rewards initially belong to the network and the network should distribute it depending on what it needs, this is the Dash model where 100% of the reward does not go to mining(securing the network), it has changed before to incentivize what was most needed at the moment, and now it is looking to ensure it can develop and grow in an independent way. What if Evan says tomorrow that he honestly can not continue working on this full time and that he is going to have to get a job? Same with Udjin, what do we do then? Go to MIT, they wont bail out Dash, we need to learn from Bitcoin experience.
- The business model is changing, masternode operators don't get to keep the development funds as they simply dont belong to them, they belong to the network. This is also not a donation model, you can only donate what belongs to you. Masternode operators are just chosen as an assembly of stewards because they have a vested interest in the future of the network. Also they all keep their capital, so they get to keep their capital, receive 45% direct reward and vote on how to reinvest 15% of the emission. That sounds like a good deal to me.
- Everything
babygiraffe has said since this discussion started. Seriously, read all his posts.
About the mechanics,
I certainly agree we need to define some of the mechanics, and I would love to hear Evan's ideas after he has been reading all the feedback.
- I like Tao's idea of maybe having a revision every 24 months, that could be an option.
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