I fear alienating a lot of people who, when the coin starts to get publicity, will say how the block reward is already falling and 'x' coins have been farmed already by 'y' number of people so its disproportioned. I also think more people involved now wouldn't hurt much, now that Nfactor is gaining recognition. I fear that the "no premine,instamine" will come back to bite us if we have posts here saying we are keeping it on the downlow, basically mining it with however many people there are now till we or someone gets a great portion. that kinda contradicts the no premine/instamine right?
Well, I don't agree that Vert had a lot of hype. I started mining both VTC and this around the same time. Mainly because I liked the concepts behind the nFactor stuff vs. the clone coins that were (are) saturating the market. I felt like there's some value to mine both coins at that point.
With that said, even though MRC was "first to market", they've had a steadier growth (obviously). I think in part because the devs fostered the community a bit more. I mean if you look at their page:
https://bt.irlbtc.com/view/404364.0The marketing part of the coin is REALLY well done, i.e the web site, social media, etc.
In my opinion, the devs should be building the brand more than staying in private with their plans.
Regardless, i'll keep throwing my speculative mining time at MRC.