Proof of stake? I thought you guys are professionals) feels like a completely commercial decision pushed by long consequences of bitmain monopoly. idea of adding new flow of income is good, but PoS would give tooooo much power to some network users. there might be a way to make it mild with less impact, some passive flavor with certain conditions, etc. but dropping healthy and secured pow because of $$...
if i would be one of users who paid thousands of dollars for x11 box - id be veeery pissed))))
Ryan associates 7% Dash inflation with the price drop, and this is really not easy to prove.
With prices above $ 1000 nobody seemed to complain about mining or inflation or master nodes.
We try to find guilty parties, and it's easy to point others with your finger.
The entire market has succumbed these two years, and that takes its toll, especially to Dash and his finance treasure.
Eliminating mining will raise the price to supply the dash treasure with more funds?
Are we sure about that?
I wish to see Dash at $ 500 would be great for me, master node holders would be proud of their possessions.
But would it really give all this value to Dash as use currency, or would it make it a scarce asset to treasure and not spend in the BTC style?
What do we look for, treasures, or simple coins to use and that everyone wants to have in their wallet?
I am very critical of Core decisions like those invested in changing the image of Dash, or the way to advertise the currency in the media. I think it's very poor, but I don't decide.
4800 nodes have in their hand to choose the best for the currency and for them finally ... it is the opportunity of their lives now, or maybe tomorrow is a beautiful memory that could never be.
If there are more qualified people we must find it, if there are better ideas, we must find them, now is the time.
It is not worth saying in a year that the market treated us badly when Dash will be only a shitcoin positioned at 100 in the market as it happened with Maidsafe, Ardor, NXT, Factom ... big projects that nobody remembers anymore.