Technical question: How will the half life idea (I love the idea, by the way) work in terms of Bips/dividends? Suppose NMC-holder genesis block coins lose 50% per month: will that 50% that's destroyed act like any other coin destruction; i.e., will the 50% be returned to shareholders as dividends? It seems obvious to me that this would be the easiest way to implement it.
Maybe this has already been discussed somewhere else, but this seems like a pretty cool effect. It means a couple things:
1) all early adopters get a bunch of huge dividends right at the beginning. Yes, this apparent increase in wealth will mostly be illusory because it's just a re-scaling of balances, but it will be fun! And it will a pretty good way for people to learn how dividends work in the Bitshares world.
2) If airdrop coins aren't claimed quickly, they're just given back to the shareholders. So even if the initial distro is 35/35/20/10, if only half of that 20% airdrop is claimed, the effective distro ends up being closer to 39/39/10/12 (I made those numbers up).
PR issues that will rear their heads:
1) An airdrop will probably really piss off the NMC devs. Of course, NMC devs will already be pissed since we're building a better product.
2) The half-life might make people feel like they're being coerced.
3) Smart people, of whom there are many in the crypto world, will understand that the flood of initial dividends is merely a re-scaling and it might make them feel like we're being dishonest.