BitJohn, Sylon,

We are dealing with inflation here.

Oh, Daedelus,

While 3% inflation could be a big problem for a country with ~$17.5B GDP like USA, you just can't compare it with cryptocurrencies. If we assume that we have a coin with 20M supply and 3% PoS interest (inflation), then we have about 606k more coins created each year. That means about ~3022 BTC (or ~$716k) pressure/inflation/year and ~$1960 volume/day, which market must deal with at the price of 500k satoshi. Don't you think that it's possible (if we assume that the coin is kept "interesting" through the years)? PoS have some great advantages and this is the most important thing in it as technology. Inflation in it is not a big deal imho.

Daedelus, I want to make something clear and the idea is not to brag or something, but somehow to prove you that I don't need explanations about market, supply, demands etc... I have a master's degree on Marketing & Business Administration and certificate "A" from SCE (Sofia Commodity exchange).

I already said that I completely agree with your opinion, but you first might want to understand why PoS is good for the coin's network and how markets can deal with that inflation of yours. Of course my examples are valid if we are talking about perfect market environment, which is pretty much impossible in crypto-world, but I just think it can be achieved. A coin may not be perfect, but parts of it can be excellent.

Will repeat myself though... I am 100% agree with you.

I think that the bigger problem of purely PoS coins is the price of the coin. Let's say you have $100 worth of some altcoin, but the price stays pretty much the same (this example excludes declining) for a long time. Having this $100 is in no use for you, because your "investment" is not working for you. This is how this coin will die in short time.

You are the one who is wasting your breath. I will never look on PoS like real life inflation as long as the annual interest is not more than 2-4%. If the currency is developed good, market can easily deal with that "inflation". With that said, I will repeat that people will be more keen to hold their coins which vastly improves the network of the coin.

At the end I will say that I'm not arguing with you and I completely agree with your scenario about inflation, but I just think it can't be compared with cryptocurrencies.

Cheers,
Spartak

NXT PoS system is kinda different. I do like it, but I also think that there is nothing wrong in earning few extra coins while holding.

Though I recently didn't followed DNotes and I think it is still PoW only coin, what can you tell about it as example for steady growth? Of course it is nearly impossible to preddict what will happen in 1-3 or even 10 years, but I think that every coin who has active development and community has a good chance for steady rise in price.

Let's say you have 100k coins from a coin which worth 10k satoshi and it has 3% PoS interest (call it inflation if you wish.. no matter how wrong it is). This is equal to 10 BTC or ~$2370 (based on current Bitcoin price). This is about ~$70 annual profit. If the coin rise steady in price (while it have active development and adoption) let's say 5%/month your "investment" (some people think that trading or holding cryptocurrencies is not exactly investment) will grow with 60% each year. What if Bitcoin doubles it's price in 2016 after it halves? In the end that means you will make like $400-500/month while holding. Is that bad profit? Of course this is something which sounds like a scenario from science fiction, but I strongly believe that it can be achieved.

And please stop comparing PoS with inflation. Do you know what happens with a blockchain if there is no PoW or PoS? It will just stuck. Purpose of PoS is not only securing the network, but keeping it alive at low costs as well.

The answer is pretty simple - FAILCoin. You can currently mine it even with CPU. Keep in mind that I'm not promoting it, but FAIL meets all of your requirements.

If someone take this over he can receive up to 2k COV from donations and can buy same amount with like 0.3 - 0.5 BTC. Fixing the problem with the network + adding some features can make him really good profit, but so far it seems no one is interested.

CLAMS really can be placed among good cryptocurrencies, though I've never seriously researched it.

I basically mean that imho PoS can't be really compared with inflation. With that said - more coins are indeed more profit as long as the coin is stable (in price).

This is obvious, but people are still buying promises, which are fake in most of the times. Let's discuss this like we are in perfect conditions (promised - delivered, team (let's call it that way) behind coin does not disappear soon/right after it launches, adoption, marketing).

PoS is not only about inflation, but securing the network as well. I think that if a coin's community (developer/s inculded) are working hard on it's technology (and above all - it's adoption), people will be more keen to keep their coins in the wallets, which can help for several things:
- faster and more secured network
- small sell pressure on exchanges (coin can rise in price more easily)

I see nothing wrong to have some profit while supporting the coin (by holding it and not dumping it).

This of course is situation explained in some romantic way of thinking. In real cryptocurrencies life it is extremely difficult to achieve, but I think it's possible.
 

True. I am even willing to pay you if you PM me with some samples of your work.

Coins are not exactly countries so I think that there is nothing wrong with interest/inflation as long as the price of the coin itself is steady and growing. My first opinion about PoS was "Oh, they created PoS so people can keep their coins in the wallet while creators are pumping and dumping it on exchanges.". I personally think that PoW (I find mining as funny... so does many other people) + PoS is the best combination for a coin. Everyone has his own opinion though.

So with my 500 and your 500 +300-400 more from other people we have 1400 coins which is about 4.5% of entire supply.

I think you are wrong. If a coin is with let's say 20M in supply and interest is 3%/year only about 610k coins/year will be created. This is like holding your savings in bank + faster and more secured network.

Here you can see what I personally think about XPY. Empty promises has nothing to do with coin's development in my eyes.

Whales can enter and exit. This is their thing. More important is how the community of one coin will react afterwards and if people who are supporting it (with developing and such) are still willing to stay.