I can state honestly, so help me God, that what I have seen here in Reykjavik is fair distribution of the coins.  

Of course, there were some who had difficulties.   That "resolved itself" a few days ago.  Actually, I am sure Baldur and crew made some changes to improve claim rates.

Also, of course, there have been who have claiming for many relatives, however that is up to the family and relatives in question.

Have there been some "thefts" ?  I honestly don't know, I'm sure some small percentage.   Just like there was a small percentage who may have lost their coins due to Server Overload and unsuccessful transactions from the pre-mined mint -> verification -> blockchain -> wallet.   There were even people who just clicked ahead, past the page that said to print out their wallet... so...

my thoughts (continued) are that as we are creeping towards 10 percent claimed, in as many days, I sense a general feeling of fairness from the hundreds ( okay, five dozen or so ) of Icelanders I have questioned.  ( friends, taxi drivers, store owners, restaurant owners )

So, yes, BCX, Baldur does seem to be delivering.    AND perhaps his strategy (Facebook and SMS) had flaws.     But when I came to think about it (that night when the details became obvious)    it actually made ALOT of sense to use FB as there are many checks available, cross references, and what? about 95% Facebook usage in Iceland ?  

So, for getting out 10% of 330,000 people, and 10,500,000 coins  ( 31.   I would say it is as open as possible.

And then of course we have round 2 and round 3 and round 4 of the airdrop still to come..... Which I am quite sure will even be an improvement over previous rounds.....    

Anyway, that is my 1 AUR worth.       Thank you for contributing to the strength of Auroracoin.   I can promise you that when all of the dust settles the Icelandic people will be much more informed about all the developments and responsibilities of this coin.  

takk takk frá Íslandi.... come to visit some day, we welcome you as a friend.

MHz

one that i find very interesting though. 

though, i have only joined since Auroracoin....  ( hold the tomato's please ) 

but programming since 83, so lets just say its been quite a ride.   very impressed with the "new" generation.

MHz

All good points. Thanks.  Unfortunately we only had a hundred people or so that were interested early on.   There is much more awareness now and some level of understanding.

I can tell you understand Crypto's quite well, and well, that is good for you... please be patient with us new comers.

MHz

Good points....  at this point though we need to follow this through, even for full experimental purposes.

Thanks for being civil.

MHz

I am an Icelander.  I have been watching all night because I KNEW that there was a HARD FORK coming.

Whether or not there was some hacking, which maybe there was, it seems that the coin is still operating.

Here is the thing, Icelanders have really gotten hit by the 2008 crash.  People lost homes and have seen mortgages go UP and principal down (in effect, because mortgages are tied to inflation)  and have had some reality biting them in the ass.

But it wasnt their fault, it was the banking system and some bankers that let them down.

That is why there was a 50% pre-mine.  To give the coins to Icelanders.  Just because they didnt know about protecting block-chains, this was a poor excuse (if true) for a hacker to try to mess up a valid idea, a grand experiment, to try to offer some help to fellow Icelanders.

I am in a friend of a friend connection to the Developer, Baldur, and have had some online discussions with him.

He is as honorable as I can tell, and has no intention of getting rich off of this coin, though obviously he has a financial stake in the coin as it has been his life for over 3 months now.  

Now maybe I will get some push-back from some member here, but that is okay.  

The human spirit will prevail over evil.... even if that evil is even coming from within the CryptoCommunity.

Auroracoin is not the end-all of what can be done, but here in Iceland it is the beginning for us....  

We are continuing to build our trade here in Iceland, and guess what, the coins are trading for 5 x the global exchange rate now.... reminds me of another coin that became the big kid on the block.  

We made it through Eyjafjallajökull, and we made it through WWII with more losses per capital than most nations, and we will make it through until the end, which of course will just be the beginning of a thousand years of peace.... when evil-hackers will be long gone and replaced by with hackers who do not hack code for destructive purposes, but will be developers of great ideas.  

Pray for those that purposefully try to destroy you.

-MegaHertz

it seems to be doing okay.    the developer denies there was a 51% attack.