@hankman
ethereum had months+ to build it, and a lot of cash to invest in their mission... why don`t you build a better one and ask for a bounty?
I believe @hankman was the person who said they wanted 1 BTC of SHF to hire someone to develop a block explorer. I thought it was a sweet deal. I would have wanted 3 to 5 BTC worth of SHF to build the explorer.
In the end, the devs didn't want to use the premine on a block explorer. They want to make it themselves, have it included in their dev 50k premine and keep the 200k for future developments. It's a good plan to keep the premine until SHF is worth more. It's also a good plan to spend it quickly and build an amazing coin as quick as possible. I like the quick development style but the devs want to go slow style.
I haven't looked at the premine. Is it 250k or 450k?
Although the essence of what you say is correct I need to add some things.
We are planning to spend the premine (at least from 50k as planned) on infrastructure like the block explorer, a website, pr or other things which aren't directly related to the network. However spending amounts like 3-5 btc or more at current prices (30000 SHF) to hire someone to do something we could do ourselves is not a perfect solution. Especially since most contractors would likely dump the coins for BTC.
Finding the right people to stick with us for the longterm is just a delicate process in the beginning. Once the positions are filled and everyone knows each other it'll progress faster. Think of it more like a startup than a fully matured corporation right now.
