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The problem with just giving out a coin to people is that many will see it as having no value and either immediately convert it to something else or just throw it away. You need a critical mass of people to see it as having value and this will not be easy with a new coin. What MZC can offer though is that it has value and since it's market cap is small there isn't a reason it could be majority owned by tribes in due time. I think there does need to be a way though to shake the coins from the people just HODLing to do that as such owners rarely contribute much to the network
You are talking about airdrops, faucets etc.
As a white person, MZC suits me, it's a widely held reliable coin made by a guy with good intentions. Better than most coins and the only coins I favor over it are math and science coins like grc.
However... if a Native asked my opinion, I'd tell him or her that this is not their coin and does not benefit them. It is held mostly by people who are trying to look out for Native interests but it isn't remotely in their interests to accept this as their primary currency or currencies.
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If a Native tribe issues their own currency, with 100% of the coins going to speakers of the language of a particular coin, and if trading with other currencies is restricted for a while to let an ecosystem develop, the coin will have actual distribution that benefits them.
There are some Native languages that have plenty of speakers, but some others have only a few left.
Here is an example of how MZC could facilitate a more real Native currency.
1) A Native person who has computer skills makes a basic coin for one language, and distributes the coin entirely to fluent speakers of that language.
2) Initially Mazacoin devs agree to support the network, make sure it stays afloat, and agrees that when outside trading in the coin starts, in a year or whenever, the Native currency will be fully convertible to MZC on a market cap basis, in one direction only. So a holder of 1% of the Native coin could swap it for 1% of the supply of MZC, but not the other direction. This would not be necessary but it would provide a ground floor to the Native currency's value if it ever became necessary.
3) When a second coin is issued, MZC does the same. At this point Maza will be stretched thin, and would not be able to cover the obligations of both coins, but it would cover the weakest of the two coins. Same for a third and fourth. Maza would be providing a guarantee to the value of the weakest coin on the network, and if that were cashed in then Maza would be toast, or very fragile, but it would be more accurately serving a Native economy.
So the value of each Native currency, which would be strong anyway because of public sentiment, would have a backup to its value in practical terms, but the mechanics would depend on a substantial amount of Mazacoin being available to fulfill that obligation. There may be a number of ways to do that, but taking a lesson from the mainstream economy, MZC could be diluted at any point by a hard fork if necessary. So if 5% of MZC supply is needed to cover a massive exit from a Native currency, very unlikely but possible, MZC devs could hardfork a large quantity of Mazacoins into existence for that purpose.
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With regard to somebody specifically starting such a currency, I do know enough of one such group with few speakers of their language to shortcut the process, but I'm watching for the moment, hopefully somebody with better abilities will do it. Once it does get started there are any number of mechanisms in place to make sure it gets off to a good start.
