What you laid out here is why I was excited about NEM a while ago, and used to hold it. You have left out a very important part of the story here though, which is that the previous NEM government council badly mismanaged funds, did not keep council members accountable for how they were using funds to "promote" NEM, and in many cases outright embezzled funds that were intended for advertising/promoting NEM and instead were used for yacht trips, etc. The NEM foundation used to work by a "regional head" model and there was little to no accountability for how the regional heads were spending the funds allocated them. By January of 2019 NEM was down to one month operating capital for the NEM foundation! The new council seems to be doing a bit better job, but this part of the story is certainly important to explain the drop in price relative to btc given the importance of investor confidence in the management team of a cryptocurrency. Some links (and in particular, read the comments from community members to get the unvarnished/unwhitewashed version):
Excited were all of us, seeing NEM jump towards astronomical amounts. But since all bull runs end, NEM wasn’t any different.
Thanks for pointing out the discrepancy that has happened. I had a chance to look into the links you provided and was intrigued to know the details about the apparent scandal. But it’s good that it didn’t bring down the whole organisation.
Let’s wait and see what the future holds, and if the new people in charge are more accountable than the rest.
About two years ago when I first started looking into cryptocurrencies, what you summed up here is about what I remember reading. I'm not from a tech background by any means, but it all seemed like a wonderful token with a great potential. Another thing I remember being mentioned is the Catapult meaning that the entire code was to be translated from ... here I'm not positive... html to C++ was it? Anyway, once Catapult would be launched, a price surge was predicted. I have no idea if it ever was launched, but I suppose in any case the price surge never happened. Still, I'm hodling my NEM, as I believe it to be a good coin. Thank you for verifying my belief in this post.
Yes, when I was looking into NEM, what seems like ages ago, I found huge potential in its capabilities. It’s direction towards business architecture was hugely attractive. But since the bull run, it seems the attention has died out.
Catapult was supposed to be a game changing introduction, but as you said, nothing seems to have gone their way. Maybe it’s the whole cryptocurrency market in general. We’ll have to wait and find out.
Hi @reverseacid. Thanks for this great article. It seems that NEM has some good technical features to be a competitive blockchain. I'm not sure if it is an undervalued token. I'm afraid of its poor marketing and lack of transparency of founders. In some cases, premined tokens are not good signs for me.
That’s a good take away from our article. Premined tokens in general are a sign of non-transparency. It’s seen by crypto investors as a sign of under the table dealings.
But in this case, one can be skeptical about NEM as it has shown considerable potential. Barring its apparent undervaluation, it has huge implications for the blockchain ecosystem.
Good day to you.
Nicely written and a well organised article. You have provided very interesting and important information to us. Thanks for your contribution. NEM had done a great job and it seems that its future is bright. But, there are so many projects running currently in blockchain world that it is not sure what will be the future of such projects.
It is our standing goal to provide concise and real ENT information to people who are not really exposed to it. With NEM, our goal was to make sure we are able to provide a brief overview of all the features without trying to explode anyone’s brain with information overload.
The future of NEM does look bright, only and only if NEM is able to sustain in the long run with timely updates and considerable number of collaborations.
Okay, it seems like a lot of blockchain/ cryptocurrency tokens are popping up with various uses and specialization.And NEM is one of them. I just want to know: is it sustainable? on the long term, will it be practical considering that there are people out there who are continously developing their own block chain system? will it be adapted by the mass? if so, how will it be done?
You put forward some really good questions. Questions I should’ve addressed in the post myself.
On paper, the only things stopping NEM from sustainable growth is its ability to market and advertise itself. In the past, NEM has been seen to not be up to the mark, when compared to other competitors.
And when talking about adoption, I’m sure NEM will find it’s away in some use case or the other as we live in an era of capitalism. Nothing works without competition. And in that sense, completion is good.
I just had a pleasure to read your publication. It's not very "fresh" post and I wonder if you're still even checking comments ...
Anyway, solid read buddy. I must admit that I never heard about NEM before.
ps. Wouldn't you consider making your publications shorter? I really think that majority of people won't spent more than 5min reading (300-400 words). Your post is almost like a BIBLE :)
Thanks for the read buddy. Always a pleasure to hear your thoughtful comments.
About the freshness of the post, I apologise if it seems we aren’t interacting enough, but please do note that @ReverseAcid is a venture that the authors collaborate on, apart from their daily workload and personal commitments. It’s a hobby we enjoy doing. Since it’s not our full time gig (yet), we aren’t as engaging as we’d like to be.
Actually, this is the shortest I tried to make. My goal was to provide a concise and to the point post about the features of NEM, that is simple and understandable, without overloading with unwanted technical information. If I had made it any shorter, I would’ve missed out on a lot of info. And as some of the readers pointed out, I have already missed out a lot.
I’m sorry if it seemed long. Next time I’ll consider doing a TL;DR.
It's a shame that from a market perspective, this project has gone down so much. People will probably recognize in the future that it is a good project and again gain followers and investors.
What you laid out here is why I was excited about NEM a while ago, and used to hold it. You have left out a very important part of the story here though, which is that the previous NEM government council badly mismanaged funds, did not keep council members accountable for how they were using funds to "promote" NEM, and in many cases outright embezzled funds that were intended for advertising/promoting NEM and instead were used for yacht trips, etc. The NEM foundation used to work by a "regional head" model and there was little to no accountability for how the regional heads were spending the funds allocated them. By January of 2019 NEM was down to one month operating capital for the NEM foundation! The new council seems to be doing a bit better job, but this part of the story is certainly important to explain the drop in price relative to btc given the importance of investor confidence in the management team of a cryptocurrency. Some links (and in particular, read the comments from community members to get the unvarnished/unwhitewashed version):
https://forum.nem.io/t/nem-foundation-message-to-the-community/21753
https://forum.nem.io/t/nem-foundation-update-january-2019-part-ii/21643
@carlgnash, yes, you are right that the misuse of the funds is an important part of the story. Certainly it has had an impact on the price of NEM.
Among the interesting projects that runs on NEM Blockchain is PundiX, which I thought will shine but seems to be not doing so well at the moment.
Hello @carlgnash
Excited were all of us, seeing NEM jump towards astronomical amounts. But since all bull runs end, NEM wasn’t any different.
Thanks for pointing out the discrepancy that has happened. I had a chance to look into the links you provided and was intrigued to know the details about the apparent scandal. But it’s good that it didn’t bring down the whole organisation.
Let’s wait and see what the future holds, and if the new people in charge are more accountable than the rest.
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About two years ago when I first started looking into cryptocurrencies, what you summed up here is about what I remember reading. I'm not from a tech background by any means, but it all seemed like a wonderful token with a great potential. Another thing I remember being mentioned is the Catapult meaning that the entire code was to be translated from ... here I'm not positive... html to C++ was it? Anyway, once Catapult would be launched, a price surge was predicted. I have no idea if it ever was launched, but I suppose in any case the price surge never happened. Still, I'm hodling my NEM, as I believe it to be a good coin. Thank you for verifying my belief in this post.
Hi @stortebeker
Yes, when I was looking into NEM, what seems like ages ago, I found huge potential in its capabilities. It’s direction towards business architecture was hugely attractive. But since the bull run, it seems the attention has died out.
Catapult was supposed to be a game changing introduction, but as you said, nothing seems to have gone their way. Maybe it’s the whole cryptocurrency market in general. We’ll have to wait and find out.
P.S. I’m still holding my XEM too
Cheers.
Hi @reverseacid. Thanks for this great article. It seems that NEM has some good technical features to be a competitive blockchain. I'm not sure if it is an undervalued token. I'm afraid of its poor marketing and lack of transparency of founders. In some cases, premined tokens are not good signs for me.
Hello @danielfs
That’s a good take away from our article. Premined tokens in general are a sign of non-transparency. It’s seen by crypto investors as a sign of under the table dealings.
But in this case, one can be skeptical about NEM as it has shown considerable potential. Barring its apparent undervaluation, it has huge implications for the blockchain ecosystem.
Good day to you.
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Nicely written and a well organised article. You have provided very interesting and important information to us. Thanks for your contribution. NEM had done a great job and it seems that its future is bright. But, there are so many projects running currently in blockchain world that it is not sure what will be the future of such projects.
Thank you @akdx
It is our standing goal to provide concise and real ENT information to people who are not really exposed to it. With NEM, our goal was to make sure we are able to provide a brief overview of all the features without trying to explode anyone’s brain with information overload.
The future of NEM does look bright, only and only if NEM is able to sustain in the long run with timely updates and considerable number of collaborations.
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Okay, it seems like a lot of blockchain/ cryptocurrency tokens are popping up with various uses and specialization.And NEM is one of them. I just want to know: is it sustainable? on the long term, will it be practical considering that there are people out there who are continously developing their own block chain system? will it be adapted by the mass? if so, how will it be done?
Hello @nurseanne
You put forward some really good questions. Questions I should’ve addressed in the post myself.
On paper, the only things stopping NEM from sustainable growth is its ability to market and advertise itself. In the past, NEM has been seen to not be up to the mark, when compared to other competitors.
And when talking about adoption, I’m sure NEM will find it’s away in some use case or the other as we live in an era of capitalism. Nothing works without competition. And in that sense, completion is good.
Thanks for the valid questions.
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Good article, thank you share !
Thanks for the support @cloudblade
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Dear @reverseacid
I just had a pleasure to read your publication. It's not very "fresh" post and I wonder if you're still even checking comments ...
Anyway, solid read buddy. I must admit that I never heard about NEM before.
ps. Wouldn't you consider making your publications shorter? I really think that majority of people won't spent more than 5min reading (300-400 words). Your post is almost like a BIBLE :)
upvote on the way ...
Cheers,
Piotr
Hello @crypto.piotr
Thanks for the read buddy. Always a pleasure to hear your thoughtful comments.
About the freshness of the post, I apologise if it seems we aren’t interacting enough, but please do note that @ReverseAcid is a venture that the authors collaborate on, apart from their daily workload and personal commitments. It’s a hobby we enjoy doing. Since it’s not our full time gig (yet), we aren’t as engaging as we’d like to be.
Actually, this is the shortest I tried to make. My goal was to provide a concise and to the point post about the features of NEM, that is simple and understandable, without overloading with unwanted technical information. If I had made it any shorter, I would’ve missed out on a lot of info. And as some of the readers pointed out, I have already missed out a lot.
I’m sorry if it seemed long. Next time I’ll consider doing a TL;DR.
Thank you 🙏🏽 😊
You’re welcome @originalathena
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First time coming across
Keep up the good work
It’s been running for 8 months now, @nathanmars. All links are provided.
Thanks for taking the time to reach out.
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Hello @reverseacid
It's a shame that from a market perspective, this project has gone down so much. People will probably recognize in the future that it is a good project and again gain followers and investors.
BTW...
Fix this
Cheers