Will this time be different? Nxt exchange DGEX launching FIMK national crypto

A new, quasi-"national" crypto is arriving, this time in Finland.

This one will be different, although it remains to be seen how that translates into value. Auroracoin and its ilk were Scrypt-based, pre-mined coins. Many were obvious copies of Aurora, some using the exact same wording on their websites. Their distribution took place through Airdrops.

This one, however, is a spinoff of Nxt called FIMKRYPTO, or FIMK. It is to be distributed via Nxt's DGEX exchange. It is described as a "peer to peer payment system software which contains embedded cryptocurrency protocol." In DGEX's semi-monthly update, it says the goal of the creators "is to distribute one third of the currency supply as a basic income for the citizens of Finland."

On its website, the income model is described as follows:

"Krypto FIN ry [the devloper/distributor of FIMK] pays basic income to all identified citizens of Finland who opt in and are more than 15 years of age. Basic income Payments Payments One of the bases of mediums of exchange in the modern world, a payment constitutes the transfer of a legal currency or equivalent from one party in exchange for goods or services to another entity. The payments industry has become a fixture of modern commerce, though the players involved and means of exchange have dramatically shifted over time.In particular, a party making a payment is referred to as a payer, with the payee reflecting the individual or entity receiving the payment. Most commonl One of the bases of mediums of exchange in the modern world, a payment constitutes the transfer of a legal currency or equivalent from one party in exchange for goods or services to another entity. The payments industry has become a fixture of modern commerce, though the players involved and means of exchange have dramatically shifted over time.In particular, a party making a payment is referred to as a payer, with the payee reflecting the individual or entity receiving the payment. Most commonl Read this Term begin during 2014 starting with 100 FIM per month. The monthly amount may be adjusted after a period according to vote of the board of the association, and will be varying according to resources available and number of opted in citizens, among other aspects. Preliminary calculations show that Krypto FIN ry will be able to pay basic income for several years and may continue as long as distribution of extra block rewards from the genesis block continue, nearly four years."

Following is the schedule for development and distribution:

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Users are assured that this will differ from Auroracoin:

"I have been assured the citizenship distribution is completely different from the airdrop model Iceland's Auroracoin brought on previously, one that caused the coin to flatten out because of a sudden increase in supply. The improved "national coin" basic income model of FIMK allows for stable and slow distribution - again like Bitcoin - to not dilute the supply too drastically and keeping the value in upswing. It works in a snowball effect'ish way; while new users are being brought in by the lure of "free" tokens, new national and international service providers are continually incentivized to adopt accepting payments from the users of the swiftly expanding currency."

Out of the 1 billion FIM (plural for FIMK) to be produced, the bulk are to be divided 3 ways: "stakeholders" (those donating BTC), block rewards and income for Finnish citizens.

One is really tempted to write this one off after reading the update and going through FIMK’s website. Indeed, the DGEX update foresaw and sought to address such skepticism:

"People have been wondering about my decision to add FIMK to DGEX's very limited selection of offerings, and justly so. While the advanced features of the currency and the fact that the author is a good long term acquaintance of mine whose performance I can trust are obvious to only a few, there largely remains a strange feeling that something is amiss. Well here comes the big secret and the kicker: - the partnership with FIMK enables DGEX to bring FIAT exchange services to NXT!"

Time will tell.

Going, going, gone

Speaking of "national" cryptos, which seem to have been forgotten just as quickly as they were launched, how much are they now worth?

Auroracoin: Last reported, it was trading at the equivalent of $0.70 per coin. Now, $0.20, the remnant of a 99.8% drop since peaking above $90. It sits 58th in market cap, worth $302,000.

Spaincoin: Peaked at $4, now $0.013, a loss of 99.7%.

Aphrodite: unknown

Isracoin: Peaked at $0.216, now $0.044, a drop of only 80% (was helped by a 300% rise during the past 24h).

Greececoin: Peaked at $0.27, now unknown.

So empty was their value, and so little left behind, that crypto followers didn't even notice similar coins when launched. These include Canada eCoin (277th), SiliconValleyCoin (296th), GermanyCoin (313th) and Hawaiicoin (316th).

(Correction: An earlier edition of this post incorrectly interpreted DGEX's remarks as Nxt backing. Nxt says that it does not back FIMK.)