A rare gem among a deluge of turds

Part one: Introduction

There are a lot of fundamentally great things about the blockchain industry; we can see this by the rate of commercial adoption. The problem is it’s hard to trust most of the projects in the space, with many being scams.

From ridiculous 30% premines to belligerence, to exit scams. How about straight up incompetence? Many projects are run by kids from their mom's basement and it shows.

So you decided to start trading & mining a new coin, what do you do?

You go to the project discord.

>guys I really need some help I love this project and I want to mine the coin but I can't get the miner to work

... two days pass

>guys.. please respond. I really need some help setting up the miner

<We’re busy. You know, building the project you love so much?

<He shouldn’t even be mining if he doesn’t know what he’s doing.

<I know dude.. the amount of idiots that have been coming in here recently..

What you see above is a typical example of what is fundamentally wrong with some often technically good projects.

The devs end up getting ahead of themselves and alienating the very people they should be depending on. Without new users a project is irrelevant. Their hubris will ultimately be their downfall. It’s an age old story that is often repeated in the space.

Explore deeper and you’ll find these projects have cliques worse than high school. Before you know it the community splits, and you either sell the coin and look for the next pile of crap- or you become disillusioned with the space altogether.

Community is one thing that is hard to control online. So when you find a project with friendly & helpful members it can throw you off track. Just over a year ago I found one of these rare projects and it's called Nerva.

Nerva quickly turned into my favourite project and has remained that way for some time now. I have not felt let-down or unwelcome by the community even once.

Anyone can go to the Discord and see for themselves. If you post a quick introduction message in the general chat, I’m positive you will receive a warm welcome and any help you need.

The day before writing this article I thought I had lost the Nerva I mined.

Multiple people in the community helped me to recover the funds and within an hour I had access again. They took time out of their busy days to help a novice in the community. Furthermore; they didn’t expect anything in return.

So to repay in kind I offered to write this article for free, and surprisingly- someone from the community pledged to pay me anyway. You don’t get this type of integrity from other projects in the space.

The fundamentals are highly unique, and this is why the community is so strong relative to it’s size. Nerva is the only coin truly tackling the biggest problems facing the industry:

- Centralisation

- Exclusion

- Privacy

Of course many projects purport to be doing these things; but once you sift through the moonboi hype it’s often complete and utter deception.

The founder (AngryWasp) premined just 1% of the supply which is still waiting to be used in further advancing the project. When talking to the guy (who is very accessible via discord) you can feel the passion radiating from him, and it’s contagious.

It’s refreshing to get excited for the future of crypto again!

I will be writing this series of articles looking more in depth at the ethos behind the project, as well as the technicals.

I will be demonstrating how the project and community are different from the majority in the space.

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