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Allow us to go back in history a little for the benefit of those who have just joined us. NEM started off with the ambition of making sure distribution was widespread and fair. NEM did have its own share of problems administering this, but in the end, we still ended up as one of the most widely distributed coins in the cryptosphere.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at http://blog.nem.io/a-major-announcement/
