"I stopped reading about the coin when I learned about the ludicrous staking rewards so I don't know if the coin itself has value long term or if the technology itself holds any promise."

And here you are going on about something you didn't even bother to research... It took one sentence to show just how pointless this post was. You should've just said from the beginning, "I don't know shit about Embercoin but I'm going to take the time to write a few paragraphs and pretend that I do so that a few of you idiots out there will up vote it and get me paid." Pathetic how so many people buy into these admittedly, ignorant FUD pieces.