because it's one of the main selling points. Earn 1.5 % APR.
If that is one of the main selling points, we may as well sell up and leave. The research should be the only main selling point. Everything else is extra. Without BOINC, GRC is utterly worthless.
Make an announcement to take away all interest in the next release and see what happens to the value of the coin.
It is exactly the model GNT, SPARC, etc operate on. I don't see why GRC, being the only coin with an established research platform, would suddenly fail like that.
I am not saying we should remove POS, but it should not be the focus in either development or marketing.
Can't argue with that :-)