is there an easy way to earn Koinos like I can here with Hive, or any kind of Faucet?
Currently there is only burning KOIN for mining. It works somewhat similar to DPoS. Instead of staking and delegating; you have to burn your KOIN. You can take a look at https://burnkoin.com for this. APR is at 4.58%
Second, did they name it this realize just googling Koin on it's own will just get you a bunch of links to Mortal Kombat Message boards? :p
I came across "KOIN (channel 6) is a television station in Portland, Oregon" and a "Kotlin dependency injection library". They team probably didn't mind that much. It is possible they were too blinded by finding fitting name for their project:
The English-language name Koine derives from the Koine Greek term ἡ κοινὴ διάλεκτος (hē koinḕ diálektos), meaning "the common dialect".[4] The Greek word κοινή (koinḗ) itself means "common". The word is pronounced /kɔɪˈneɪ/, /ˈkɔɪneɪ/, or /kiːˈniː/ in US English and /ˈkɔɪniː/ in UK English.
- Wikipedia