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I believe that you are right, adding additional problems is not a good idea.
Energy and time should be more focused on resolving issues and creating 1 great token than 2 or 3 failures.

the Dev team will not be split, the sister coin will have its own dev resources, allowing smartcash to further develop its adoption and merchant focus. whilst the new coin will go down the privacy path.

I get what you are saying, I have aquired a liking in #smartcash would be disappointed if neglected due to an alternate coin. Thank you @hockleyj for the input, much apreciated.