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Freebie / The FS Revelation : Tracking a year's involvement in crypto

« on: October 21, 2015, 01:29:45 pm »

Hey guys,

There's been a lot of discrepancies regarding our involvements in a series of ventures and there's been a large number of queries concerning how far does the freebie world really go. While we started off as "free game server" provider, the core of our business goes far beyond that . As a company with about 5000 dollars in funding, one of our strategies was to be involved in a series of partner ventures, where we could add value, either in terms of development or marketing. Over the last year, apart from marketing, our cash flow has also come from development we've done for a series of partner ventures. In cases where we found sure-shot synergies and absolute long term profitability in working together, we've taken minor stakes and in cases where we believe we are not going to be able to add substantial value in the long run, we take a clear payment and deliver on our promises. This thread is my humble attempt to document our journey over the last year.

1. Mynxt.info -Nxt Synergy

Our first major partnership was with the Nxt community on garnering users for mynxt.info. The campaign involved us garnering users for Mynxt over a 2 week period in December 2014. We integrated modals and other marketing tools on our platform while completely revamping the payment module to work with Nxt's wallet system to give the users an experience of how wallets work. Mynxt was gracious enough to offer 10 Nxt to each user that signed up. We strategically used this to garner over 14,000 sign ups for Nxt. The contract stated 5000 sign ups, but we were able to over-deliver, partly because of a surge in users due to the vacation and secondly, due to the offerings made by Mynxt. This was our first major campaign after 8 months of launch and scale.

2. Launch of a revamped Game Control Panel

In January 2015, we launched a completely revamped game control panel that was developed in-house for the purpose of enabling gamers to have better access and control over their game servers. The idea behind this was to replace out-dated software from 2009 with new software that beat industry standards. This also gave us flexibility in terms of being able to revamp the platform for user cases that required re-coding the server management software. This was a 4 week operation that was funded by our listing on the Asset Exchange of Nxt and remains to this day, crucial to our operations.

3. Nxthaus Collaboration.

In Feb 2015 we decided to work with Dominik Schiener, CEO of Nxthaus on revamping their tech stack and launching the platform. The exchange had raised funds in May 2014 and struggled for a year due to a lack of developers and banking related issues. We were given the wonderful opportunity to engage in revamping the platform and finally putting it on launch. Our team was involved back-end development and administration of the servers.

4. Xpool.Ca

We were involved with a crucial revamp of the platform that enabled the website to run its operations with Nxt.

5. CoinRaq.com

CoinRaQ is the application and service designed to take the challenge coin and fuse it with block-chain technology. Through CoinRaQ, you gain the ability to create custom branded challenge coins for purchase and distribution. Created in partnership with a board member of Nxthaus

6. Colored Coins
Created an RPC and GUI for the team.

7. WeTipTap
Assisted the administration at Nxthaus to launch the Tipbot for Nxt. Currently allows tipping on platforms like reddit, facebook, twitter and slack.

In the mean time, we have also picked up on core businesses with the intent of creating a gaming ecosystem that enables the gamer demographic to engage in transactions. The entire idea of "freebieservers" was to create a marketing funnel for the following projects while enabling gamers around the world to come, have a clutter free gaming experience on an online platform. Our cash flow deficits during months we don't advertise heavily are to be tackled by the launch of the following projects.

1. Gamebet

We’re building a legal betting platform for gaming leagues. We believe Esports stands to grow substantially over the coming years and combining the power of crypto with it enables us to create cultural shifts amongst our target demographic, while ensuring profitability and scale. The new betting platform stands to do 6 million dollars a month in revenue once at scale and work within a multi-billion dollar industry with very little competition. We are 80 percent done with the project and intend to launch in the month to come. Preferably, we catch the crowds in the vacation period for christmas.

Further Information : https://www.dropbox.com/s/vfp02mud3np625q/ExecutiveSummary.pdf?dl=0

2. TheGambit

The idea is to create the world's first game item exchange powered by crypto-currencies. We have a base structure to the platform live and internally tested. The project was taken down while we worked upon the establishment of Gamebet - in order to enable cross platform integration and real time sale of tickets to place bets.

3. Lyth
We serve on the board of Lyth as a partner and this is one of the best partnerships we've engaged in so far. We stepped in on the last minute and saved the project from a closure. In exchange we received an opportunity to work (with full financing) on creating a MMO that runs on Nxt's blockchain.
Further information here :
https://nxtforum.org/index.php?topic=10023.0
https://nxtforum.org/lith-the-nxt-mmo/lyth-development-announcement-(alpha-spoilers-inside!)/

Hence over the last year we've evolved beyond just gaming. Our involvement has gone through fin-tech, social media and community development. As a start-up, ever single month, we fight the devil called short term cash deficit and as we fight our way through to that beautiful shore of profitability, there are times we sit back and wonder wtf are we even doing anymore. We prefer staying far away from the limelight and being the hackers and artists that just love building for the heck of solving a problem. Due to the same, you might not see us engaging in PR blitzkriegs or pointless marketing tactics. But, every, darned time ,we've had the opportunity to add value to ecosystems or engage in revamping things, we've delivered on our promises. Unfortunately, a large batch of our ideas go to waste, or die a sad death because we often don't find the means to bring them to life, but that is the struggle behind what we do.
You win some, you lose some.

General Discussion / Reducing Bitshares Supply : A different approach

« on: October 20, 2015, 05:08:34 am »

Hey guys,

Lead biz dev of freebieservers.com here.
First off, really appreciate the feedback you gave on the ultra thread.
Knowing what people need, and don't require in a timely fashion helps us improvise ourselves as a company and create solutions that actually matter.
One of the problems people here have been mentioning is the short pace at which coins are burned.
I've been thinking a fair amount about the evolution of the ecosystem here at Bitshares and wondering what would be an alternative solution to go about doing this.

One of the most beautiful things to come out of the community here is the means to create a decentralized exchange with complete transparency.
While CCEDK has done a great job, we believe Bitshares is in a great place where it can use more exchanges and we believe we can create a unique user experience
Instead of linking to financial services and bringing in fiat, we intend to create a simple platform for the safe and transparent exchange of altcoins and UIA's .
The entire platform will be decentralized and tokens verified by the blockchain , leading to very few single points of failures.

Now, so far , the concept is basic.
What I intend to do different however is, pledge a certain part of the tx fees and revenue of this venture towards burning coins.
Assuming we get enough support to do this and go ahead and build it, we'll be willing to pledge 50 percent of all revenue into burning bts
In terms of ownership, our holding company will maintain and retain ownership but we would be happy to let go of a larger chunk in case people want to back us through PE deals.

Think about it : We could burn a couple bitcoin's worth Bitshares every day. With decreasing supply of Bitshares, the value of existing coins would increase, leading to a win solution for everyone.
Alternatively, we could simply choose to issue x amount of the profits as a dividend, but I simply believe we can do better service to the community by taking this route.

We are looking to raise a total of 75 Btc to make this happen and will take a 3 week time period to put the platform live.
Thoughts guys?

Do vote on the poll

General Discussion / Enlisting ourselves on the markets here : Need suggestions

« on: August 28, 2015, 03:04:29 am »

Hey guys,

I am one of the founders of freebieservers.com. We are a community of close to 150,000 gamers from various parts of the globe. Currently, our infrastructure is pan American and we intend to take things global in the coming months as we work on an ecosystem that interlinks in-game economies to the blockchain, via an e-sports platform and a marketplace for in-game items. We've been incredibly lean in the sense that, we'raised only around 6k for the core business on the Nxt AE, had a 3 member team with most aspects either being contract handled or being done in-house. When we started work on the platform, 2 concerns were of key importance to us : userbase and monetization. Our userbase has grown to twice its size organically and we see consistent growth every day. In terms of monetization, we've partnered with a number of advertising houses to handle that aspect.

We've been considering liquidating more of our holding in the core business with primary goals being
1. Further expansion
2. Increasing share-holder value
3. Liquidating founder's stock and adding stake-holders.

When we were fund raising last year, we were still an "experiment" so raising a major amount was out of question at the time.
We've done a number of major advertising deals and drastically improved ourselves since then. I'd reached out to PLAY regarding a potential collaboration, but that headed nowhere.

I've been considering the following for the markets here,

1. A share-drop (still not clear on how this adds to a financial incentive for us)
2. A UIA (the legal aspects are a bit worrysome)
3. Token issuance

Currently, the team is looking at ethereum, Bitshares and private VC investments to go forward.
Inputs would be welcome.

Regards
3.

General Discussion / ELI5 : Bitshares Sharedrop

« on: August 26, 2015, 12:47:47 am »

I am confused about this as a business owner. Would someone explain the following to me

1. What is a sharedrop
2. How legal is it
3. What incentives does a business have to do so (financially, in any other fashion)
4. What is expected from a business doing a share drop
5. Use cases of businesses that do sharedrops / have done it succesfully here so far.

Regards

General Discussion / Gaming and Crypto : A match made in heaven

« on: August 15, 2015, 01:57:30 am »

Hey guys,

Just wanted to share an article I'd written off late.
Explains why we do what we do, and believe gaming is the frontier for user adaption when it comes to crypto

https://medium.com/@GameBet_Business/gaming-and-crypto-s-b3d5e2ff37ff

General Discussion / Ultra : Redesigning the forum for the blockchain era.

« on: July 05, 2015, 12:14:34 am »

Quote from: Freebieservers on July 04, 2015, 03:33:31 am

Forums have been at the crux of how we share information and conduct discussions for over 2 decades now. From the beginning,its been a simple platform that allows basic functions : sharing text, sending PM’s and occasionally uploading media content. However, with the arrival of blockchain, one would expect the system to evolve. To somehow be able to transfer value on the blockchain, maybe login with a wallet id and engage in business and discussions while being able to access the wallet right through the forum. However, in spite of all the progress we’ve made in the crypto-sphere over the years, we are yet to see how the blockchain and forums can be brought together.

User experiences are dispersed across exchanges,wallets and a laundry list of services. Why is it that forums have to be so mundane when they can be redeveloped to bring together the best of both worlds ? Why is it that plugins have to be developed to be able to tip a user whose posts actually helped you ? Probably because no one attempted to combine the blockchain and a forum in an intuitive manner.

The way discussions are held in the community today is completely decentralized. Ideas are dispersed across skype chats, slack discussions and the deepweb. Who knows what kind of treasure trove is lost on a daily basis between the piles of chat logs. This also creates a system where people have to run through multiple systems to keep on with what’s going on in the industry. The new system will be a central home-base of sorts that allows users to keep a check on the progress of projects, and socialize at the same time.

ULTRA is our attempt to bring a change to that. We believe, it is possible to bring the blockchain and a forum together and create a sustainable business around it. We believe, it is about damn time, someone took a system that is over 2 decades old and made it appealing enough to the masses.

The key aspect to successfully combining multiple communities that in themselves are successful due to micro niches and other factors, is to integrate the features that draw the users without sacrificing the experience for something completely unique and foreign, to this end the data structure can not take place entirely on the blockchain, it will have to function much like a centralized forum system with chat logs and other functions being passed between database servers for failover, that being said - user information such as identity could be placed on the blockchain so even outside of the system, it can be accessed.

Privacy is an aspect that draws all users to congregate in more secure systems, to that end the goal of this system will be to make everything from chats, to personal information optional and stored in an encrypted manner such as that the administrators can not access it without permission from the user. Private groups and direct messages will naturally never be stored, and integrated voice features will use an encrypted method.

Core features

Hybrid Logins

We believe it is time we combined user names with blockchain identities. The core login aspect would be made on the blockchain. In order to login to a system, a user will be made to login to his wallet, thereby giving him instant access to his funds in the system. The money will be stored on the blockchain, with the servers having zero access to funds. This would work as an open authorization on the blockchain.

Tipping

The function would allow users to tip those creating threads of valuable information, thereby creating incentive for users to post content with depth and quality. In the current model of the forum, connecting an external tipping service has become impossible due to outdated systems. We believe a tipping system can be connected right onto the forum, with the ability to see the statistics of amount tipped, received and other details right on the forum without need for external services.

Moderation techniques

Communities could be moderated by means of moderators that are voted into power in real time using the nxt vote feature. This could also be used to upvote and downvote threads in real time, thereby creating a user regulated system that allows for the propagation of information that appeals to the end user and helps avoid spam of unnecessary services by miscreants.

Social integration

The new forum will be targeted at the new stream of users that come searching about Nxt as some of the core projects explode. The concern is to make an intuitive interface for people to explore what nxt offers in an easy to access fashion. The idea is to make them feel accommodated as they come searching about us. While there will be traditional forms of login and a method to access the forum with the wallet , there will also be something along the lines of a “hybrid” login. This feature allows a user to combine the wallet id, with his social id. The possibilities of what this could offer to the forum are countless. Imagine being able to tip directly to someone’s twitter account from the forum. Thereby ushering in a new age of virality to the community.

Current systems suffer from several key problems, such as the restriction of information due to lack of knowledge, for example a user may be too intimidated to pursue knowledge about NXT due to supernet being somewhat tough to access and understand. ULTRA is, among other things, an attempt to break down the intimidating barriers and large requirements of knowledge that come with using crypto-currency, while simultaneously allowing the advanced users to have a central location to connect and explore projects and niche communities that otherwise would be separated by an immense gulf of required understanding and expertise.

Other possible areas this system could expand to could include freelance and smart contract systems, to allow linking crypto developers together and let them start, crowdfund, manage and promote projects all in the same place. Current forums and chat systems make this process extremely impersonal, no one can decide on a contract or what project management suite to use, which svn or git service to use, the problems are endless when connecting professionals with entrepreneurs who need them.

It’s important to remember the reason users connect; information. To this end, one of the main goals of ULTRA will be to organize users into their respective niches, suggesting connections that allow them to expand their social horizon and explore opportunities they had not considered. the creation of groups, subgroups, teams, committees and all sorts of other groups should be allowed and enabled through the system to enhance a user's ability to congregate, explore and decide things together.

Once past the primary development phase, a mobile application will need to be made, and a heavy campaign should be made to bring other crypto communities onto ULTRA - there should be no reason why the majority of the features can not be used with other blockchains, though some clearly will not work, NXT should always be the central blockchain we use for storing data and secure information. Ideally, a user could come in and manage their bitcoin wallet, tip with bitcoins and earn bitcoins for posting on a forum or participating in a group chat, all because they chose the option bitcoin instead of NXT.

ULTRA should look to expand its offerings on every front and partner with every possible technology driven market niche, things like allowing users to pay for a lyft car with their ULTRA wallet or sign a contract with the ULTRA app should be not only possible but easily integrated into our daily world once adoption is mainstream, the possibilities for ULTRA as both an identity verification system and payment processor are endless because of the trustless environment.

As development expands, ULTRA could be made to take over the roles of many market, advertising, social and business functions to allow a central location for people to meet and discuss, not just about one currency or one niche, but all of them in any array of subject - we envision a system that has the power of facebook with the privacy you have always dreamed of and the powerful features from every system you have ever used, ULTRA aims the first place you look for all the important information that makes your world go round.
Other possible features:

Portfolio management

Users could have their account listing and their portfolio displayed in real time. Users could also look up at the portfolio held by other members of the community in real time, adding more transparency to the ecosystem.

Asset Exchange

We believe it is time we quit with the asset exchange listing on external sites or wallets. Why not have asset listings and transactions made right within the forum ? If asset listings could be made right from the forum then the need for an external login would be removed thereby adding to the user experience. Think of what secureae offers right within the forum itself.

DB Decentralization

Given the high amount of downtime faced by services like BCT it becomes incredibly important for users to be able to access the forum in a secure fashion even if one or two fo the servers goes down. By basing the service on the cloud and using dns failover and db synchronization techniques a high level of uptime could be maintained. while the server will still be in a central location, security will be managed by cloud services and failover can ensure that users never truly see the system down.

Just some of the things, I think we should evolve into.
Am happy getting this dev’ed through a fund raiser or something.

Hey guys,

Been bouncing the concept at Nxt forum.
Wanted to know what bitshares guys thought of this.
I am not sure something similiar is being built for Bitshares.

P.s - Am only bouncing a concept here, checking if there's sufficient interest.

Freebie / Freebieservers.com Diversifying Into E-sports Betting

« on: June 19, 2015, 07:54:29 pm »

Over the last few months we’ve been mentioning a “secret” project to a number of associates. We’ve been researching ways to revamp our cash-flow and create businesses that don’t solely create profit for us, but also add value to the ecosystems we’re involved with. Post vetting a large number of “potential” opportunities, we’d short listed a couple things to enable us to evolve into a gaming conglomerate. During this period, we’ve also been involved in the creation of an exchange, a tipping platform, helping fellow coin devs with their projects and experimenting with a laundry list of operations to see what works best for us. Today, we’re happy to announce the brief on our new project. Freebieservers.com is expanding to E-sports with its new venture.

What is it about ?

We’re building a legal betting platform for gaming leagues. We believe Esports stands to grow substantially over the coming years and combining the power of crypto with it enables us to create cultural shifts amongst our target demographic, while ensuring profitability and scale. The new betting platform stands to do 6 million dollars a month in revenue once at scale and work within a multi-billion dollar industry with very little competition.

Are you targetting a future market / What are the profit figures like ?

Currently, most league pool sizes run into the millions of dollars with spectators easily crossing 2-3 million for major matches. In addition, smaller matches have thousands of viewers via a public stream. These are enthusiastic gamers with relatively high buying power looking for added sources of entertainment. By developing a betting platform targetted at them, we believe we can run this in the current market scenario in profit. For profit figures from an existing competitor, refer to the document shared below

What about legalities ?

Given the nature of the business, we’ll be working with a compliance officer and a legal firm to ensure the smooth functioning of the business. We’ll be avoiding a US registration and looking at offshore solutions to make the same happen.

How does your existing business position with this ? Will you quit FS ?

FS has and will continue to be the foundation stone for our growth. The reason why we believe in diversification now, is due to a repeat growth pattern we’ve seen at FS. Since we’re launching new projects aimed at gamers, FS will act as the marketing front for the new projects, thereby funneliing a larger user base for the new projects. In exchange, FS key source of revenue will be advertising spents from the other projects on FS, thereby creating a synergy that helps sustain the business.

How will a crypto benefit from this ?

Over 1.2 million USD worth items pass through betting in a single week. By having these transactions occur on the blockchain, a currency backing the project stands to see substantial volume and demand. In December 2014, we’d proven our hypothesis that gamers stand to garner interest in crypto by bringing in 10000+ Wallet sign ups for Nxt with a partnership with Mynxt.info . We believe any crypto partaking in a collaboraiton stands to see atleast a 100,000 added transactions every week and scale up from there.

Are you raising funds ?

We’re raising a total of 120 Bitcoins for the project. The money will be split between marketing and development funds. This should help us release our MVP. The time frame for delivery of the project will be 60 days post raising of funds. We’re happy to work with an escrow / Audit for the development of the project. We are trying to avoid an equity based deal due to the nature of the project, but it is an option on the table.

Business plan and other details : https://www.dropbox.com/s/vfp02mud3np625q/ExecutiveSummary.pdf?dl=0

Note : We are currently looking at Bitshares and Nxt as a potential backer for the project.

General Discussion / Utilizing UIA's / Delegate spots to help school children

« on: June 06, 2015, 05:55:47 pm »

Hey there guys,

I've been doing a fair amount of tinkering with gaming and crypto over the past months. I am getting closer to making a few announcements in the days to come. With the major announcement set for release on Monday, I figured its best we let that excitement pass before I made any announcements on FS' behalf. That said, I am posting this thread in regards to checking for interest in regards to utilizing Bitshares Delegate posts / Dev fund re-allocation for charity. Apart from working on gaming, I've been involved with a social enterprise in a 3rd world nation for a while. It intends to make cheap, sanitary pads available for bottom of the pyramid markets. 1 out of 3 girls drop out of school in certain nations in the east, due to lack of access to pads. Nations in Africa have reported women giving into prostitution to keep themselves alive, post dropping out of school and having access to no source of income. The organization has been doing its fair amount of research for the past 6 months and worked upon creating distribution channels via NGO's catering to schools and direct access to manufacturers currently supplying sanitary pads to main-stream brands.

Earlier today, while working on a document for the same organization, I realized how meagre dollar amounts could create massive impact on such economies.
For instance, 1 dollar could pay for a month's worth of pads for a girl going to school (3 packets of 7 pads each are aplenty) OR - 12 USD could mean enough pads for a year. To put this in perspectve, a delegate spot churning 1k USD (I know its lower, adusted for calculation) could provide enough pads for 600 students for a month. Going by the calculation of 40 students (average no. of girls per school), that's sufficient pads for 15 schools. Ofcourse, at scale the dynamics and feasibility of this changes. I see a number of delegate spots on the forum and I figured it would be good to bounce this idea.

I personally don't perceive, charity to be a sustainable model of business, but am a huge believer in CSR. If the blockchain could make its impact on 100 schools, just through "transfer fees", that's the future right there, in my personal opinion. The organization is currently experimenting with the target market to see if the children can afford the pads, by doing a test programme with 10 schools by June 15 and intends to be 100 schools by Q3 2015.

I am open to any suggestions/ Queries from the users side.
P.s - I have kept the details / names of the organization private to keep my personal life away from the forums, but am happy verifying more details about it

General Discussion / Utilizing UIA's in the context of Advertising at Freebieservers

« on: May 21, 2015, 06:01:25 am »

Hey there guys,

As some of you may know, we are soon to integrate the option to deliver custom video ads and garner opinion polls in real time from our user base. Assuming monthly individual connections in the range of 100,000 and 5 sessions that last anywhere between 45 mins- 2 hours, we are in a position to garner approximately 500,000 video views and 1 million opinion polls. In addition to on-boarding users via on-site experiences (like we did with mynxt), this gives us the advantage to create an all round experience where advertisers can

1. Display what they do via ads
2. Garner market research via the polls
3. Incentivise signing up towards their platform through on-platform give aways.

Going ahead, in the event that we do attain sufficient scale to become an advertising agency, we have the ability to disperse a part of our income towards game server owners that sign up with us. This enables us to become an agreegrator of free game servers around the world and create an umbrella corp that permits server owners to run their servers in a sustainable fashion. The mode of ad delivery in the current state remains less intrusive and allows users to go about gaming without being disturbed.

Bringing in the element of a Nxt Ms-Currency / Bitshares UIA allows us to do a number of things

1. Incentivize users viewing ads in real time. We could issue tokens that could be redeemed for features within the platform
2. Incentivize server owners that sign up with us in real time
3. Create a marketplace for advertisers to "bid" on ad spots / opinion polls
4. Raise funds for creating the current advertising system by selling these tokens in advance. Redemption of tokens permitting the end user to have a video ad displayed. Hoarders have the benefit of selling them off later to prospective advertisers and making a slight profit.

I am looking for further means to integrate the offering of these systems into the platform we intend to build in the months to come and am open to suggestions and queries from here. Would love to hear the opinions of the community as we move ahead with this.

P.s - I have posted this in the nxt forum too. I would love to hear what seperates Bitshares UIA from Nxt's Monetary system and know the key differences.

General Discussion / Freebieservers Introduction

« on: May 15, 2015, 06:21:07 am »

Hey guys,

Figured it would be cool to drop by and share info on what we do / intend to grow into in the coming months.
We intend to work with Bitshares in the months to come and I figured, it will be smart to create a slate explaining our growth and vision

https://slate.adobe.com/a/1V8rk

Feel free to drop by and ask questions / Pm.
I've been hearing a lot of Bitshares Play and would like to see how we could possibly work together in the months to come.

General Discussion / Freebieservers.com : Looking beyond Gaming

« on: April 29, 2015, 03:35:38 pm »

The what

As many of you might know, Nepal has been devastated by a tragic disaster in the recent past. Close to 6000 lives have been lost in an earthquake that has been the strongest in 80 years. Countless people are injured and many more have been affected due to the unexpected event. Countries across the globe have been combining efforts to help those affected. Businesses have been matching donations, pledging resources and gathering people to send assistance to the country. Freebieservers.com , intends to do the same. We, hereby, pledge 25 percent for all sales happening on our platform towards the cause. We'll be converting our sales figures to Bitcoin and pledging the same towards Red Cross and See Change for Nepal.

The Why

Over the course of the one year we've ran FS, we've had the joy of interacting with youngsters from around the globe. Our support ticket system has been a means of communicating with kids from rather disturbed regions. Gaming offers a momentary relief from a tormented life as it enables individuals to move into a virtual realm, far from the disturbances of things beyond their control. We believe we can use the same force for good, for change. Freebieservers intends to evolve into a system that utilizes its userbase to garner awareness and raise funds for causes that affect people around the globe.

The How

In order to help us with the initiative, you may simply head over to freebieservers.com and make a purchase. Alternatively, you can help us with the cause by sharing this with those in your circle. Shall you choose to not purchase anything but directly donate, you may do the same via paypal or over 30+ Cryptocurrencies via wwww.freebieservers.com/donate. We will be converting the money to BTC and having it sent to the foundations every evening. The money can be tracked via the blockchain on this wallet - 1BMzdRGdDnYY1WBcT36H23AtsyJKzgxcRu.

General Discussion / E-sports and Gaming Tournaments for Bitshares ?

« on: March 24, 2015, 11:37:54 pm »

Hey guys,

Just wanted to reach out and post a thought that has been lingering for a while.
The fastest way for any brand to make its presence known amongst gamers is to go to them via tournaments and E-sports teams.
At Freebieservers.com, we have access to a number of gamers of global repute partnering with us.
Would the community be interested in sponsoring them?
The gamers could wear bitshares t-shirts and other gear if we were to sponsor them. The same could be picked up by international media, the followers of these gamers on twitters/twitch and other outlets.

Just a random thought - would be good to know what you guys think about this.
If there is a larger marketing budget- I would love to sit down with the marketing heads and discuss a wide range of avenues we could push the BItshares brand further amongst gamers

P.s
In order to protect the privacy of the gamers, I wouldn't be able to release any personal info pertaining to them until later.

Technical Support / Need help in getting account registered

« on: March 14, 2015, 03:57:43 pm »

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Could use some help in getting these accounts registered.
The faucets aren't working

Stakeholder Proposals / Freebieservers.com is here

« on: March 08, 2015, 05:37:49 am »

Hey there guys,

I've been talking with Max for a while about promoting Bitshares through our gaming platform.
Bitshares and BitUSD looked very appealing to us as a potential add to our system and due to the same I figured it would be smart to put in a proposal.

I am a Marketer / Biz dev person by passion (and profession) and I believe I can contribute positively to the BitUSD ecosystem over the coming months. The following is my proposal to the community regarding integration of one of my start-ups and BitUSD for further promotion of BitUSD as a currency amongst gamers from across the globe. I believe gaming is a field that is yet to be disrupted in terms of payment methods and millions of players across the globe stand to benefit heavily through the penetration of a crypto-currency establishing itself as a choice within the community.

What have I done in the recent past ?

1. assisted in bringing over 10,000 server clients. A total reach of 150,000 users.
2. User Base has grown 7x since I joined the company in April 2014.
3. Rapid expansion across America. Our servers are Pan American now and we guarantee the lowest pings
4. Took the company’s revenue up by 40 times, within a brief period of 6 months.
5. Worked along with other co-founders in re-establishing new ad deals for larger profit margins.
6. Ran a major campaign for Nxt with the teams assitance.
7. Brought in 10,000 wallet sign ups for Nxt along with my team. 10% of all Nxt wallets in existence are a result of the team at freebieservers.com actively promoting it amongst its user base. We achieved what organic growth took close to 11 months, within a single month’s time frame.
8. Assisted my co-founders in developing an all new game-panel that beats industry standards by far. Beta launches are due soon. Working on a behind the scenes deal on 100% acquisition of IP rights to the same (offers are welcome in 5 figure digit amounts

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What is freebieservers.com ?

Freebieservers.com is a leading player in the game server market , growing exponentially on a monthly basis with a user base from across the globe. Our free-mium model of advertising brings in users 12-36 years in age group, from across the globe. Over the last 8 months our prime markets of penetration were America and Russia . We are looking to penetrate further via a string of servers set up across the globe. The last few months of our operations were spent in generating a proper panel that can cope up with global demand and deliver cutting edge user experiences to our end users. In our pursuit to do the same we’ve developed an all new game server management panel from scratch, due to be launched in the near future.

With a total user base of over 150,000 users , we are the biggest name when it comes to start-ups in crypto, dealing with gaming and advertisers. We intend to create partnerships with coin communities to help promote their tech, and sustain our user base.

Why BItUSD matters to Freebieservers.com

Our demographic primarily consists of 16-35 year olds that constantly engage in micro-transactions for transfer of value across the globe. The traffic is heavily concentrated around America/ European nations. Due to the same, it is safe to believe they constantly use conventional forms of remittance like Paypal to conduct payments and pay each other out. In such a scenario, it makes sense to bring in a crypto-currency to help users understand how blockchain based economies are the future, by showing them its ease of use and lower transaction costs. We believe a stronger integration of BItUSD into our platform can be the tipping point for gamers to be adapting crypto’s by the masses.

What do we bring to the table ?

We intend to further facilitate the use of BitUSD in our system. This can be done in a number of ways

1. BitUSD video ads
We have a monthly inventory of over 500,000 views. We can utilize this to educate our user base about BitUSD

2. BitUSD wallet integration

We’d be happy to integrate BitSD into the panel and begin taking payments in BitUSD. The community can also come forth and commit give aways to further bring in users to BitUSD. Our previous give aways brought in over 10,000 wallet sign ups for mynxt.

3. BitUSD Sponsored Servers

We are willing to have BitUSD commercials running on our servers, provided the infrastructure is backed by BitUSD. This should put your coin in front of thousands of users ever day, with ease.

4. BitUSD Gaming Tournaments

We are willing to host esports competitions between gamers across the globe, with gamer apparels and BitUSD as the price amount. This will further help the coin garner attention from external sources, like social media.

5. BitUSD E-Sports Teams

We have access to a number of globally ranked team members that game at international avenues. We are well beyond capable of bringing them on board as partners and have them promote BitUSD as a corporate partner

6. BitUSD Awards system

Since I’ve been told it is of prime importance that we find a closed ecosystem for the use of BitUSD, we are looking at ways to award our gamers on basis of their performance during gaming sessions on our servers and reward them with BitUSD. This BitUSD could then be used with us to redeem gaming accessories and other services.

We are looking for a total of 5 Delegate spots to help develop the mentioned systems and market BitUSD further with the gaming community. This will ensure we can pay for the servers and other infrastructure without external advertising partners ad give us the required space to develop better products for the community.

I haven't set up a delegate account yet as I've been told to enquire if there's demand first and then go ahead with the same.
The largest name in crypto and gaming looks forward to working with you guys.

P.s - In the event of a vote, I'd be glad to verify my identity with the mods here.

Regards
FS