I think this is exactly what is needed. If OpenLedger keeps this up, it will be the "go to" place to trade the most recent coins. People will look for and expect OpenLedger to list them and will trade them there. It can create demand for OL. Maker, Digix and Lisk. The timing is right because atm people are throwing money at everything expecting another Ether like event. With this OL can get the acknowledgement and buzz it needed.
People expect Polo to add these new coins but they dont seem too responsive so it's a good chance to snatch some traders. Then it's just a matter of time until people get used to the platform.
It seems there are a lot of good things happening with OpenLedger. Ronny really seems to be getting the word out there. I'm also thrilled that we have LISK and soon to be Digix and hopefully Synereo and others trading here on the DEX. And although I have no idea exactly how it fits in, I am intrigued by CoinsBank. From what I can see, CoinsBank may ultimately be like another Coinbase. Imagine if BTS could be purchased from directly within a Coinbase account? That would be a game changer.
I'm also impressed by the OpenLedger video series Ronny has been putting together. And not just the tutorials. The new "You are in control" video (below) is really excellent.
I think a lot of this stuff needs to be much more front and center. Looking at the forum structure, OpenLedger is nowhere to be found! I think that's a mistake. New visitors to the forum should see OpenLedger quickly and easily. And the tutorials and other OpenLedger videos, etc. should be easy for anyone to find. With that in mind, perhaps we should consider creating a new forum after General Discussion and Bitshares 2.0 entitled "OpenLedger: Bitshares Wallet" or something to that effect. Thoughts?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG_XiOdbum8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG_XiOdbum8)
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i'm thinking we should place it on top right ... where currenty bitsapphire link is ...
also we should overtake the forum again ... my 2 cents ...
the only thing this top link is doing, is position bitsapphire in first line of meta desc.
when searching forum via google.
+5% I would rather have OL there than bitsapphire.
+5% I would rather have OL there than bitsapphire.
^^^ THIS +5%
As long as where ever it is placed has room for others as well then I say go for it! +5%
As long as where ever it is placed has room for others as well then I say go for it! +5%
There is already a place for all parties. What we're talking about here is making the default Bitshares wallet prominently visible on the forum site. It should be one of the first things people see when they visit, otherwise we're shooting ourselves in the foot.
Keep this forum independent and neutral.
As long as where ever it is placed has room for others as well then I say go for it! +5%
There is already a place for all parties. What we're talking about here is making the default Bitshares wallet prominently visible on the forum site. It should be one of the first things people see when they visit, otherwise we're shooting ourselves in the foot.
the default wallet should not be openledger but the bitshares.org wallet. i want to know how many people are converting from the promoting of openledger and not just because they are the default on bitshares.org (they are right now) and then bitsharestalk.org as well. how do we measure how successful they are, if they get all the community exposure for free as well. they are doing a good job, but they are promoting their own business and their own UIAs and not the bitAssets.
i assume in the future openledger are equal to bitshares in the perception of the people but legally they are not.
As long as where ever it is placed has room for others as well then I say go for it! +5%
There is already a place for all parties. What we're talking about here is making the default Bitshares wallet prominently visible on the forum site. It should be one of the first things people see when they visit, otherwise we're shooting ourselves in the foot.
the default wallet should not be openledger but the bitshares.org wallet. i want to know how many people are converting from the promoting of openledger and not just because they are the default on bitshares.org (they are right now) and then bitsharestalk.org as well. how do we measure how successful they are, if they get all the community exposure for free as well. they are doing a good job, but they are promoting their own business and their own UIAs and not the bitAssets.
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/cryptocurrency-for-beginners_b_9672144.html
the default wallet should not be openledger but the bitshares.org wallet. i want to know how many people are converting from the promoting of openledger and not just because they are the default on bitshares.org (they are right now) and then bitsharestalk.org as well. how do we measure how successful they are, if they get all the community exposure for free as well. they are doing a good job, but they are promoting their own business and their own UIAs and not the bitAssets.
I see your point, but when you advertise "OpenLedger, which is a decentralized financial platform - in fact, the de facto BitShares 2.0 platform", you are kinda taking on the responsibility of promoting everything for and about Bitshares. You can't be the "de facto Bitshares 2.0 platform" and be separate at the same time.
I see your point, but when you advertise "OpenLedger, which is a decentralized financial platform - in fact, the de facto BitShares 2.0 platform", you are kinda taking on the responsibility of promoting everything for and about Bitshares. You can't be the "de facto Bitshares 2.0 platform" and be separate at the same time.
I never thought I was separate in fact, this is why I dont get why Openledger is not put out there more than it is. I dont have any problems promoting Bitshares as it clearly shows, but in return I am not shown the same appreciation on forum of what i am in fact supposed to be promoting, so all my work of promoting bitshares is in fact giving in some ways a negative effect as users not finding OpenLedger may think that what is mentioned in articles is not all correct and they get the wrong feeling from day 1.
I was asked from Stan once if OpenLedger is neutral and meant as a BitShares platform, and I said yes I believed it to be a Bitshare platform with the focus of giving bts the best possible conditions in future, and in order to bring the message out to the initial masses of other crypto minded people as first step to mainstream acceptance it is sometimes wise to present a neutral name like OpenLedger for easier access and quicker acceptance. Then you can always speak about BitShares once they have entered the door and felt the furniture.
The quickest way to mainstream acceptance is not a straight road, and although I do believe in cutting corners, it is all in all a lengthy process.
On top of all, the assets promoted are all allowing an increasing amount of bts to be used for the good of the network, all are part of the BTS platform therefore promoting same everytime a new user buys these assets after having signed up, well some even buy the assets before signing up, but all in all everything promoted here is promoting bitshares.
Example, You just put a video of how to deposit/withdraw btc from OL. Hours later SVK is saying the next update will move the depsot/withdarw to the top menu. Seems like we wasting resources and time by not knowing how all this should be working.
You are doing a great job Ronnie. I guess it has never been clear what the relationship is between Bitshares and Openledger. Is Openledger a rebrand of Bitshares? Is it the frontend for Bitshares? Is it independent from Bitshares? What is the role of wallet.bitshares.org? How does OL relate to other ventures? How do other projects relate to OL such as Metaexchange, BlockTrades? Does OL represent Bitshares when dealing with other entities such as CoinsBank. Is OL involved the technical development of Bitshares or just marketing? When there there are technicals issues in OL who is repsonsible Cryptonomex, Blocktrades, the community as a whole. Is CCEDK just a gateway for OL?
So as you can see, there are lots of questions with no clear answers (as least so far). So it's not a question of your intentions, it's trying to understand how the pieces fit together so we can be ore efficient. Example, You just put a video of how to deposit/withdraw btc from OL. Hours later SVK is saying the next update will move the depsot/withdarw to the top menu. Seems like we wasting resources and time by not knowing how all this should be working.
The BitShares Blockchain now has a whole new purpose.
Not only is it a second generation coin containing a decentralized exchange that produces smart-currency products...
Now it's also a transparent inter-company network letting exchanges give their customers and assets trading access to customers and assets on other exchanges.Instead of competing with traditional exchanges,
we are multiplying the markets they can enjoy by networking with each other.
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to support live trading between traditional exchanges.
Now, instead of having separate shallow markets inside their own stovepipe order books, they can use BitShares to enable all their customers to trade all their assets with the customers and assets of other exchanges. Small exchanges can band together to attract medium exchanges to join them to compete with still bigger exchanges. Like a rolling stone.
This greatly expands the network effect, liquidity and market depth of all participants. A bigger pie for everyone.
And with our new referral system, every participating exchange keeps their own profits from signing up their own customers and issuing their own assets.
We have the perfect way for them to safely compete and cooperate on a single, compelling, transparent exchange network.The BitShares Exchange Network.So, exchanges can do more than just serve as gateways and bridges.
They can publish their own order books transparently on our Smartchain.So everyone can KNOW that they are honest and solvent.
And every customer holds the keys to their own assets, fully decentralized where they won't be such juicy targets for hackers.
With easy to use multi-sig accounts to make those decentralized accounts even more secure.
BitShares 2.0 has the industrial strength to handle the workload of all member crypto exchanges combined.
It is the perfect application to serve as an inter exchange networking back bone.
(Almost like we planned it that way.)
Yeah, but it will never happen, right?
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Would it be possible to add a little script where the link to OL contains a random ref?
Ref pool would be everyone with a set bts id in their profile