Here is the high-level description:

Delegates can campaign to run faucet/proof of person software on their websites and spend a part of the delegate payroll on bringing new users into the system by running a facet and paying some amount of BitUSD per identified user that registers account.
E.g. it can be 80% of the payroll and 10 BitUSD per user/account.
The faucet would work as described below:
1. Somebody visits faucet website
2. There would be a clear call to action (CTA) “Download BitShares client and register an account and get 10 BitUSD for free”
3. Visitor clicks CTA link a goes over proof of person/identity verification process
4a. After finishing step 3 visitor is suggested to download the client and install it
4b. Also visitor gets a ’10 BitUSD coupon link’ to his email address (this link is supported by BitShares client, I’ll elaborate more on this)
5. User (let’s call him or her user from this point) installs BitShares client and clicks on coupon link
6. BitShares client/wallet opens coupon redemption page suggesting user to choose his/her account name
7. After user submits account name, BitShares client communicates with faucet website checking the coupon's validity, if coupon valid the faucet registers user’s account and credits it with 10 BitUSD
8. Faucet generates new coupon, passes it into the client and client suggests user to share it with friends on Facebook, Twitter, forums, etc, each friend that registers account brings additional 5-10 BitUSD to the user, also friend starting from step #1 gets his 10 BitUSD.

Please note that this process solves initial account registration issue - user installs the client only after he or she is proven to have funds to pay account registration fee.


Spending 80% allows each delegate to register no more than 200 users each month within the current market cap, if there would be more users willing to register an account, the faucet can put them on a waiting list.
Having a waiting list makes BitShares looks like something scarce which is good factor for successful marketing campaign, also this process resembles “invitations only” campaigns that were proven to be very successful (think gmail)


Implementation.
1. We need open source faucet/proof of person software that anybody can download and run as a website.
2. This software should be able to generate coupons and have json api to communicate with BitShares client/wallet
3. faucet software should be able to track referral links posted by users
4. BitShares client/wallet should be able to communicate (via JSONP AJAX) with faucet to check and redeem coupons and making faucet to register user’s account.
5. Delegates running this service need make all the records public so the community can audit referral links, coupons generated, etc and vote out non-effective delegates.

Probably it’s too early to run full scale campaigns before we have stable network 1.0, simple lightweight client and on/off ramp services, but we need to try this on a smaller scale sooner rather than later, let’s have a single delegate running this and watch the results, if this would work I’m sure community vote in more delegates running campaigns like this. Also voting in/out delegates may help us to figure out how much we want to pay for user acquisition and how much delegates can collect as compensation.

Quote from: islandking on November 13, 2014, 01:59:08 am

Quote from: puppies on November 13, 2014, 01:53:37 am

Security from what?

Viruses stealing my BTS.

So the next question is, are you looking for a destop replacement, or just an OS to house the BitShares client?  How much inconvenience are you willing to put up with for this security?

Security from what?

I just dream of the day, someone within this community creates something like TOR

Quote from: islandking on November 12, 2014, 02:01:43 pm

How secure is the BTS client? Is it likely to get viruses that will steal your coins?
Is it fine to keep your client online by booting on a Linux USB?

The wallet depends upon the security of the host operating system.   If your computer is compromised by a key logger or your password is weak then your funds can be stolen.