I think it's less about spending large amounts of time and money but rather having at least one unique, clearly explainable product or service.

Judging from Emercoin and Factom, whose website layouts look surprisingly similar, a 1:30 explainer video helps too.

For example, I could see Peertracks, if it's all above board/legal, getting on BAAS easily as it's a very specific blockchain product and service that's fairly unique & easy to understand.

Use these and send them so they can see and USE a fairly unique and easy to understand trading interface---but tell them it is all on a blockchain with Separation of Power, 3 sec tx, Scalability and high decentralization of ownership. Let them try it!


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#sharebits "xeroc" 1500 TRYBITSHARES @xeroc
#sharebits "Empirical1.2" 1500 TRYBITSHARES @Empirical1.2
#sharebits "jakub" 1500 TRYBITSHARES  @jakub
#sharebits "mike623317" 1500 TRYBITSHARES  @mike623317
#sharebits "BunkerChain Labs" 1500 TRYBITSHARES @BunkerChain Labs
#sharebits "topcandle" 1500 TRYBITSHARES  @topcandle

I'll make it easy on you.  Make a twitter account if you dont already have one and click on  this list
Then go ahead and go to each one and type a message with the following format:   @username #sharebits 100 TRYBITSHARES

Sample:
@username #sharebits send 100 TRYBITSHARES = Sep of Power, 3sec tx, Market Pegged Assets. #decentralized #blockchain w/ #scalability.

Then go to the TRYBITSHARES MARKET and put up some really cheap buy orders just to let them see how fast the transactions really do go through.

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#sharebits "abit" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="abit")
#sharebits "Unosuke" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="unosuke")
#sharebits "Stan" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="Stan")
#sharebits "testz" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="testz")
#sharebits "hadrian" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="hadrian")
#sharebits "CryptoPrometheus" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="Crypto-Prometheus")
#sharebits "jakub" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="jakub")
#sharebits "topcandle" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="sxis")
#sharebits "well.attenuated" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="well.attenuated")
#sharebits "gchicken" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="gchicken-2")
#sharebits "iHashFury" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="ihashfury")
#sharebits "thom" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="Thomas")
#sharebits "ntxn" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="netixen")
#sharebits "jcalfee1" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="jcalfee2")
#sharebits "pheonike" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="pheonike")
#sharebits "Bhuz" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="bhuz")
#sharebits "fuzzy" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="fuzzy")
#sharebits "roadscape" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="roadscape")
#sharebits "onceuponatime" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="onceuponatime")
#sharebits "pc" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="pc")
#sharebits "lil_jay890" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="lil_jay890")
#sharebits "cube" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="cube2")
#sharebits "dmo09" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="dmo09")
#sharebits "spartako" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="spartako")
#sharebits "twitter" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="twitter")
#sharebits "lovejoy" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="lovejoy")
#sharebits "EstefanTT" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="EstefanTT")
#sharebits "facer" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="facer")
#sharebits "Jwf" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="Jwf-mobile")
#sharebits "Xeldal" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="Xeldal")
#sharebits "bitbuckster" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="brindleswan")
#sharebits "DestBest" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="DestBest")
#sharebits "chris4210x" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="chris4210x")
#sharebits "dannotestein" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="dantest")
#sharebits "Mangou007" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="mangou007")
#sharebits "CalabiYau" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="calabiyau")
#sharebits "BunkerChain Labs" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="DataSecurityNode")
#sharebits "ingenesist" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="ingenesist")
#sharebits "proctologic" [amount] [asset] (MUMBLE="Tammer_")
       

Well I don't know about all that "curmudgeon" stuff, but I definitely agree with you on the crapcoins. Not sure why, but all them things popping up in my wallet are just annoying.
 
Anyhooz, thanx for this @donkeypong - No apologies, we just keep on keepin on. It's the hard work that will get us there.
 
Happy New Year to you and yours!

I personally was a fan of SPERM.  I shouldn't admit it openly but it made me laugh.

fba mode is good
you use bts as tools platform  to  do business
share the income with bts    the developer get the large part

sexy right?

Because people don't need crypto in general .

Because people only need blockchain technology , they don't necessary want to pay for a speculative object . Sooner or later , if people does want to use this tech , there will be companies build a platform using bitshares/ethereum/bitcoin code and disregard the allocation . And they will provide better development (really,someone want to tell me how awesome the team is that even Google throw out 100000 million USD they couldn't find 100 people like them ?  ), better service , better network effect  .

Speculation is the only thing that's keeping a easy-to-copy software code on tens of  millions of marketcap . Usage/applications on the news is just topic for speculation world .

And BitShares killed speculative drive on the ground of getting more users . Even merger,dilution , was an excuse to get more users (and pay for development in the process) .

But users are picky . They won't show up just because you can do 1 sec transaction or you claim you can dilute forever that you have enough development to add value . They like to go with a company that can provide nice service . Godaddy , ebay ..etc ....

Speculation and their capital/liquidity contribution is the only value in BitShares . Users' usage depends on the value that the speculators provides .

When you make speculators/capital scared to come in , you make marketcap low . When you make marketcap low , users won't have decent liquidity to use your service . It's all connected .

I think the only thing that can save BitShares now is cut cost , cut big dreams , big plans ,  stop and burn dilution , and use outside funding to fund basic development and let them pay for a common platform . Stop taking money from where there is no money to be taken . Find money in where is plenty of money.

And don't tell me about Bitcoin mining is the same as BItShares dilution . I know a lot of BItcoin miners shutdown their mining when the price is too low . But that's hardly happened in BitShares . When BTS price is low , the magic word is "dilute on market rate " .

I know bitcoin miners buy Bitcoin when the price is low . DO bitshares dilution do that ?

oops , I've become a FUDer . ....

beautifully stated. i disagree at times with you but this is definitely at least pretty close.

Quote from: fuzzy on January 20, 2016, 11:14:28 pm

Quote from: Akado on January 20, 2016, 09:55:30 pm

Quote from: fuzzy on January 20, 2016, 09:39:27 pm

If anyone wants some "TRYBITSHARES" tokens please let me know and we can pass them out to people in the reddit thread and just let them try openledger 

How to do that on reddit? If it's possible we should be doing this already and spreading tips throughout crypto subs what are we waiting for

im already sending them out all over twitter.  like i said before though...the sharebot is a tool for everyone and a mass of people working together guves a mich stronger impression to onlookers.

however, i can say im getting really positive feedback on twitter.

As far as Reddit, you definitely can send it on there as well.

How? Like on the forums here?

#sharebits "Akado" 10000 TRYBITSHARES

Go ahead and go to your account to collect them and then go to the "about" section whrr it will give you the format.  if you want we could form a little group after the hangout this friday and go reddit sharing. 

Quote from: fuzzy on January 20, 2016, 09:39:27 pm

If anyone wants some "TRYBITSHARES" tokens please let me know and we can pass them out to people in the reddit thread and just let them try openledger 

How to do that on reddit? If it's possible we should be doing this already and spreading tips throughout crypto subs what are we waiting for

im already sending them out all over twitter.  like i said before though...the sharebot is a tool for everyone and a mass of people working together guves a mich stronger impression to onlookers.

however, i can say im getting really positive feedback on twitter.

As far as Reddit, you definitely can send it on there as well.