Anyone else trying to buy a few last minute Notes today, finding the normally very reliable  AGS Explorer down?

Maybe a DDOS attack by an early buyer shutting out any end of day buyers? (too cynical right)

 

Just a last minute sanity check prior to the Nov 5th event.

Good advice is always welcome!

IMHO, Airdrops as proposed here and elsewhere are mostly misguided.

Failing restaurants, clubs, etc... Will opt to give away their product via groupons and all you can eat/drink specials. This type of shotgun/Hail Mary marketing is wasteful.

For a high percentage shot you need to research, aim and fire. I propose a "Strategic Targeted Airdrop":

Find specific much more vertical pockets/communities.
Find specific brick and mortar companies and merchants...
Find specific high profile individuals, celebrities, political and business figures, etc...
Solicit endorsements
pay for spokesmen
buy celeb tweets
etc...

Imagine a hospital with poor occupancy, should they give away services? or give shares/equity to doctors that will bring paying patients.

Should the fledgling restaurant give away food, drop prices and quality or partner with event planners and caterers?

An Airdrop implies and in effect picks a general area, drops something of value, people then randomly scavenge. often the early arrivers hoard or go back to the village and gouge those to weak to reach the drop zone.

Instead, I propose we:

Solicit the already vested Bitshares community to nominate worthy recipients.

Recipients must add value to the BitShares community:

Developers
Social media giants
Related community leaders
News worthy charities

This may sound calculating, slightly Machiavellian and not very altruistic , it is and yes it's not. This is business not charity. But in the end it allows us to continue our mission which is worthy and does serve the greater good.

Giveaways are for charity (swag at best) this is business, we behave accordingly or pay the consequences.

Any thoughts, concerns on the OpenSSL Heartbleed vulnerability and PTS.

http://www.bitcoinfeed.net/news/bitcoin-bitcoin-security-company-bitgo-responds-to-the-heartbleed-security-threat

“It’s fundamental to tell everyone to check all their servers and update ASAP [...] I can’t obviously be positive about it, but bitcoin-specific software (local wallets, etc.) should not be affected even if they use OpenSSL, since the bug is only triggerable in live TLS connections.”


Ps. Vertcoin has released an update to their wallet.

I've posed this question on other 2.0 forums with mixed responses:

Is there merit to developing a "Blockchain Migration Path/Strategy", where one coins ledger is merged onto a DAC ?
Is it technically feasible?
What are the logistic challenges?
What would be the ideal merger(s) ?

Note, the intent is not to create a chain/coin to rule them all. But rather, a solution that embraces legacy chains that merit assimilation/consolidation under one organization family (BitShares).

Think of it as acquisitions of unprofitable alt-chains for the purpose of turning them around. These chains would ideally bring assets (developers, healthy forums, brands, merchants, etc...). As part of the acquisition, they would receive compensation as share swaps or even cash.

It seems DACs should be free to grow both organically and via mergers/acquisitions. The synergies and economies of scale benefits are many. But, the devil is in logistics, reconciliation and selection of candidates.

Any thoughts on this, the question has haunted me for about a year now, with the rise of 2.0, a window may be opening. 

I thought I would start this thread in an effort to gather intel and suggestions we could pass on to the I3 SEO team.
Looking at the Alexa site rankings in the DAC/Dapp related space, I see this forum is doing well, but the invictus.io site has fallen to 3rd place in ranking.

http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/invictus.io
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/bitsharestalk.org

http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ethereum.org
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/mastercoin.org
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/counterparty.co

Possible incremental steps towards boosting the ranking include:

• create a forum.invictus.io subdomain parked on or redirected from bitsharestalk.org
• submit content to this wiki page (and/or other DAC related) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_property with a link back to I3
• submit comments to this article (and/or other DAC related) with a link back to I3  http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasperhamill/2013/11/30/fed-up-with-bitcoin-heres-how-to-start-your-own-currency/
• All I3 stakeholders consider incluing a link back to I3 in your profile signature on https://bitcointalk.org/
• subscribe/deploy an Alexa Pro SEO plan http://www.alexa.com/pro/advanced?ax_atid=b4040b60-6210-4eba-8f6e-afdb6edc8546

It occurred to me that ideally bounties should be paid whenever possible in matching AGS vs PTS.

When bounties are awarded the grant should be paid via a matching BTC to the corresponding BTC address used to purchase the AGS associated with the bounty.

Why? well it is assumed that PTS is to an extent speculative and tradable. While AGS is for vested long term stakeholders. To optimize the use of bounties AGS awards would insure the recipient is a stakeholder not a speculator. I agree this rule will have exceptions, but PTS and BTC awards should not be the rule.

The more AGS stakeholders we have the greater the number of vested parties and fewer speculators.

Does this make sense or am I all wet? maybe too draconian?