Will Artist be able to have more that one coin? Would they be able to issue say Silver, Gold, or Platinum editions of their coins?

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On Monday July 27 2015 Microsoft NY and MIT Media Lab will present Blockchain For Social Good. Bitcoin and the Blockchain are changing the way people think about currency, digital assets, and identity. The MIT Media Lab recently launched a promising new initiative to delve into the implications of these innovative technologies. At this event Brian Forde, MIT Media Lab’s Director of Digital Currency and former senior technology advisor at the White House, and John Paul Farmer, Director of Technology & Civic Innovation, Microsoft, will lead a discussion focused on the potential of the Blockchain as a foundation for fraud-free voting, frictionless transfer of property in blighted urban environments, and rapid response in the wake of a natural disaster, to name just a few applications.

http://livestream.com/internetsociety/blockchain

http://blockchain4good.splashthat.com/

This is cool. Makes you wonder "Why didn't I think of that?"

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/01/24/v3solar-spin-cell-cones-cheap-solar/

With Bitshares 2.0 the technical aspects of voting seemed to be mostly ironed out, but now we need to start focusing on the procedural aspects of voting. I list a few below but i'm sure there are more.

How will proposals be introduced?
What is the time frame for voting?
Will there be regular scheduled events or adhoc?
What is the threshold for an adhoc event?
Are these parameters that can set on the blockchain or outside?

Article describing how BitPay is pivoting it's business model, which is looking kinda like you guessed it, ours

http://www.ofnumbers.com/2015/06/17/a-pre-post-mortem-on-bitpay/

"The first batch of bitcoin startups, which includes BitPay, is quite different from the second batch. In the first batch, you had entrepreneurs who got support from bitcoin early adopters to launch businesses that helped the ecosystem. In the second batch, you have serial entrepreneurs, running companies like Xapo, Circle and 21e6, who got millions from Silicon Valley VCs. Startups from the first batch have to make tough choices, given that interest in bitcoin (see price) is not what it used to be, and that they have to get “traditional” funding to survive. If they get such funding, like BitPay did, they may have active investors questioning the direction of the company, looking at the market size etc. In other words, the price of bitcoin and the lack of crowdfunding does not allow startups from the first batch, to continue working on “ideological” agendas, like bitcoin merchant and user adoption. Startups of the first batch can continue working on what they started on only if the bitcoin price rebounds, or if large bitcoin holders support them. BitPay had to pivot in order to create a sustainable business because it could not afford to do otherwise."

Interesting project

http://www.blockchainsingularity.com/

When will PLAY get to this point?

http://cointelegraph.com/news/114443/voxelnauts-a-minecraft-inspired-game-with-nxt-backed-property-rights-and-drm

Guess what new company 21 is calling their new minnig chip,

"21 is now officially open for business — and business development. After much hard work, we’ve created an embeddable mining chip which we call the BitShare that comes in a variety of form factors. The 21 BitShare can be embedded into an internet-connected device as a standalone chip or integrated into an existing chipset as a block of IP to generate a continuous stream of digital currency for use in a wide variety of applications. You can request a dev kit by signing up on our website to get started."

https://medium.com/@21dotco/a-bitcoin-miner-in-every-device-and-in-every-hand-e315b40f2821