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General Discussion / Re: Cryptofresh & Video Release
« on: October 16, 2015, 03:05:10 am »
Can you uplode to YOUKU?We cannot access YouTube in China..:(

Yes.  I found a guide online, and I will figure out how.  Give me a few days, and I can have the English subtitle track added in as well, for reference.
If there is one thing this community is learning to excel at (besides cutting-edge smartchain technology) it's translations!  :)

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We started this thread in general... please direct comments here. :)  thanks! b

https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php/topic,19101.msg245598.html#msg245598

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This is just the beginning.. :)  Enjoy, and share!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivwuANB1Syo

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General Discussion / Re: Cryptofresh & Video
« on: October 15, 2015, 09:01:31 pm »
Many thanks to everyone who helped make this happen, we couldn't have done it without you.

Please be sure to follow our Youtube channel and stay tuned for what's next. ;)

So grab your popcorn, and turn it up!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivwuANB1Syo


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General Discussion / Re: The Final Countdown!
« on: October 13, 2015, 01:13:55 pm »
The dawn of a new era!   8)

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Follow My Vote / Re: FMV Update and blog posts
« on: October 09, 2015, 05:58:18 pm »
Yeah great write up of the Brennan Center event... terrifying how uninformed about the potential of online voting they are, glad you all were able to be there!
Sorry to be delinquent on the thread here and +5% to Fuzzy for the bump...   PS, I check your blog on the regular! ;)

@Xeroc Yes, someone please petition the UN to come verify our elections!  But who will watch the watchers!?  gah!


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General Discussion / Re: Bitshares Telegram Group Chat and spartako_bot
« on: October 07, 2015, 04:27:59 pm »
@bitscape

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maybe the trick here is to empower shapeshift and metaexchange to handle ACH deposits assigned to a certain bitUSD account name.

Ahhh, intriguing.  A more platform agnostic approach, which could have serious merits... but navigating the legal labyrinth of interfacing with ACH, I can only imagine.  Care to elaborate on what you might mean by 'empower' in this instance?

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General Discussion / Re: What is Bitshares really doing marketing wise?
« on: October 07, 2015, 12:22:49 am »
I've been a marketeer in the UK since 2005. I've started 4 of my own marketing companies in that time and now consult, manage and execute marketing systems for 3 specific clients.

I am studying BitShares because it matches my personal values of securing life, liberty and property for all. For me it's not about the money. That's why they call me The Marketing Monk, I spend more time meditating than I do eating.

Marketing may seem a strange occupation for someone with a spiritual inclination but it's not when you consider how I see marketing. Marketing creates awareness, and with enough awareness a person can solve all their problems.

So marketing is something we do 'for' people. It's not something we do 'to' them.

There's nothing more valuable to a person than a marketing message which makes them aware of something that can greatly benefit them that they were not previously aware existed.

That's why I only engage in what I term 'conscious marketing' i.e. the marketing of products, services and businesses that existing to push humanity forward towards greater balance, harmony and prosperity.

My personal mission statement is "Leading People to Freedom". You can read my personal philosophy in more detail at http://www.chrisconey.com.

I'm at the point in my BitShares learning journey where I'm now beginning to create marketing ideas for it. The biggest barrier to that creative process is that I still have a lot of gaps in my own knowledge about BitShares.

In the context of making a business case for myself, I need to understand how the referral rewards system works so I can make my marketing efforts sustainable and scalable.

I'm only interested in profiting from the rewards program to the degree to which it enables me to sustain my marketing efforts. The longer I can sustain my marketing efforts and the more I can scale up, the more chance BitShares has in becoming the dominant platform.

Here's the truth about marketing BitShares...
"If everyone else knew what we knew about it, they'd jump right in."

Hence, to my mind, marketing and education go hand in hand.

The benefits on offer with BitShares means that it doesn't need to be promoted using the hard sell. Once people are educated and have the full awareness and understanding, I believe they'll naturally and automatically make the choice to get involved.

Thus my marketing challenge is to firstly understand BitShares myself at such a deep level that I personally could answer any question on it (barring the detailed coding questions) and then turning my understanding into an educational marketing funnel that would start with someone who is totally green and end with them buying some BTS and joining our new economy.

So far my study has been limited to YouTube videos, the BitShares website and this forum.

I would love for someone with greater knowledge than I to Skype with me so I can fill in my knowledge gaps.

Greetings MarketingMonk!

You have impeccable timing.

There's a whole crew of talented folks with both BitShares and marketing acumen just waiting in the wings around here who can offer all manner of different vantage points on the referral marketing platform. 

I'm happy to give you my take on the situation, and I'd encourage you to speak with other members of the community here to get their take on it as well.

Start here if you haven't, and feel free to get in touch.

https://bitshares.org/referral-program/
https://bitshares.org/technology/referral-rewards-program/

skype: nimitta1776


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Obvious answers that were probably already considered... coinbase, circle, itbit maybe paypal.  Circle would be the best since they are now allowed to hold USD.

I agree Circle is the best option. There withdrawal limits are $3000 weekly for bank accounts and they don't charge transaction fees, although an ACH fee is really only about $0.15.

Humor me here, what would a pitch to circle look like? What would be their incentive (in the grand scheme of things?)  I'm genuinely curious.

Circle is doing everything they can to make a gateway for bitcoin (cryptocurrencies) and have people using bitcoin (crypto currencies) without them realizing that they are. They have in the past year created the best gateway for that purpose. Aside from the speed of Bitcoin transactions the real problem that they have in garnering more adoption is that bitcoin is a commodity. So even though Circle now has USD accounts, when a user sells bitcoin for usd they are supposed to keep track of and report any gains or losses. Using bitusd would allow for the user to use cryptocurrencies without worrying about reporting requirements. Also bitassest markets are privatized, so not only can they control the market and but also accrue revenue from trading fees.

So what you're suggesting as a benefit to circle is that bitusd would potentially present less or no tax burden.  I'm completely out of my depth here but if bitusd was treated as a commodity, under a 2.0 scheme with a possible bitusd floor of $1.0 and a market driven premium of perhaps 1.01 - 1.15 there may yet exist slight capital gains opportunity for operators working with a large enough volume. 

Beyond the potential benefits of bitusd from a tax standpoint, what other advantages to circle, or a similar entity, exist in using bitshares 2.0 as opposed to bitcoin / USD?   What's the sweet deal we have to offer our as of yet unidentified ACH processor partner?  There has to be one or we're not going to get the partnership, especially not if we seem like we're going to thank them and then eat their lunch.

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stay on topic.

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Obvious answers that were probably already considered... coinbase, circle, itbit maybe paypal.  Circle would be the best since they are now allowed to hold USD.

I agree Circle is the best option. There withdrawal limits are $3000 weekly for bank accounts and they don't charge transaction fees, although an ACH fee is really only about $0.15.

Humor me here, what would a pitch to circle look like? What would be their incentive (in the grand scheme of things?)  I'm genuinely curious.

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Founded in 2013 by serial Internet entrepreneurs Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville, Circle is backed by $76 million in venture capital investment from Goldman Sachs, IDG Capital Partners, Breyer Capital, Accel Partners, General Catalyst Partners, Oak Investment Partners, Fenway Summer, Digital Currency Group, and Pantera Capital.

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1 month has passed. Any progress? Do you have at least 1 or 2 clips?

No, unfortunately.  Due to a formatting mishap, all that remains of 64+ hours of footage is this single frame...



 ;)
 
edit: Just in case you missed our most recent update

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General Discussion / An update from bitscape media
« on: September 10, 2015, 10:05:29 pm »
The people have spoken, and they’re not happy... we get it.

With or without our delegates, we will release video before the pitchfork.

Our other projects are currently on hold, but meetups will continue.

When you feel we have delivered on our promise, we would be honored
to finish in the top 101 and/or resume under the new ‘worker’ model.

We have a great deal of admiration and respect for this community,
the developers who have inspired us all, and in particular everyone
who made filming the p2p tour possible:

@xeldal
@crypto_prometheus
@solomon
@robrigo
@riverhead
@carpetride
@stan
@bytemaster
@nathan
@adam
@will
@valentine
@vikram
@fuzzy
@thom
@theoretical
@toast
..and many others

Sincerely,
bitscape & roadscape


Previous update

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Perfect timing!   :D

Thanks for the good word, and the tireless effort dev team!

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