http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/260fan/bitcoin_cooperative_proofofstake_whitepaper/

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C4m-MFnxw0JjDorzrKs_IRQRqD9ila79o0IDt6KsbcE/edit?pli=1

Set up a site where everyone competes to generate the most effective memes. Reward effectiveness. Maybe let people use prediction market mechanisms to predict which memes will be the most effective?

Design it in such a way so that it's a sort of evolutionary contest which has a payout/jackpot according to how effective and viral the chosen meme is. Perhaps set it up in such a way that ad revenue generates the jackpot? Maybe if two old memes combine split the payout in some way too?

I've seen a variation on this approach in the Blackcoin community. What do you all think about it?

These ideas may not be well thought out but it's meant to inspire others to think about it.

Unlimited Opportunities should be changed to say "Limitless opportunities".
http://bitshares.org/index.php#industries

Unlimited Opportunities isn't the best use of the the English language. Unlimited Opportunities seems like the intended expression was to be "Limitless Opportunities". To a native English speaker Unlimited Opportunities has an awkward sound to it compared to the standard expression. This awkwardness makes it stand out in the wrong way.

Decentralized voting has the potential to make scientific polling obsolete and give third party canidates an opportunity to build a base in a transparent way without the media telling us who has a chance. If a candidate fails to garner enough support you can always change your vote at the last minute, but early on you can express your true opinions without fear of wasting your vote.

Canidate should be spelled "Candidate".
http://bitshares.org/voting/

Prior to the official launch of Bitshares I think it is important that spelling be perfect on the website. Presentation is everything and errors in grammar may give people a certain impression about the state of the source code.

The website looks very good, it just needs some additional polish in the grammar dept is all.

Dialog bellow from the Blackcoin community

Quote from: micryon on April 16, 2014, 10:42:41 pm

Quote from: xstr8guy on April 16, 2014, 10:41:22 pm

Quote from: Razkin on April 16, 2014, 10:39:36 pm

If you want to kill BlackCoin, then merge with a stupid meme based coin like Doge. It will never be taken seriously as a form of currency it will forever be a gimmick.

I thought I was the only one who thought it was a horrendous idea.  Glad to see I'm not alone.

Would be too complex of a change to do and rollout to everyone anyways.. doubt this *can* happen.

The beautiful thing is that Blackdoge wouldn't actually require a change to BC or to DOGE.  It would be a completely new PoS coin but the initial distribution of coins would be based on each users holdings in DOGE and BC at widely-telegraphed point in the future.  Each user could claim their share of the premine for free using the private keys they already hold.  Users from DOGE and BC that do nothing automatically get piggybacked to Blackdoge.  If Blackdoge fails, no one loses.  If Blackdoge succeeds, both communities win because you've just made your coin more useful. 

This would be the first cryptocurrency blockchain merger in the world's history and would make the news all over the world!  In fact, it would probably go down in the history books.  Why would having a larger user base be a bad thing?

Thinks about your potential slogan.  Blackdoge: meaner, faster, pure proof of stake.  The future of cryptocurrency.

I think we could do better than "Blackdoge". Blackshares could be the name of a project to create an economic alliance between the Blackcoin community and Bitshares community.

I think these strategic alliances must be formed but it's a matter of how technically feasible it is to do it. If you're a supporter of forming a strategic alliance with the Blackcoin community this is the official thread for brainstorming.

Some suggested methods/tools on the table include

1. An airdrop of some kind of AGS and/or third party DAC shares onto the Blackcoin blockchain just as was done with Protoshares.

2. Hybrid multipool which mines profitable altcoins and gives a 50/50 payout in Bitshares and Blackcoin. This would distribute both in such a way that the users of this pool would obtain an equal stake in each community. The result would be resistance to forks as the network effect grows for both communities.

3. Airdrop into Keyhotee, put the Blackcoin wallet into Keyhotee and do the multipool in such a way that mining is built into Keyhotee. The payouts would be in Bitshares (Blackcoin community can negotiate to get Blackcoin put into Keyhotee and make it hybrid). This is of benefit because it strategically markets Keyhotee, Blackcoin and Bitshares.

These are the three ideas I could come up with. Since this is a brainstorm thread I'm asking the most creative problem solvers of the community to come up with some ideas to make this possible and list them here. I'm also asking for the technically inclined to offer some technical way to engineer it into reality.

I'm thinking we are going to need a magazine or free crypto-equity news paper which can be handed out to commuters or left in places like doctors offices and banks.

The concept of a DAC has to be explained and it's not reaching many people.

Neo & Bee are a payment processor which are similar to a bank. They just released version 2 of their prospectus.

Let's say Bitshares is a success and BitUSD removes volatility, would it make sense to approach a front end company like Neo & Bee to get them to use BitUSD internally?
 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1khGADbJeu0efCNZ13lnz8BucG7PfS5Cl9lBZ1sncY-4/preview?sle=true

One of the problems I can see coming is that BTS will be very insecure. The fact that Angelshares are locked into a specific wallet means they cannot be moved. Cold storage is an option but there aren't any services or businesses to help with this at all.

I've seen three products which seem pretty good but are only for BTC.

http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/13/xapo-raises-20-million-to-bury-your-bitcoin-underground/
http://letstalkbitcoin.com/review-verso-cards/
http://www.bitcointrezor.com/

Security has to be made a priority for BTS. Cold storage on paper wallets is a start but if my understanding is right if you don't trade BTS they start losing value which is a problem for people who try to hold them in cold storage.

Verso cards are pretty good, convenient and some product like this should be given away or sold to people who have BTS.

Trezor is pretty good but it's good for when you want to spend. We need something like Trezor so that BTS can be traded on machines which are infected by malware, advanced persistent threats, trojans, all which will eventually target the holders of BTS. Perhaps Invictus can modify the Trezor after it's released and release a patch for BTS.

Xapo is a distributed cold storage vault service. I think Xapo is the highest level of security available right now. They bury your cold wallets in underground vaults protected by armed guards. This is about as secure as it gets and additionally your BTC are insured. The problem is that it only works for BTC apparently and not for BTS.

If Xapo could be convinced to accept alt currencies like BTS or if somehow BTS can be transfered to BTC addresses for cold storage then it could possibly work.

Is it technically possible to color a BTC address as a BTS cold storage address, let a person send their BTS to that address via Proof of Burn, and then have the BTC address hold the AngelBTS which can be redeemed somehow later?

Otherwise Invictus should contact Xapo and ask for a partnership immediately.
partners@xapo.com

Additionally make a security section of the forum. It's strange not to even have a section to discuss security issues like storage. It's even more strange to not have anyone coming up with security solutions if we really believe BTS are going to be worth as much as the polls say.