Quote from: SolomonSollarsNSense on March 30, 2016, 02:03:59 am

Part 2: http://newmoney.sollars.com/new-money-funding-series-part-2-reserve/

....... And there is a reason why our launch on BitcoinTalk has been an early success. Despite being part of Bitshares.

......... We will never be a mini-me to the Fiat system masquerading as a blockchain. This does not mean people cant gain value. Its actually the opposite. It is what will bring everyone value. ITS WHAT THE PEOPLE DEMAND.


The general public will not switch to a system in mass that looks like their old FED system. What's the point?

Wow man i don´t know were to start here,  first you are in the bitshares forum in fact i buy some of your stuff not by your great personality, cause i dont even know you, but for the great support of some members of this forum, and you came here to say that your proyect is an early success despite being part of Bitshares lol no further comments on that.

Next thing is how you to express about Bitcoin and blockchain ( Fiat system masquerading), that tells me that you don´t understand what Bitcoin is all about,  in fact is a shame, the vast mayority of us are here because indeed understand  how the real world money system functions and the possible ways to change it.

The point is the people either change in mass just because you got nice sentiments about something or good intentions, the fact is that everyone go out every day and worked his fingers to the bone just to make a living, if something is not profiting or not convenient for them ya could be a fantastic idea nobody gives a shit, that's elementary economics, instead of  claiming raising funds you may probably ask for donations, here is not ICO possible cause you are offering nothing for your investors meanwhile you are receiving my hard earned money.

First llildur I want to say thank you for believing in this project with whatever you have donated. I greatly appreciate it 

I think you misunderstand my statement in speaking on Bitshares. It is not meant as a slight to you or any of the Bitshares community members. You have no idea how much I appreciate you all and it is why I proudly where my badge of Bitshares and powered by Bitshares. 

This is DESPITE individuals telling me not too. I say you stick with those who stuck with you. Look at the comment on our Explainer video for empirical reference.

The statement on Bitshares is actually meant as a truth we all know in our hearts. We all know BitcoinTalk folks dont really like us. They dont. As a matter of fact I was encouraged by many as we came closer to launch TO NOT launch a thread there that it was just a waste of time. And since I was involved with Bitshares that they would flame and FUD the project.

Because of how we approach our launch though (focusing on the things that no one else focuses on) we have seen the opposite reaction and its something I have argued for a long time. As a matter of fact I can remember back in 2014 Stan working tirelessly with paragraphs of clear and viable arguments against the trolls at BitcoinTalk who just would not give up. It was funny because I would read and really be intrigued by Stan's thoughts despite the futile efforts of those members to discredit it. It was laughable.

But he probably didn't know it. I wish I could have told him they really did not matter as their technology spoke for itself. Instead I actually came here... Anyways that is neither here nor there. I can tell you I do understand Bitcoin and its EXACTLY why I am part of Bitshares in the first place. And I don't have nice sentiments. Anyone who knows what we are doing knows the business mode. It is similar to PeerTracks/MUSE and has been expressed for ages on this thread and in the videos we have created.

We have a roadmap that starts in Hollywood and on KickStarter. We build from there. Latest video from channel. I know what I am doing and am an expert when it comes to my field and the demographic we are reaching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-y9Lxa4CSw

Again thank you sir for your participation. I in no way meant disrespect to you and your hard earned cash, nor anyone else who genuinely believes this can work on some level. Nothing in life is guaranteed but we will work our hardest to bring this project to a mainstream audience.

May be we need a  clear roadmap

Ebit thank you for your participation so far. I don't know that I can get any clearer than I've been so far in this thread. If you want a roadmap of exactly what is going to happen? For that only time will tell. I've done my best to lay out a pre-emptive roadmap of what is important to focus on as we are trying to reach a totally different audience.

This is not a typical crypto-currency project. What we are aiming to do in the short-term and what we even want to aim for in the long term has been laid out and expressed. But looking at Bitshares and Ethereum and as individuals who have been here since 2013 we should know roadmaps never stay the same.

Think of how much has changed since 2013 because of what we have learned. Look at the roadmap of Bitcoin. Seems it has gone off the road 

Look at Bitshares and Ethereum roadmap. Just think of how much has changed despite our early goals. They have changed significantly. I say that to say trust that I am an expert in my field. I have thought this out long and hard and will get Bitshares technology adopted. Keep watching we are just getting started 

Quote from: pam2 on March 29, 2016, 06:08:43 pm

Quote from: SolomonSollarsNSense on March 29, 2016, 04:10:51 am

Quote from: Ben Mason on March 28, 2016, 11:20:07 pm

Congratulations on launching your project Solomon and with your collaborations! Very very exciting! I don't have the funds to invest at this point but wish you the very best of luck.

Hey Ben! Thanks man! We've come a very long way. 

And still much more to go. But at least this time its with friends and comrades. Don't worry about it. Your words of encouragement are good enough! Its tough for one to put their vision out there, but honestly I'm very grateful to the Bitshares community coming behind this project in the way that it has.

Our overall image to the rest of the crypto-community is changing. A lot of us can feel it. People are genuinely interested in what we are doing and being civil with this project. They are asking more and more about Bitshares. Makes me happy because it is proving my original thesis out. That sometimes its not about the tech but the entrepreneur or people behind it.

With that let's stay positive and show the wider crypto-community that THIS is how you reach a mainstream audience. Not with Blockchain but with $ense #PoweredByBitshares #OnlyAtBitshares #OriginalRockStarDelegate

Yeah, Bitshares, Bitcoin, Ethereum it's all technology untill we have products that people really care. That's why entrepreneurs are standing up to launch products and business people care about (Sollywood TV, Echo Apps, PeerTracks, M.A.S and more to come...). These projects will take bitshares in another level. Mainstream don't even care if it's powered by Bitshares, Bitcoin or Ethereum Blockchains.

  You are absolutely right. The platform is the base but it's the entrepreneurs that are going drive the adoption.

 

"B) Can you guarantee that additional actions WILL NOT sell for less than the amounts in any previous auction. For example, if I paid 50 BTS per Sollar in auction 1, I wouldn't want to see SollarsandSense sell the next batch starting at 20 BTS. It would completely remove the incentives for early investors.

No this cannot be guaranteed as this is not a security nor are we selling one with guarantees of returns."

I'm not comfortable with this, I'll most likely look for an earlier exit.  The ability to have more auctions and to price it lower than your first batch of investors doesn't feel right. The tiered approach you are using isn't really representative of the project. If you can just decide what to sell that next auction at, you can undercut the people that supported you early.  I'll have to pass.  It's just an opinion, but it leaves too much central control. I understand the idea, I like your videos but I won't be investing any more.

I appreciate you answering my questions, I hope that also allows potential investors to have a better idea of the project. The material was so dense, it's taken me longer to understand this than Ethereum.

Best of luck!

No worries. I totally understand. As I stated before it would not be wise to do that. The system will not be centrally controlled it will be based on DPOS. We are issuing units now of that open-source system so people can gain from that position or not. Our pre-sale is mimicking supply and demand. Nothing wrong with that. People have positions in this for all sorts of reasons.

Some have donated because they really do believe my vision is the one to replace the Dollar. Others have donated because they think I have a great personality. Still yet others have donated because they like the Cable TV angle but think the SoLCert long term goal is a little much. Still they believe they can gain short term. We welcome them all. This project is a long term one and DPOS will be adopted as this is a powered by Bitshares project as stated lol.

Either way I appreciate your enthusiasm and willingness to help out and believe. Thanks man! 

Quote from: SolomonSollarsNSense on March 29, 2016, 04:08:34 pm

Quote from: TravelsAsia on March 29, 2016, 03:58:49 pm

Hi Solomon,
Requesting clarificarion on #3 and also requesting how many are left on tier 6. Great to see such a positive response so far.

1q

Quote from: TravelsAsia on March 28, 2016, 10:56:25 pm

Quote from: SolomonSollarsNSense on March 28, 2016, 10:00:12 pm

Quote from: TravelsAsia on March 28, 2016, 08:33:52 pm

There's a lot to read, I apologize if I'm the only one with these questions.

1.The money raised from the presale feeds into the Kickstarter. I got that from the documents. Is the ICO the next step before the Kickstarter or is that the actual ICO?
2. What advantages do the presale people have over the ICO and Kickstarter?

Hello TravelAsia. No problem buddy.

1. Yes the ICO/ITO is before the KickStarter. The KickStarter is a separate publicity/costumer acquisition crowdfunder on the consumer side of what we are doing. This is the way we will begin our journey to consolidating a mainstream audience onto our platform. The ITO is for the crypto-audience and allows us to create a stellar story of a grassroots movement starting from the bottom and like Drake said Now we are here 

2. Price really and other possible loyalty stuff. But that is not guaranteed nor promised. For the most part it is price. Its the same as with Bitshares, Ethereum, and Bitcoin. The tiers are meant to mimic this. I bet the guy who bought a pizza with 6,000 Bitcoins is wishing he didnt today but the truth is he got lucky and got in when it was cheap but still made a stupid decision not to wait... I say that to say individuals should have patience. Just as Ethereum, we are going to go through major steps and transitions. This is not an overnight thing. No disruption of this size can be. But in the end we will try our best to reach a mainstream audience. And the chips will fall where they may.

#DontBeTheBitcoinPizzaGuy 

I appreciate your help. Ok, I'm with you so far, ready to take another step:

3. "Any remaining amounts of Solcerts not sold during the time of presale will be put up for sale on the base of an ICO presented in direct connection with mentioned presale and will be offered available on all major markets on OpenLedger."

Let's pretend Tiers 10-13 doesn't sell in the presale which equals 2 million. Could you please explain how that ICO will work?  Will it be offered at a fixed price starting at 20 BTS? I'm trying to understand how it'll differ from the pre-sale.

I've been helping spread links through social media under my Lisk Twitter.

Yes sir. Thank you for your patience. 

In terms of question 3 we are still in the process of figuring out the best way to go about the ICO. We never expected to be doing so well so soon so we want to be careful in configuring this process. Fixed price may be used but we are still figuring out the logistics of it all. If you have any concerns or would like to offer your opinion on how things should be run please dont hesitate to reach out to Ronny. Thank you again TravelAsia for your participation.

You are doing a great job, it's making it easier for me to answer questions as I spread the word. Ok, makes sense on the ICO. The only thing I ask (which was already addressed) is the next phase of funding doesn't undercut the guys that took the chance on investing earlier.

Question 4:

So the funds raised in the pre-sale and the ICO will be used to launch the Kickstarter. I'm with you on this so far.   Since all ~9 million tokens are already issued, what exactly are you selling during the kickstarter and how does that benefit existing token holders?

Scenario:

6 million sold during presale
3 million (slightly less) sold during ICO
What is offered during the kickstarter and how does that affect the presale holders.


Thank you very much for taking the time.

Great question and no worries 

So the KickStarter is in no way meant for crypto-currency enthusiasts. It is meant only for the mainstream consumer market and will be geared towards what they can understand. What is being offered is Sollars and Sense: Smart Money plus other gifts in exchange for their pledges. We will be working with the professional marketing companies to craft these gift tiers.

Consumers dont know anything about SOLCERTS or future DACs blockchains etc. And they won't unless they really want to. But most dont care about that aspect of this complex system. The only thing they need to know about is Sollars and Sense and how its working for their lives today on Sollywood TV. And that Bitshares various technologies are powering the system. Including the $ense.

And that is the unit they are buying into because they understand its going to help change their terrible Cable TV system. Put the final nail in its coffin so to speak. Americans want to see that VERY badly. All we need to do is convince them New Money can do it in the worst way 

The KickStarter is being made to achieve that mission. So if we are successful their pledges essentially funds the systems second wave demand for Sollars. Yours and other early investors are the first. And we will build from here. You can always just share the 1st or 2nd video of the SOLCERT series or the Kickstarter videos on the New Money page if people want to know. Hope this helps 

Happy to announce Tier 5 is now officially closed!

Thank you to all who are continuing to support this project. It is because of individuals like you that WE will succeed. Not me. WE. Remember to let everyone know about this Powered By Bitshares project. The more people know about this movement into the mainstream (with a currency your grandma understands) the better.

#LetsMakeSense #SollarsandSense #NewMoney #ThankYou

There's a lot to read, I apologize if I'm the only one with these questions.

1.The money raised from the presale feeds into the Kickstarter. I got that from the documents. Is the ICO the next step before the Kickstarter or is that the actual ICO?
2. What advantages do the presale people have over the ICO and Kickstarter?

Hello TravelAsia. No problem buddy.

1. Yes the ICO/ITO is before the KickStarter. The KickStarter is a separate publicity/costumer acquisition crowdfunder on the consumer side of what we are doing. This is the way we will begin our journey to consolidating a mainstream audience onto our platform. The ITO is for the crypto-audience and allows us to create a stellar story of a grassroots movement starting from the bottom and like Drake said Now we are here 

2. Price really and other possible loyalty stuff. But that is not guaranteed nor promised. For the most part it is price. Its the same as with Bitshares, Ethereum, and Bitcoin. The tiers are meant to mimic this. I bet the guy who bought a pizza with 6,000 Bitcoins is wishing he didnt today but the truth is he got lucky and got in when it was cheap but still made a stupid decision not to wait... I say that to say individuals should have patience. Just as Ethereum, we are going to go through major steps and transitions. This is not an overnight thing. No disruption of this size can be. But in the end we will try our best to reach a mainstream audience. And the chips will fall where they may.

#DontBeTheBitcoinPizzaGuy 

Watching now.

TravelAsia thank you for your continued support! That means a lot! Just for kicks here's a little story context of what your actions mean. If you can harken back to the good ol days of early 2014. A little big head wild-eye wonderbread boy name Vitalik did the unthinkable. He introduced a new impossible and never achievable idea. At least that was according to his many and obviously SUPERIOR minded skeptics.

For if they had not thought of this first, or did it first how really could he? That is correct. Many scoffed with haughty heads of what he could not achieve due to this and this and this and this and this and this and this but this and this and this oh you forgot this and MOST CERTAINLY THIS!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA!! This guy is obviously stupid. He's 19 of course he's stupid 

But then you see something strange happened... It was like that first spark in the dark. The great ripple that comes from that first drop in the calms of still water... That first frequency that creates the EPIC and everlasting noise of the Big Bang... That's right some started to say WHY NOT... If we all try this TOGETHER then why not... Those important people back then are you today. It was because of people like you that today Vitalik is sitting on a movement that may very well take on and surpass Bitcoin's market cap. That is important to understand. I will not achieve this... WE WILL ACHIEVE THIS TOGETHER through our shared resources and belief. That is the timeless nature of all things that succeed. Again thank you.

Sent another batch, hoping to hit tier 6.

Do you have an immediate marketing plans you plan to share? I'd love to hear you guys on some podcasts.

We have started our immediate "Official" marketing yesterday. If you go to our Explainer video on YouTube you will see our number of views has grown. Its just the beginning. I won't go into too many specifics but I can tell you we have a great marketing scheme about to begin to really get this project out in the mainstream. Three separate campaigns aimed at different audiences.

Reason why I won't get into specifics at this point is simply timing. All will be revealed in due time. We do have plans right now to do hangouts, podcasts, and popular shows many people know and love. And if you'd like to see this project on a specific show reach out to them and let them know about what we are doing. Hope this helps.

Finally I will get to everyone's responses. I'm watching this thread and will respond. Thank you for your patience