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Offline yellowecho

Blockchain name: Bitshares Music
Blockchain units: Votes
Artist Issued Assets: Clubs

This should be relatable for music fans.. clubs as an asset class because it relates to a "fan club" and votes as a unit so all fans can "vote" on the direction of the "club".  It basically decentralizes fan clubs and incentivizes fans to be active in the project.  It's also an interesting direction because fans in the club could cash in their votes for tangible products like performance tickets, merch, downloads, etc. 

Correct me if I'm wrong but it seems like this could potentially help alleviate issues with bands not being properly paid by venues too... "Vote for our band to play ___ music hall!"  Similar to kickstarter, if enough votes are collected then the band could pay the venue for the stage and pocket the rest!

As a musician, I'm really looking forward to this project!  Fundraising for studio time, production, promotion, distribution, etc would be sooo helpful.  Bands currently use kickstarter which is fine but it doesn't empower or incentivize fans for their time and money.. and it's inflexible in its "prizes".
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Blockchain units:  Notes
Artist Asset :  Riffs or Vibes  (eminemRiff  RhiannaVibe)

so many notes on that Riff

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Blockchain units: Riffs
Artist Asset: Vibes

so many Riffs on that Vibe

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Yes, I think 'shares' might be troublesome. Even 'notes' has a legal connotation, though it's more of a civil law term, so probably less of interest to the government than to private parties (such as promissory notes, which are often called notes). For better or for worse, I think we should stick to 'play money' terms until regulations become clearer. The ideal terms would be some happy mixture of descriptive (e.g. coins) and fun (e.g. chips).

I do like 'slices'. Some other cool synonyms: chunks, doses, drags, bites, plums, whacks, rations, fragments, scraps, shreds, portions, atoms, flakes, slivers, drops, splinters, snippets, morsels, snatches. I'd like to buy some snatches, please.

For more playful terms (for 'shares' or artist-issued assets), how about jangles, jams, bling, skins, assets, dinero, hoohas, wampum, gravy, bread, scratch, chips, chords, riches...

Then there are the traditional 'coin' alternatives: bucks, bullion, reserves, mints, etc.

The concept of 'building blocks' might offer another metaphor: units, blocks, frames, bricks, parts, etc.


How about "vibes" for artist-issued assets? That seems to go well with Arabic numbers (Artist X's ranking increased today by +100,000 vibes... list of top movers for the day and the week, etc.). The term 'vibe' also has at least some connection with the whole music theme of the DAC.

On a side topic--if using the word "share" is problematic from a regulatory perspective, maybe "stake" or "claim" would be better. Users would probably be more excited if the language makes it clear that they're participating financially as stakeholders and can "buy in" and "cash out" sometime in the future. On the website they can be given options to "buy a stake", "sell a stake", etc. Also, instead of using the byline "Own your share", perhaps "Stake your claim" or "Claim your stake" would cause fewer regulatory problems?

The interview with Eddie and cob was really good stuff, quite heartening and informative. Can't wait to see the website...

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Lets just call them 'votes'... how many 'votes' do you have, would you like to buy some of my 'votes'?
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Will there be various types of artist issued assets, i.e. for artist, song and album?
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Yes, I think 'shares' might be troublesome. Even 'notes' has a legal connotation, though it's more of a civil law term, so probably less of interest to the government than to private parties (such as promissory notes, which are often called notes). For better or for worse, I think we should stick to 'play money' terms until regulations become clearer. The ideal terms would be some happy mixture of descriptive (e.g. coins) and fun (e.g. chips).

I do like 'slices'. Some other cool synonyms: chunks, doses, drags, bites, plums, whacks, rations, fragments, scraps, shreds, portions, atoms, flakes, slivers, drops, splinters, snippets, morsels, snatches. I'd like to buy some snatches, please.

For more playful terms (for 'shares' or artist-issued assets), how about jangles, jams, bling, skins, assets, dinero, hoohas, wampum, gravy, bread, scratch, chips, chords, riches...

Then there are the traditional 'coin' alternatives: bucks, bullion, reserves, mints, etc.

The concept of 'building blocks' might offer another metaphor: units, blocks, frames, bricks, parts, etc.



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I think we may be better off leaving bips exclusive for bank and exchange chains.

I think notes are best fit for artist issued assets.
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Which would you use for which?

Notes for the Blockchain Units? Or Notes for the artist issued assets.

Do you buy MetaliccaNotes with Something coin?
Or do you buy MetallicaCoins with Notes?
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1. BIP, just like bitshares x
2. LyraAsset. Just like a star, another star, and another star and all a Lyra.
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Offline bobmaloney

Ugh.

Well, coins are already synonymous with blockchains, so...

Coins and Notes?
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Offline bytemaster

Perhaps Decentralized Autonomous Clubs with Slices. 

I think calling things shares, corporations, etc may draw unwanted attention and confusion.   As much as I love the analogy.
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Blockchain units: shares

Artist issued assets: notes
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Blockchain units: __________________  This is the currency our platform is going to use. EVERYTHING will be price in these units.
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"Notes" would be the obvious choice for this, as it relates to musical notes.
Notes is also a slang term for that old money they had before crypto - referring to bank notes!
It'd be kind of ironic don't you think?
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Hey  everyone.

Need some of your creative brain juice!

Fill in the blanks.

Blockchain name: Bitshares Music
Blockchain units: __________________  This is the currency our platform is going to use. EVERYTHING will be price in these units.
Artist Issued Assets: __________________ This is coin or token the artist sells to his fans to fund his career. Those assets need a family name. For example, RihannaCoin, EminemCoin, XzibitCoin, OneRepublicCoin, those would all be ____________. Just like a tree, another tree, and another tree and all a Forest.

So two things I need your input on. The unit of the Music DAC and the family name of the Artist Issued Assets.

Thanks!
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