As readers of this thread have seen, the NeuCoin Project has been ignoring the handful of trolls who have spent the time building these last 30 pages of nonsense.
Back in the real world, yesterday the NeuCoin beta was opened up to presale buyers. For readers here who are actually interested in learning about NeuCoin’s developments, below is a copy of the announcement we made on our forum (
http://forum.neucoin.org/).
NeuCoin Beta - with test coins - now open to all presale buyers Hi everyone!
Over the month of August, the NeuCoin beta using test coins has been gradually opened up to strategic angel investors and other key stakeholders. As of today, all presale buyers were invited to join. Within the next week, all beta participants will be given invite links so that they can invite more people.
Here are some of the key components of the beta:
- MyNeuCoin, our online wallet, was designed to be a “Coinbase meets Blockchain.info” wallet: meaning that it is as easy to use as Coinbase, but without actually holding users’ coins (ie, without having access to users’ private keys) like Blockchain.info. This is a first for an online wallet in the crypto-space, let alone any altcoin. Mainstream consumers will be able to manage their NeuCoins with just an email and password to access a super easy, intuitive interface. It will *feel* like they have an “account” with a service that holds and transacts their NeuCoins for them. In fact, MyNeuCoin has no access to users’ NeuCoins. All the information that MyNeuCoin presents to the users about their balances and transactions is derived from monitoring the NeuCoin blockchain.
- “Growth Accounts” on MyNeuCoin let users transfer their NeuCoins into long-term accounts (3 months, 1 year, or 5 years) and earn very large NeuCoin rewards on their deposits. What’s happening behind the scenes (though mainstream consumers wouldn’t need to know or care) is that they are contributing NeuCoins to a Proof-of-Stake mining pool, and keeping most of the rewards. This will be the first time in the crypto-space that regular consumers get to participate in mining. We think it will help convert casual NeuCoin users into long-term members of the NeuCoin community. Note that during the beta, the Growth Account time periods will be much shorter than they will be in the real service, a change made so that beta testers can try out the user experience.
- The NeuCoin source code will be published and client downloads will be released within the next week. With these resources made public, NeuCoin will be able to begin technical integration discussions with various exchanges. We are also looking forward to hearing feedback from NeuCoin watchers with the technical skills to evaluate our source code in conjunction with our White Paper - http://www.neucoin.org/en/whitepaper/.
We are happy about the progress made during the beta and excited to be opening it up to more people. We also want to thank our community for their patience. We recognize that we have been light in our communications for the past four months while we focused on development and testing. Now that the beta is open to all presale buyers, and soon their invitees, we’re looking forward to engaging in productive discussions here on the forum. There will also be more announcements from the NeuCoin team as we head towards final release of NeuCoin.
Here’s some more info on what is coming…
1. Next up… launch of NeuCoin!Upon launch, all presale buyers will be awarded their NeuCoins, which they can either manage through MyNeuCoin or by downloading their private keys. All free NeuCoins earned by taking surveys and giving feedback will be awarded within one month of the launch date and be subject to user verification. Because all NeuCoins owned by angel investors and founders have sale restrictions, they will be released to their owners slowly over time (e.g. 2% of holdings will be released at the end of each month for the year following launch).
2. Game-like faucet and quiz - GetNeuCoinTo be released in the first weeks after launch, GetNeuCoin.com will be the first of many game-like onboarding websites that lets mainstream users earn a few free NeuCoin in a fun and educational way. Tied to referral programs and marketed to regular users outside the crypto-sphere, GetNeuCoin will put a small amount of NeuCoin in the hands of a very large group of people - while qualifying them in the process.
3. ExchangesDuring the beta, NeuCoin will be able to share its source code and client downloads with various exchanges to allow them to prepare for listing NeuCoin. Our goal is to be listed on at least 2 to 3 exchanges within one month of launch and many more over the coming year.
4. Microtransaction solutions for games, tipping and premium contentFollowing launch, NeuCoin will roll out solutions for easy microtransactions (1 cent to 1 dollar) in applications like games, tipping and access to premium content - with user acquisition fueled by freemium distribution of NeuCoin.
NeuCoin has decided to make online/mobile games its top priority, with releases starting in the first months after launch. As a first step, NeuCoin is already developing two prototype online/mobile games based on popular, generic games (more details coming soon) that will demonstrate how NeuCoin can be incorporated into game experiences - giving out free NeuCoins as a reward for playing, winning, leveling up, etc. Having a meaningful user base of NeuCoin-holding players will be an important leverage point as we work with leading game publishers with large existing user bases to integrate NeuCoin.
In addition to the gaming vertical, NeuCoin will also be rolling out solutions for tipping and ad-free premium content (pay-per-view, ad-free and micro-subscriptions) in the months following launch. Much more information on NeuCoin’s microtransaction strategy and plans can be found on our Strategic Plan at
http://www.neucoin.org/en/wiki/.
Thank you all for your help and support of the NeuCoin Project!