Chancecoiners,
I'm very happy to see the active discussion about marketing and promotion.
I just want everyone to know that CHA is not dead and CHA will not die. Venetian and I are both very invested in the coin. My address is 1EyHoCsDucQzWghwnMkeDHpn195EMkezFY and Venetian's is 1JAKTkPAuzbi3m9LopdiPCdviexqXiLFGA. We own 15.1k and 13.4k CHA respectively, and we will not be selling on an exchange any time soon. We both believe CHA is worth at least $10M USD in total market capitalization, and we would hesitate to sell any CHA even at that valuation. In fact, in a few years, I think we'll all be laughing that I at one point suggested a valuation so small.
We created Chancecoin for a number of reasons. One of those reasons is that we want to make money on it. But the biggest reason we created Chancecoin is that we believe a fully decentralized casino is something that just ought to exist. We are invested in the coin and the idea, and we will do whatever it takes to make sure Chancecoin is the coin we're all happily gambling with on the moon in twenty years time, when cryptocurrency has completely replaced fiat.
Venetian and I have been working on new single-player casino games that we hope to have ready soon. Here's a screenshot of the poker game we're working on:
![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FN7gtUu7.png&t=591&c=5SMz27se5WPYDw)
In order to get it work, we've had to make some protocol-level changes that will make it easier to add more games in the future. In terms of a priority list for future development, we're currently looking at:
- Single-player casino games (poker, blackjack, roulette, color wheel, etc.) -- this is what we're currently working on.
- Sports betting -- we're also watching the development of Countersports as we eye this market.
- Stock price betting
Note that for sports betting and stock price betting, there is some question about how we would implement it, how decentralized it would be, etc., but let's save those discussions for the future.
It's true we've been doing more developing than marketing lately. I think the development work and innovation is very important, but it's also important for us to start marketing and promoting now. We do have some ideas of our own, but we also readily admit that we might not be the best people when it comes to marketing skill. We would love for the community to step up here. Whether that means we all chip in and hire someone, or we all chip in with our own skillsets, let's get it done.
Venetian and I are pledging 250 CHA to get the ball rolling. Our plan is to release the single-player casino games in the coming weeks, and then launch a promotion to get people gambling more. We strongly believe that if there is genuine gambling action happening on Chancecoin, then the value of the coin will increase. The promotion will probably be: 250 CHA to the biggest winner for the month of July.
Here's what I see as our community todo list for marketing and promotion:
Social media -- Front page of Bitcoin sub-reddit, Hacker News- Get on exchanges --
Poloniex, Bter, etc. Get on Coinmarketcap- Get on blogs and Internet publications -- CoinDesk, TechCrunch, etc.
- Get in major newspapers -- let's aim for the New York Times, which should be doable if we spin it right
- Promotions to encourage gambling
- Bitcointalk signature campaign
- Faucet
What do you all think? Let's make this happen as a community.
Magician