Speaking of moving users from BTC to DASH. I was thinking we could address the bitcoin lack of nodes with an advertising campaign. Would it be possible to run bitcoin nodes, but instead of just letting standard transactions go through it adds a transaction with a note? Something like this.
DASH has Instantx - dashpay.ioLink for how to do it. Maybe this isn't something a node can do without actually initiating a transaction.
http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/31972/how-to-add-additional-information-to-transactionOr maybe add a banner to the bitcoin block explorers. So those that keep checking if their transaction is confirmed will see DASH as the faster alternative.
Why wait 10 minutes for a block confirmation? DASH has InstantX.I'm not sure demonizing doe-eyed Chinese Bitcoin investors' shiny new assets is the best way to attract them. You don't want to scare them all the way back to fiat.
Rather, the strategic thing to do right now would be to get them keen on diversifying their crypto portfolios without implying bitcoin is a risky investment compared to alts.
They already like bitcoin, but it is a safe, one-trick pony. When they get bored they'll be on the hunt for something "different" (not less risky) than bitcoin which offers more features and better short-term growth potential.
Lulls in bitcoin growth might be better times to promote Dash's long-term prospects by highlighting bitcoin's drawbacks, as this is most likely when investors start reevaluating their long-term positions. Its lack of full-node incentives, transaction speed limits, fungibility problems and impotent governance means bitcoin's long term future as a singularly powerful end-user world currency is uncertain. When investors are thorougly convinced that bitcoin really works now, but question its future adequacy as an ideal money for everybody--that's the time when Dash's superior monetary properties and killer features will become very attractive to them.
Anyway, I think bitcoin is still the gateway into alts I would not want to make new investors feel that bitcoin is unsafe. Dash still needs to ride its coattails for a while. In the meantime, we should be promoting dash's features in the light of "if you think Bitcoin is great, you'll LOVE Dash," and be careful not to stray too far to an image that says "bitcoin will collapse, you should sell it all and buy Dash."
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