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Everyone crying into their beers about the price?
It is pretty disappointing. Such a fickle realm is this crypto stuff.
But overall the price is being maintained at least ($US-wise anyway) on the back of this BTC rally that's savaging virtually all alts.
Price is, well, rather disappointing. Like many others my original investment has taken a bit of a tanking recently, but like you said most/all altcoins holders are in the same boat.
Anyway, back to Dash. I would like to say first I’m not a developer so I might be underestimating some of this…or even getting it completely wrong (so excuse my naivety). I would love to see things that would drive normal people and not just nerds to use Dash. Of course getting it into retailers etc is important but at the moment (I think) we should concentrate on what is currently our core...internet savvy users.
Ecommerce
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OpenBazaar
https://openbazaar.org/
A no-brainer and has been talked about multiple times. I think something like this is essential (although I'm unsure how we would go about doing this),
1) If it was forked, could it run on the MN network?
I’m guessing this would be a big job, then trying to keep up with the constant updates etc. If this was to happen I would suggest using both Dash and Bitcoin (instead of forcing Dash onto users, let them see the benefits first hand). Some people might not want to use Dash and that’s ok, no need to exclude anybody.
2) Getting Dash implemented by the OB devs
Again, I’m not sure how we would go about this, would monthly donations from the Budget proposal be enough?
Open Source Plugins
https://bitpay.com/bitcoin-for-ecommerce
I see bitpay has a ton of plugins which are no doubt very useful for people when accepting a crypto currency, could this be something we improve on and do this ourselves? Meaning the fee’s could be lower/free?
Social
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ChangeTip
https://www.changetip.com
Getting a changetip bot working on Reddit/Twitter/FB etc? Did wonders for other coins.
WeCollective (Decentralised Reddit/Forum)
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wecollective/we-collective-the-next-step-in-the-evolution-of-so
They never reached their goal on Kickstarter, but the project itself sounds interesting (again, would it be possible to host on the mn network?). Having users gain Dash for posting content would certainly be a unique feature. I’m not 100% sure if the Dash team would want to go down this route, would they be open to the headaches of a Social platform (DMCA Takedown’s etc). Or would the site run itself (it does suggest that).
Despite some of the problems that would inevitably arise, a free speech platform could become very popular very quickly. (Would be finally have a free and open /r/bitcoin and bct replacement?)
Edit - Perhaps I should explain my reasoning behind the OB / Social suggestions. We have miners earning dash as do people running MN's, it would be nice for the regular joe's of the world to earn Dash via selling things on OB or contributing to the WeCollective/Reddit/Forum.