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Anonymous transactions would be useful in donations. Edward Snowden or Assange would benefit from this kind of thing. A currency that allows the world to support whistleblowers. It's one of the reasons why I first heard of btc. It's a bit risky but if darkcoin was used to donate to something like that it would make a splash. It's a very legitimate use for cryptocurrencies right now, today. It would get darkcoin on the map in a hurry.

A noble, worthwhile cause to donate support some funds towards... that would be the best marketing in my opinion.
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I have made good progress with the media list for Darkcoin. I'm confident I can handle this job in its entirety. Is there a chance of several Darkcoins as a bounty?!
I will donate if this isn't added to official donate thread.
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Hey guys very important!

http://www.reddit.com/r/DRKCoin/comments/206opt/lets_get_moolahio_on_board_the_drk_train/

Let's show Moolah that we're serious about  having darkcoin added

I've already tweeted at him, I suggest you do the same!



My Tweet:
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@moolah_io The only innovative altcoin, which so happens has more trading than all those combined on Cryptsy.... Long Live #DarkCoin!
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Sorry. Not be disrepectful....but who is he?
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Hey guys very important!

http://www.reddit.com/r/DRKCoin/comments/206opt/lets_get_moolahio_on_board_the_drk_train/

Let's show Moolah that we're serious about  having darkcoin added

I've already tweeted at him, I suggest you do the same!

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I have made good progress with the media list for Darkcoin. I'm confident I can handle this job in its entirety. Is there a chance of several Darkcoins as a bounty?!
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Does anyone know why the blockchain is all wonky? I was looking at the fundraiser address and couldn't find my donation. After comparing times I found it in http://explorer.darkcoin.io/tx/51b89879abdeaf32c6bded8303d42ea26e2e4513036da2b51fb3405ea2df8c1f#i0 but neither the from or to is correct and it says 86 when it was 75 which it also says.

Why is this blockchain so messed up even without darksend?
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lol am I the only one seeing DRK recover hilariously on its own? WTF.

wat

We were at 12xx yesterday and now we're at 149xx... Above vert and worldcoin on marketcap.

Too early to say anything. Day-to-day prices are mostly noise.

True.
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lol am I the only one seeing DRK recover hilariously on its own? WTF.

wat

We were at 12xx yesterday and now we're at 149xx... Above vert and worldcoin on marketcap.

Too early to say anything. Day-to-day prices are mostly noise.
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lol am I the only one seeing DRK recover hilariously on its own? WTF.

wat

We were at 12xx yesterday and now we're at 149xx... Above vert and worldcoin on marketcap.
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First draft of Darkcoin bounties

These are subject to change. Please suggest more and give me your feedback.

A quick explanation of how this will work: The "base bounty amount" is not the final bounty, it's a relative figure to make calculations easier. The base figure is adjusted depending on the actual donations we've received in the fundraiser. The "adjusted bounty amount" is what will actually be paid out.

TL/DR: Donate more, and all the bounties will go up!



*** PLEASE NOTE: Translation bounties will apply only to the new website, which is not yet launched! Expect it to be launched within a couple weeks. ***

https://i.imgur.com/q8CGGQF.png



Fundraising wallet: Xc8xGSP7FwWGPQpgw298z7NYdA8xJK8ooh

PM me your submissions with some kind of proof that it's your work. Some of these bounties are first-in-gets-paid, and some will go into a pool where the best will be judged to receive the bounty (these are marked as such below).

To be honest, I'm a little ticked that this started out as "Bounty pool for marketing and branding" and now it's just "Darkcoin bounties" including bug reports etc.  I'm fine with that for now, if that's what the funds are most needed for at this point.  

But at some point, we need a REAL marketing pool, and it shouldn't be just spent on these incremental increases in value.  It should be spent on something AWESOME.  Marketing is an art, you don't just pay out a couple hundred bucks to make a slightly better website or translate to an additional language.  At least, that's not ultimately the best use of funds when you're ready for mass adoption.  Right now, this thread has ~171,000 page views.  That's great for now.  A liberal estimate means maybe 200,000 people have heard of Darkcoin.  All it takes is one good marketing play... one single thing that stands out, and you get over 10 million people that have now heard about your coin.  Doge has no technical use whatsoever and is far less interesting than DRK, but a brilliant marketing idea like donating $30k to the jamaiican bobsled team generates over 10 million views.  We need to find our own crazy marketing idea.  I'm not sure what exactly that is, but something that fits DRK and will get 10 million views based just on one single marketing effort.  This doesn't have to cost much, but it will take a decent chunk of any marketing pool and be worth way more than the sum of all of these incremental updates.  It could be something like a billboard.  You can rent out a billboard for a month that displays digital ads in a high traffic area along the freeway for under $1000/month.  This probably isn't the best fit for DRK, but someone has to get creative and figure out what that is.  

I'd be willing to donate 5 to 10x my previous contribution to a marketing pool with a real marketing idea like this.

It’s not in the list of bounties but I think it’s essential we have the following as soon as possible to attract the interest of the media (I’m a journalist so I feel confident about this!)

1.   A considerable mailing list of journalists/newspapers/blogs, especially ones that have run features/news on Bitcoin in the past
2.   A suite of professional press releases (this should be an ongoing project with press releases sent at every milestone)
3.   One of the first releases should include a story about someone buying something anonymously with DRK. Most of the general news coverage about Bitcoin these days is either about security breaches at exchanges or merchants beginning to accept BTC/someone buying something unusual with BTC. We probably want the latter at the moment, with a focus on how the buyer was able to purchase anonymously

Sorry about harping on about media but I really want to see DRK succeed! I wrote an early draft media release which could be updated for the first release (http://pastebin.com/HjrXLCfg) and made a start at the mailing list (http://pastebin.com/DMWjmqG2)


I'd like to get Edward Snowden's endorsement of this coin. Maybe someone could write to him once the website is updated and he could begin accepting DRK.
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lol am I the only one seeing DRK recover hilariously on its own? WTF.
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My thoughts here. This is the order everything should take.

* Prepare PR strategy (raising funds for Snowden in DRK I thought was a brilliant idea. However, we could simply set a Google Alert for his name, and send out a relevant release to coincide with the latest round of coverage on him, as journos look to chip in with something original of their own. We can have set of carefully tailored quotes from the developer etc. ready for each possible scenario). Get everything ready, so we are primed to pounce when the time is right.
* Finish translations and or localised Wiki pages/translations for Spanish, French, Mandarin, Japanese, Russian. Maybe also German (although very technically proficient as a nation, we forget lot of people there don't speak fluent English), Dutch and Finnish (the last two are major early adopters of crypto-coins).
* More work on discussion fora
* Finish/launch DarkSend full version and Darkcoin website

At this point, we are now ready for a big marketing push. Why is it important to have translations ready first? Because if we're lucky enough to hit NBC, or BBC, then the story could be picked up worldwide, with translations on local blogs. It's imperative that when people in Russia or Argentina search Google/Yandex for Darkcoin, they will find a localised translation waiting for them online. That helps them to actually get started. Remember these people see the utility in Darkcoin. Doge is really just a speculative vehicle for the English-speaking world. Russians, Chinese, Japanese and Latin Americans won't be using Doge. That's critical and why I maintain that translations are essential.

However, the mechanics of Doge's promotional approach can still work for us. We want BIG coverage in US/UK media, and everything should flow smoothly from there, as the article will travel on its own. The big question is how precisely we do it.

I agree that a bigger expense on proper testing/validation from a big name in security would be well worth it. Or some form of backing from a top privacy advocate like Simon Davies/Privacy International (even if that is an implicit support, such as doubts expressed on Bitcoin's anonymity credentials).
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This is an interesting article. Wonder what the author would have to say about DarkSend?

http://www.zdnet.com/bitcoin-laying-the-foundation-for-a-real-world-skynet-7000027177/
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At long last I finished the one-pager for Darkcoin.

You can see the doc here:
http://wowgwow.com/Darkcoin-one-pager.pdf
http://wowgwow.com/Darkcoin-one-pager.docx

From experience, having all the most processed and digested info on one-page makes it very easy for journalists, bloggers, readers etc. to tap in. I believe this will make our marketing efforts much easier.

Since neither English nor technology are my first "languages", please feel free to rephrase anything.

My 2cents.

Awesome work, Chompy. Do you think you could swap out the V2 chart with the V3 chart?
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I had a marketing idea, figured I run it by here...

Since privacy is DRK's niche, how about we reach out to some VPN service providers and ask them to take DRK... on top of accepting DRK, they run a promotion that discounts the service which we could subsidize with marketing dollars.... They get exposure to the existing DRK community, DRK gets exposed to privacy minded individuals, and those individuals get a deal/incentive to adopt.

Sound like something?

Good idea once DRK has been open sourced and thoroughly vetted, but if it's adopted and subsequently breached in some fashion I think it severely damages both DRK and the VPN provider's credibility.

Good point, it would likely have to be timed where the promotion is part of "official darksend launch" or something to that effect so it acknowledges to those very valid concerns. The demo in question is the most likely sort to have those concerns as well.
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To be honest, I'm a little ticked that this started out as "Bounty pool for marketing and branding" and now it's just "Darkcoin bounties" including bug reports etc.  I'm fine with that for now, if that's what the funds are most needed for at this point.  

But at some point, we need a REAL marketing pool, and it shouldn't be just spent on these incremental increases in value.  It should be spent on something AWESOME.  Marketing is an art, you don't just pay out a couple hundred bucks to make a slightly better website or translate to an additional language.  At least, that's not ultimately the best use of funds when you're ready for mass adoption.  Right now, this thread has ~171,000 page views.  That's great for now.  A liberal estimate means maybe 200,000 people have heard of Darkcoin.  All it takes is one good marketing play... one single thing that stands out, and you get over 10 million people that have now heard about your coin.  Doge has no technical use whatsoever and is far less interesting than DRK, but a brilliant marketing idea like donating $30k to the jamaiican bobsled team generates over 10 million views.  We need to find our own crazy marketing idea.  I'm not sure what exactly that is, but something that fits DRK and will get 10 million views based just on one single marketing effort.  This doesn't have to cost much, but it will take a decent chunk of any marketing pool and be worth way more than the sum of all of these incremental updates.  It could be something like a billboard.  You can rent out a billboard for a month that displays digital ads in a high traffic area along the freeway for under $1000/month.  This probably isn't the best fit for DRK, but someone has to get creative and figure out what that is.  

I'd be willing to donate 5 to 10x my previous contribution to a marketing pool with a real marketing idea like this.

+1

I am thinking something to do with Edward Snowden might be interesting. If that story had just broke and we were raising funds for him in DRK it would be perfect. The bit about the DRK fundraising would have piggy backed on all the press about him. It's less topical now though. Maybe getting the Snowden Defense Fund to accept Darkcoin would be some news?

If there is ever an individual whose privacy is violated and it becomes national news, fundraising for them may work.

Evan said (https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.5184431) he would be speaking at the Cryptocurrency Convention on April 9th but don't see him on the speakers list. If there's anything we can do to support him in that or getting similar speaking opportunities I think it is the best use of funds/time in liu of a brilliant marketing idea.



Why try court so much controversy? It will bring negative headlines. The principle that any news, even bad news, is good for publicity? Maybe, but then you spend years trying to shake off the negative image - like bitcoin and silk road.

Why not go after a more positive approach - North Korean people being able to access online payment services thanks to darkcoin - that would be practically impossible, but that sort of thing.

I'll try and see if I can get Satoshi to move his bunch of BTC though DRK.  That would make the news Grin

+1
If the coin provides anonymity and it is well highlighted, those who need that feature whoever they may be will be attracted.
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I had a marketing idea, figured I run it by here...

Since privacy is DRK's niche, how about we reach out to some VPN service providers and ask them to take DRK... on top of accepting DRK, they run a promotion that discounts the service which we could subsidize with marketing dollars.... They get exposure to the existing DRK community, DRK gets exposed to privacy minded individuals, and those individuals get a deal/incentive to adopt.

Sound like something?

Good idea once DRK has been open sourced and thoroughly vetted, but if it's adopted and subsequently breached in some fashion I think it severely damages both DRK and the VPN provider's credibility.
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I had a marketing idea, figured I run it by here...

Since privacy is DRK's niche, how about we reach out to some VPN service providers and ask them to take DRK... on top of accepting DRK, they run a promotion that discounts the service which we could subsidize with marketing dollars.... They get exposure to the existing DRK community, DRK gets exposed to privacy minded individuals, and those individuals get a deal/incentive to adopt.

Sound like something?
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To be honest, I'm a little ticked that this started out as "Bounty pool for marketing and branding" and now it's just "Darkcoin bounties" including bug reports etc.  I'm fine with that for now, if that's what the funds are most needed for at this point.  

But at some point, we need a REAL marketing pool, and it shouldn't be just spent on these incremental increases in value.  It should be spent on something AWESOME.  Marketing is an art, you don't just pay out a couple hundred bucks to make a slightly better website or translate to an additional language.  At least, that's not ultimately the best use of funds when you're ready for mass adoption.  Right now, this thread has ~171,000 page views.  That's great for now.  A liberal estimate means maybe 200,000 people have heard of Darkcoin.  All it takes is one good marketing play... one single thing that stands out, and you get over 10 million people that have now heard about your coin.  Doge has no technical use whatsoever and is far less interesting than DRK, but a brilliant marketing idea like donating $30k to the jamaiican bobsled team generates over 10 million views.  We need to find our own crazy marketing idea.  I'm not sure what exactly that is, but something that fits DRK and will get 10 million views based just on one single marketing effort.  This doesn't have to cost much, but it will take a decent chunk of any marketing pool and be worth way more than the sum of all of these incremental updates.  It could be something like a billboard.  You can rent out a billboard for a month that displays digital ads in a high traffic area along the freeway for under $1000/month.  This probably isn't the best fit for DRK, but someone has to get creative and figure out what that is.  

I'd be willing to donate 5 to 10x my previous contribution to a marketing pool with a real marketing idea like this.

+1

I am thinking something to do with Edward Snowden might be interesting. If that story had just broke and we were raising funds for him in DRK it would be perfect. The bit about the DRK fundraising would have piggy backed on all the press about him. It's less topical now though. Maybe getting the Snowden Defense Fund to accept Darkcoin would be some news?

If there is ever an individual whose privacy is violated and it becomes national news, fundraising for them may work.

Evan said (https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.5184431) he would be speaking at the Cryptocurrency Convention on April 9th but don't see him on the speakers list. If there's anything we can do to support him in that or getting similar speaking opportunities I think it is the best use of funds/time in liu of a brilliant marketing idea.



Why try court so much controversy? It will bring negative headlines. The principle that any news, even bad news, is good for publicity? Maybe, but then you spend years trying to shake off the negative image - like bitcoin and silk road.

Why not go after a more positive approach - North Korean people being able to access online payment services thanks to darkcoin - that would be practically impossible, but that sort of thing.

I'll try and see if I can get Satoshi to move his bunch of BTC though DRK.  That would make the news Grin
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