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Pesa - Plans and Ideas
Twitter
To start off the twitter campaign, we’re going to go with another giveaway. Since the last one was attempted amidst the syncing troubles of the version 1.0 wallet, we think it appropriate that we do a full and uninterrupted giveaway to make up for it. The funds will come from the community donations, as well as some of my personal holdings.
In addition to a Pesa giveaway, I’d like to incorporate some type of contest with a large Pesa prize for the winner. Possibly a twitter contest where the winner is decided by seeing who can get the most retweets/favorites for a Pesa related tweet in a certain amount of time. That is my idea, although I’m sure the community will have others.
Another option is to sponsor certain Twitter users to consistently tweet about Pesa. These users will be rewarded with Pesa depending on how popular their tweets are, and whether they create new interest in the project. This may go hand in hand with a type of referral system, where users are rewarded in Pesa for bringing new members to the community on Bitcointalk.org or the IRC channel.
It has also been proposed that prior to any further organized Twitter campaigns, we first implement a Pesa branding overhaul, and use the Twitter campaign as vessel for the new and aesthetically improved Pesa.
Branding
There has been some support shown in the forum for a Pesa rebranding, along with a website revamp. The website is a feasible goal, and we’ve started working on some designs for an updated site. A full rebranding has the possibility to be detrimental (for example, if we change the logo, exchanges and other services might not all be switched at the same time, causing confusion) However, it is really up to the community. If there is enough support for a new logo, then we will deliver a new logo.
One possibility is that we vote on the type and extent of the rebranding. One way to accomplish this is to incorporate a standard survey-styled voting process, using a third party service, to determine which course of action is the most popular. Another option is to emulate the crowd-funding inspired smart contract system that we are working on for Pesa. To do this, we would just set up a number of Pesa addresses, each labeled with a different course of action, and whichever gets the most funding is the one that is chosen.
These are my two ideas, but any others are welcome for discussion in the thread, or during one of our IRC sessions.
IRC
The Pesa IRC channel was a great idea that was put together by ‘anticlimax’, a longtime supporter of Pesa. To date, we have had one formal Q&A session, as well as a few other informal chats amongst community members. It has been proposed that we can set up a weekly or twice-weekly time slot to do formal discussions on the irc channel about Pesa, with me and the other team members.
Before I assign an arbitrary time to do this, however, I’d like to see what the community thinks is an optimal time. As far as my personal schedule goes, Tuesday’s, Thursdays, and the weekends are when I am the least busy with classes and such.
Another IRC development is the possible incorporation of an IRC tip bot. JakeThePanda pointed out that most well established and successful coins have a large number of participants in their respective IRC channels. A tip bot might bring more interest in our channel by providing a new layer of interactivity between members. With a tip bot we can organize IRC-based games, betting, transaction-related proposals, and increase the general sociability of the community.
Skype
A Skype chat group was proposed by JakeThePanda, and I think that this is a great idea. Like the IRC channel, it gives us an opportunity to communicate as a community on a more frequent and personal basis. The advantage to Skype is that it works very well on mobile, and I will be able to respond to it at almost any time, versus only when I’m at a computer.
All of the above is open for comment and discussion, as well as revision, by the community. This is the rough roadmap/proposal for the next steps of Pesa's social framework. I'd like to get a discussion going about these aspects in the time until Enigma is implemented.
. I would like to get involved if support is needed. I love this coin, idea, and branding.
