If you have the time, you should go check out the threads for some of the other alt coins. It can be pretty interesting. Some are filled with bashing, some with goofiness, some with super seriousness, some with lament over the price of the coin. But the ones that have a prayer of surviving all have a a couple of things in common: a working dev and a core group of supporters who ignore the noise, come up with new ideas, answer questions for newbies, and generally look for ways to support the coin and move it forward.
In other words, they're a lot like us.
This illustrates 2 things to me.
1) We're doing the right stuff!
2) We're not alone. There are a lot of other dedicated people out there working towards the success of their own favored coins so we can't slow down.
How can you help?
- Advertise and promote SmartCoin anywhere you can, as long as it isn't considered rude. (So don't just start spamming another altcoin thread with SmartCoin propaganda) Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and on and on and on. Add a link to Smartcoin's OP in your signature. We need to recruit new people to expand our base, pump the network, enliven the market, and offer new ideas. The more, the merrier, except Atlantis And honestly; if he stopped being a dick, I'd even welcome him back.
- Use the new tipbot. Tip some people an SMC or 5 or 10 if you read a great post ANYWHERE on Reddit. If you want to see how amazing tipping can be for a community, check out Dogecoin's subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/dogecoin/
- If you're creative (as quite a few here are), keep coming up with new ideas, images, promotions, etc. For one thing, it keeps the thread interesting and fun and alive. But it also helps generate more ideas, which in turn create even more. We've already seen some of the things proposed here become a reality, such as Kimoto's Gravity Well. What's the next great idea going to be?
- If you are in a financial position to buy more SMC, consider buys when the price looks right to you. It helps with market volume and, of course, you get more coins.
- No matter what - everyone should mine, Mine, MINE! Even if you have some beatup old card somewhere that can only output 20 khs, use it We m u s t have hashrate.
- Try not to worry about the price right now. Or now. Or now. Make a decision to commit whatever number of SMC you are willing to commit and then let them ride for a period of time that works for you. 1 month, 4 months, 12 months, whatever. Think about the early participants in BTC and where they are today. Please understand, I am NOT suggesting that SmartCoin is the replacement for Bitcoin. I just mean that sometimes good things take a long time reach their full potential.