well xcp offers function despite from send doesn't it? if these functions offer value for the cryptoworld why shouldn't the prices rise? this argument holds true for maybe 4-5 altcoins, xcp is definetely one of them.
Yes, there are only about 4 to 5 second coins that bringing some innovation to the table (out of field of 150) and XCP is definitely a strong contender in that space.
Its much like what coin markets will later adopt, open source non hype coin what have show strong development potential already in first few month or some of others hype coin what i think have really strong marketing campaigns later
I'm not a fan of the anti-marketing sentiment that I've seen in this thread over and over.
Aggressively marketing, pushing for listings on exchanges, reddit campaigns, media involvement will grow the community, increase trading volume, increase XCP price, and attract asset issuers to the platform.
Nobody cares how technically advanced or well developed a crypto is if no one is trading it or using it.
I agree with some of the things you say, but I have a couple counterpoints.
Is it fair or wise to have Counterparty listed on other exchanges after the recent issue we experienced? While new exchanges will pump up trading volume and get the Counterparty project out to more potential users, it is a risk for the project and our potential partners. The core development team has
retained two of the top ten people in the world to independently audit the Counterparty codebase. Lets wait for that to progress a bit and protect the project as well as our future partners by being patient and improving the codebase before pursuing mass adoption.
I'm not sure what a Reddit campaign is. Are you referring to a paid advertising campaign or simply making Counterparty posts in various subreddits? I don't see a paid marketing campaign as being a positive addition to current efforts at this time. If there are posts that relate to Counterparty on Reddit, all of us should be answering questions and addressing concerns there and anywhere else we can. Spamming links to Counterparty.co and this thread will probably not have the desired result and it's something I will personally avoid.
More media involvement would be great. I assume that the security audits will be interesting to a number of news outlets. There are other things in the pipeline that are also interesting, such as Counterwallet. If anyone has contacts with digital currency media, please let me know. We are, of course, reaching out to media on our own and I am not implying that we are simply waiting around hoping something happens.
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Some additional thoughts that I have regarding moving Counterparty forward.
Moving project strategy and technical discussions to the Counterparty forums and using this thread to address questions from people who are new to Counterparty would be helpful. Do you think your post will encourage new users to buy XCP? People come to this thread looking for information most likely. I don't think they care about either of our views on project marketing tactics or a discussion on something very technically related. Not to say either of these things are unimportant, just that this is not the place for it.
New users probably want to know simple things and to have simple questions answered by a polite and efficient community. Growing the community starts right here in this thread. Forwarding the project and working collaboratively on Counterparty should be done at Counterparty.co so that we can keep our
most valuable and visible marketing asset as clean and as welcoming as possible.
Donations of time and money are beneficial.
