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Then of course, I understand your point too - at some moment (and this moment is very close), this project will need the ones who will promote it, increase awareness, spread the word and actually find the ones who will use the capabilities offered by EK and friends. This would probably need to go out of the small crypto universe as well, out to the real business world (like IOTA does).
And also your another point is very valid - the
security is something this project misses the most. I mean it is based on few people, one of which is practically always absent, and (who knows..?) can disappear any moment with all the BTC invested, and the second one, while being a brilliant developer, already speaks of getting a real-life job..
. That's not very reassuring, to be honest
Yes, at some point, we will need good marketing. This is not about making XEL holders rich, this about making this project actually happen.
Having good PR would mean:
- Miners would be drawn to the project
- Those who would want to use Elastics services become aware of it
- Developers become aware of the Elastic Project and become interested in participating
I think it would adviasable to put some bounties out there for PR work. I don't mean signature campaigns, bounties for blog posts or stuff like that, I mean developing a corporate identity, posting ads and so on.
A real foundation needs to be built, with multiple reputable people, both holding the funds and working together... This could make this project shine, like a real diamond.
Well, you are free to do so
I'm not saying I'm innocent here, but the Elastic Project has a lot of "there should be"s, "someone could"s and so on. There are very few people to actually act upon it.
I think, we need a plan what is going to happen with the funds. Which task is worth how much, stuff like that. Dangle some BTC in front of people's faces, and they will flood this thread. Did that sound too harsh? Well, you get what I mean.