Just wanted te give my own input on what tmc808 said. First I must say you seem to have much experience with the business side of things, and I think that's is something this project could really use. April (from BLOOM (see forum.biblepay.org)) is also someone who has a more PR-orientated view on things. While I think this project shows great promise from e technical and humanistic point of view, I also think it lacks in exactly the points you highlight.
1. What ideas do you have to revamp the image?
Thank you. I do believe the first thing to be done is stick to the gameplan. In 11 days a marketing campaign is supposed to kick-off that will greatly increase everyone's awareness of the BiblePay system. A full slide-deck should be developed that outlines the short term & long term goals clearly.
See:
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/deck-marketing-64930.htmlSlide decks are full of infographics and data optimized for "at-a-glance" viewing. BiblePay needs a substantial marketing deck to remove the people who come into the thread and make comments like "cchub" did on February 2nd:
I thought this project was a pure joke, but it looks legit. WTF! Can somebody please explain to me whether it is really legit or only a joke?
Their opinion is certainly valid, too?
Sure, but there are also many people who do not read the original post or dig into things, I agree infographics would help, Slide Deck sounds cool,
The roadmap laid about by Rob has been followed fairly well, but we have been reactive to issues as they pop up (fighting fires),
the roadmap has changed but has not been updated, and Im not sure if any marketing initiative is in the pipeline yet,
There have been constant issues with the Pool Rob has had to deal with, as well as bugs, security commits, etc
Proof of Loyalty (POL) came about to combat the potential botnet mining the coin:
https://www.reddit.com/r/BiblePay/comments/7s3g3y/proof_of_loyalty_staking/Proof of Distributed Computing (PODC) came about to replace cryptographic puzzle solving with science research:
https://www.reddit.com/r/BiblePay/comments/7uzqlb/proof_of_distributed_computing_cancer_research/POL is in Testnet, PODC is in development
Before this, this is what Rob said about his next goals:
https://twitter.com/BiblePay/status/950051016258543616So the roadmap is in fluctuation right now.
If anyone is interested to create a slide deck or interested to hire someone to create a slide deck, please jump on it!
Ive added it to the unofficial TODO list
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I must say that I don't know if sticking to the original roadmap is the best course of action at this point. A lot of unexpected things have popped up since this project was started (see Togo's points). This is nothing strange and part of most startups I guess. I like the idea of creating decks. I think new users must immediately be able to see what this project is about and why they should join. Thomas is going to work on a new website, and with the knowledgeable input of April and you, we might be able to get a really slick website from the marketing point of view.
Of course, the same 'house design' could be used to make the wallet and pool website look really inviting, and some programmers and/or designers could be hired to make this happen.
The Face - The accountability & pool site is akin to a green-screen wireframe graphic. It looks incredibly unprofessional and unrealistic. For some people, this is extremely off-putting. Not trying to be insulting, but I have had several very negative comments from people about the site, who are not otherwise negative. This image is a problem that for whatever reason the BiblePay team is not seeing--but it is there.
Rob knows the design is older looking, I dont think Rob is a designer,
If you know anyone who could help make the pool look better, or if anyone could hire someone to do that, that would be great, anyone want to jump on this?
Ive added it to the unofficial TODO list
I agree with the design of the pool being oldskool: it's functional but took me some getting used to. In the beginning, I also thought it to be a little 'tron-like', but maybe that's the difference between a full-on programmer and a designer.
The Code - The code and pool code work on the client end, but the pool end of it is not functioning for anything outside of the standard BiblePay site. One pool for all? This is a bit of a slip because at the same time people like Slovaks will have the ability to link their CPUs, there are other people without that ability until the tools are released. I understand you don't want the black hats to access the inner workings of the code but good always triumphs in the end. I've read the book, we win. Let's move forward. Occasional hiccups occur and we can all live with that, but this seems more like a very important function that is missing. I'm new to BBP and was shocked to find it was not already functional.
BiblePay has a unique algorithm that doesnt fit into the standard pools that are out there already,
We used to have a 2nd pool called MinersOfMen run by nsummy, but Im not sure what happened, I heard it closed down.