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* QR getMarked codes on product labelling? = easy smartphone etc. getMarking of a 'physical' product

* perhaps some form of other innovative off-line > online getMarking route? Amazon etc. send out complimentary vouchers with deliveries - a printed getMark 'voucher'?

Just thoughts... apologies if I missed reference to any of the above in the content - need to re-read to fully appreciate!

You may want to read http://getmarked.org/  

getMarked provides instant one click viral crowd funding for everybody in the world at web scale.

I am building a little list of people known to me who operate websites where I feel Get Marked would be a great feature and add value to their content.

I am also a member of a forum where although I have been inactive for some time but which is populated with some very successful site operators and speculators. They are always looking for an 'edge' and ways to add value to their services. I may not have sufficient forum privileges currently to post in the 'lounge' but the forum operator only lives less than 100km from me.

I will await developments prior to making the above content contact as I feel strongly that a cohesive 'joined up' approach is best.

 

Very interesting... 

Today there may be a significant addition to the Get Marked proposal. It is being reviewed by trusted peers now.

If the reply is that the proposal is sound, we will have to act quickly, and be prepared for a change in momentum and an unknown but positive impact.

I apologise for being vague at this time, you may want to monitor the thread for an update over the coming hours.

Get Marked Funding Goal: 0.7/8 BTC, with 0.75 BTC pledged.

Let us knowledge share, I know many languages but can only hack at python.

Build what you want to build, what you think may be fun. I will help, and others too.

I would be interested in helping out with building websites. I mostly do Python programming, but have dabbled in a lot of different languages. I built basic websites in school (as a design major), but as a self-taught programmer, I've always been concerned about making that leap to being responsible for security.

Yes to both, and some other things to graph our network and things like that.

Soon a prototype of GetMarked too.

Agree. We already have a site and the IPM pool frontend almost finished, I think. I'm sure Mark will give some feedback about it very soon.

This is a wonderful idea. May I suggest that you only do it for the following reasons.
1. to gain experience if you plan to be a web developer
2. around a subject you feel passionate about

If 2 is not the case, and 1 is, then I propose that you come on board with GetMarked and Bitmark, there are many websites which need created, and if you are learning I will be happy to spend time with you, provide support, and mentor where I can.

I foresee that many plugins and integrations will need created, and some companies will approach GetMarked to integrate it on their blog, website, forum. Or ask for freelancers to integrate it. It could be nice to start out a career being a specialist in an upcoming technology, with full references and support from them.

There will also be a need as I have said for people to take over and 'own' GetMarked, you could be one and start that journey now.

I am sorry in advance if this is not applicable to you perhaps it is applicable to somebody reading.


We can start with the popular ones and by demand, integrating each as we go. We must make them good so that maintenance does not become too high of an overhead.


I cannot improve what you have said, so I will bold and repeat it

Think of the millions of people who use wordpress being exposed to Marks/Bitmark for the first time.
It's like a faucet but for regular people who use the web.
Such a massive untapped market of people not into crypto, but this gives them a way to actually use crypto without downloading anything and not risking anything yet.

Here we have somebody who has truly understood what is proposed, thank you Este!


The beauty of crypto is that it is not geographically targeted, the 'price-tag' value of a BTM will be the same as for you. Because your investment is so large in proportion to your income, we can hope the rewards will be too.


What you say is true. We should consider our first impressions to the outside world, it would be nice to show them something like GetMarked, not a thread in the alternative currency section of this particular website

Can we reverse the situation and set unattainable targets? Then we can be featured on crowdfunding platforms but never receive any funds, free promotion and adoption.


Pedantry follows...

Technically the future of Bitmark is unlimited precisely because we do impose constraints. Bitmark should be light and fast and fit for purpose, a module which is designed to be part of larger existing systems, not separate to them.
Bitmark the encompassing project becomes wholly unconstrained, as it's focus is on integration and adoption.
By placing constraints and specifying what we will not do, we enable ourselves to do many things.

GetMarked is an example of this, by removing 'bitmark' the program from the equation we open the doors to widespread adoption of the bitmark the currency, and give ourselves time to create many nice clients each with it's own specificity.


Soon I will not need to reply, people are already saying what I would.

Get Marked Funding Goal: 0.6/8 BTC

I agree that Bitmark should strive to reach outside of this community, however to accomplish this we must first provide a site for people to view Bitmark. As we reach out to communities we want to direct them to a site outside of this forum.

IMO - Bitmark does need crowdfunding and exposure, just not through this medium.

Peoples 1st Impression of Bitmark, must be a lasting impression.

This open source company type thing is going to be new, so there's lots of discussion to be had on what directions can be taken and such. Payment processing is definitely going to be a factor at some point with GetMarked so there will be opportunity for money to be made. Even if someone else creates a 3rd party company that decides to process USD to GetMarked Marks they can corner that market early. A Bitmark BitPay is something too that will have demand, and if GetMarked is the first thing that people associate with Bitmark then having these types of infrastructure systems(where a lot of the profit comes from in Bitcoin for example) connected with GetMarked in one way or the other is going to be the easiest way for people to use Bitmark as a currency.

So basically what I'm saying is there should be a lot of money to be made on of something like this, either directly or indirectly. Once people start understanding that the Marks are actually real money things will get interesting. There is lots of questions and lots of discussion still to be had but there is a lot more opportunity here than just holding Bitmarks and having the value increase. Think of how much money has gone into Bitcoin companies this year alone from VCs, last number I heard was $250 million. The investors think that there's more money to be made selling gold picks in a gold rush. Infrastructure is key.

Instead of focusing on getting people who use Bitcoin to use Bitmark something like this goes directly to a wider audience and gets people using crypto without even necessarily realising it at first. But eventually when they can pay for their Nexflix subscription or something with Marks they got from their blog it might click that Marks are money.


Yeah, we should definitely hammer out some details. Mark already seems to have what he needs to do for the first stage of the technical part down in his head. We'll discuss this more in the thread here and also in IRC where we can post transcripts here as well.

For anyone interested who hasn't seen it yet: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=bitmark

It's late now where I am though so I'll be back tomorrow.  

Exactly, I said same before. Make it avaliable for people outside the Bitcointalk.org
Create campaign here http://coinfunder.com/ or here http://coinfunder.com/ or both.
Dev said that some % of donators BTC will be used as an investment for them, so they will get Bitmark in return. So such an campaign can be a first (or one of first?) in crowdfunding services that also will become an investment for every donator which is more attractive by definition.

Este Nuno is correct, Micro-payments & Micro-donations are one arena that Bitmark can and will dominate. The future of Bitmark is only limited by the constraints we impose on it...therefore, taking into account the substance found within the posts of our still young community, Bitmarks Future is Boundless

I understand that. And I agree. I've just prefered the crowdfunding was made on a proper platform, outside this thread, with visibility outside the community, with all the details, goals, timmings about the development process, aswell the funders rewards or prizes stated so everybody could understand what we're aiming and when should we expect to have the basic system ready to enter production stage. Like any other crowdfunding project, I mean

Also, don't forget that the future of GetMarked is totally open ended at this point and once the core is built the potential can really start being unlocked. As people get involved in GetMarked as a separate-but-linked system to Bitmark it might be able to be used to generate profits in other ways. See www.flattr.com for a similar example of some potential that can even be exceeded conisdering micropayments are the future of the web. And Bitcoin itself is a complete failure thus far in the microtransaction arena, and it's not going to get better anytime soon since transaction fees are just going to get worse.

Flattr has been funded 2.1m already by investors(http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/flattr ) so some smart people obviously see the potential that's there. Flattr removed the option to tip in bitcoin a while ago so the door is wide open right now.

The average production cost is 1 BTM = 10k Satoshi. data
50k satoshi's correlates to a network speed of 5.5GH/s, 1% of litecoin data


The same one since inception 18rai2ichzUfXG6PVmUQLNPqBjtctnVRAD

Este, I will reply to you shortly and I think it's a fabulous idea. I am happy to create plugin's for all major content management systems including any you may pick. The only language I don't know too well is python, but others will help with that.

Is there a BTC address to assist Mark with the BTC requirements of Get Marked?

Thanks

Not familiar with Ghost - took a look at Silver stripe a while back but didn't 'grab me'! A lot of UK Local Authorities use it I believe...

I actually really like Joomla but haven't used it for some time. Wordpress; well to me, WP is responsible for making much of the web look, well, Wordpressy! But the plugin is a 'must have', totally agree together with an embedded html option. Consolidation will have it covered...

If I think of anything I will shout.

I understand what you're saying here in general about it as an investment. But any investment in any part of Bitmark is supposed to go towards something that provides value for Bitmark overall. Which over time should increase the value of BTM. So anyone's ROI has to include their previous BTM holdings as they are inextricable. The more BTM one has the most interest they have in seeing it expand as they stand to gain the most.