Topic: Daily Adoption Action Plan (Updated daily) - page 2. (Read 5280 times)

I don't like the idea of some random daily actions. Even if this daily action thread gets massive support from forum members, it won't be effective.

So you edited OP today and changed it to (I'm stripping colors):


There was a totally different agenda here yesterday and there will be another different one tomorrow.

Now imagine company like Zynga that gets a sudden flash-mob-like attack of comments to support bitcoin. They see 2,000 comments in the thread and they might think “wow, there must be something in that”. But then the thread barely lives one day after and totally dies two days later. Now they think “WTF? Thousands of people were supporting this idea yesterday but one day later everyone lost their interest? This must have been some stupid flash-mob-like prank”.

And it will be like that with any action. Getting an official ISO 4217 currency code or convincing any large company to implement bitcoin support require lots of sustained lobbying. One-day flash mobs won't make a difference.

The largest single impact most of us can make is by spending some bitcoins every week. Spend them on something legal too. Buy something from an individual and tell others about how great the experience was. Buy something, anything, from a legit company offering wares for bitcoins. Gyft.com, reddit, and wordpress, are few that come to mind. I like gyft.com. There is something on there that you are going to buy this week anyway. Why not spend some coin?

I love the OP's idea of contacting companies to let them know you are interested in purchasing their wares for bitcoins. How about contacting your favorite locally owned restaurant about accepting bitcoins? What about other locally owned small businesses that you frequent?

Sell something on this board today for bitcoins. Use escrow. Don't scam. It hurts the community to do otherwise.     

If every member purposed to spend at least $20/week in bitcoins on things they would otherwise buy with plastic or paper anyways; it will go a long ways toward adoption by the masses. Big companies often follow the small ones. We just don't hear about it until a major player boards the ship. 

I don't like the idea of some random daily actions. Even if this daily action thread gets massive support from forum members, it won't be effective.

So you edited OP today and changed it to (I'm stripping colors):


There was a totally different agenda here yesterday and there will be another different one tomorrow.

Now imagine company like Zynga that gets a sudden flash-mob-like attack of comments to support bitcoin. They see 2,000 comments in the thread and they might think “wow, there must be something in that”. But then the thread barely lives one day after and totally dies two days later. Now they think “WTF? Thousands of people were supporting this idea yesterday but one day later everyone lost their interest? This must have been some stupid flash-mob-like prank”.

And it will be like that with any action. Getting an official ISO 4217 currency code or convincing any large company to implement bitcoin support require lots of sustained lobbying. One-day flash mobs won't make a difference.

Today's Plan (updated 5/24/13):
Let's ask Zynga to support Bitcoin!

I made this thread on their feedback forum, please voice your support: http://www.zyngaplayerforums.com/showthread.php?1804691-Please-allow-payment-with-Bitcoin

I also found this email for Zynga through gethuman.com: [email protected]

This is a great idea, I'm on board 100%   

I think if the concept catches on, a dedicated website would be something good to look into.

And perhaps less frequent task changes, every few days or something? Just to allow a larger number of participants for each activity

What the fuck is wrong with BTC?

The ISO 4217 currency codes are an international standard way to refer to currencies. They consist of three letters, written all caps. For currencies issued by nations, the first two letters are a code for the country, and the third letter represents the currency issued. Example national currencies are the USD (United States, Dollar), GBP (Great Britain, Pound), or JPY (Japan, Yen). Non-national currencies are designated by an X (no nation) followed by a two letter code. This can be precious metals, such as XAG (Silver), XAU (Gold), or XPT (Platinum). It can also be international currencies, such as XAF (African Francs), or XCD (East Caribbean Dollars).

Many people have been using the code BTC for bitcoins, which is clearly wrong. There exists a currency BTN (Bhutan, Ngultrum); BT is the country code for Bhutan. BTC, by the code rules, stands for Bhutan Colones, or Bhutan Crunchies, or Bhutan Calafragilistics. BTC is not Bitcoins.

The rules are pretty clear. Bitcoins are not issued by a nation state, so the code should start with X. BitCoins is comprised of two words, so we can abbreviate that BC. So we should use, and ask for international recognition of, XBC. XBC = (Non-national currency) BitCoins.

This code is for use anywhere the official international codes are used. Exchanges should adopt this code immediately, and stop using BTC. For example, "The current exchange rate is 14.15 USD/XBC." Or "Please send payment of 456.78978466 XBC to the following address."

That being said, in an informal setting you can still use the abbreviation "btc" or "Btc" (lower case, to avoid confusion). I realize this is an uphill battle for implementation since the incorrect use of BTC is spread through the entire bitcoin community, but we need to change this NOW while the community is still small rather than later.

If bitcoins do well, in the future we may have very small prices for items and people will want to use millibitcoins or microbitcoins for convenience. (Reminder: 1 satoshi is 0.01 microbitcoin.) I propose using the terms mBC for millibitcoins and µBC for microbitcoins (use uBC if you can't type µ (mu)).

IN SUMMARY: Everybody, please stop using the abbreviation BTC and pretending it is a good international abbreviation, and start using XBC to refer to bitcoins.

EDIT: As was pointed out later in the thread, XBC is already claimed, so I am supporting XBT instead.
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Ares, good initiative.

I have explained in earlier threads why an ISO currency code would accelerate Bitcoin take-up, and make it a harder target for jealous CBs to attack.

So this action activity is an in-house one. It is to ask the Bitcoin Foundation to lobby SIX Standards to register an ISO code.

Getting Bitcoin the ISO code XBT, where 1 XBT = 100 satoshi, or 1 miilion XBT = 1 BTC is most effective. It means that bitcoin amounts are easily stored in all the worlds accounting and FX systems.

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