Sounds great! I am sure sometime soon in the future the fiat-Kobocoin exchange issue will be resolved because almost all coins face this same problem, I am sure it's only a matter of time before a universal Fiat-coin exchange is launched. Meanwhile you are doing a great job. I wonder though, since Kobo is tarageted at Africa, perhaps it's best to finetune the kobocoin mobile wallet to crypto and mobile money news stories in the region, perhaps you could sometimes edit some articles or upload your own articles in which you mention why Kobocoin provides great solutions when it comes to issues raised in those articles. That way you are building and educating a market which makes mass adoption easier in the long run. Just my two satoshis, I think it's a great idea, will definitely download the mobile wallet once you have got it going. Also maybe a chatroom on your website where Kobo users can help each other out and share ideas etc. might also be a good idea.
Thanks! That's the plan (the news being fine tuned for crypto and Africa, though not only). I'll also write some pieces, and I will get some proper marketing out there. I'll look into getting a kobo forum on the website once the new wallet is released.
There's a lot going on in finance, especially now that Apple Pay is out hoping to take over the world. A lot of banks are getting into crypto as well, but the systems they're looking into building seem to be so intrusive that I believe they'll end up being worse than the current credit system. The principles behind what they're trying to achieve sound promising, but just wait and see what happens when you try to transfer money abroad with these new blockchain (cashless) systems. Their restrictive practices will encourage/push people to find an alternative. We need to make sure we're still here with good reliable systems when that time comes.
Great, a forum would be awesome. Apple Pay is just a handy app but crypto has far more features and advantages. Especially in Africa there seems to be a problem with banking in particular, it's much better for the inhabitants of that continent to rely upon a decentralized financial and monetary system in order to rule out the many problems that plague the continent (corruption, inflation, robbings, no interest over savings, etc.). Kobocoin has the additional advantage of being more easily accessible for the regular Joe than credit card systems for example. Crypto has far more advantages than any other payment or monetary system, especially in Africa. I think 95 percent of all altcoins are crap, but Kobocoin in my opinion belongs to the 5 percent of altcoins that can possibly become a huge success.
Can't wait for the articles and the forum, will definitely join that forum once it's online. The future of crypto is still a little foggy, but I am sure you have a mental final destination captured in your mind, you just got to take steps in that direction and expect unexpected new technological innovations and developments to guide you along and make the journey easier for you. So yeah I'd say stick to the global plans you have in mind and in the future let technology fill out the details for you.
