Topic: [NEM] NEM -New Economy Movement - No Envy Movement - Updates+Discussion thread - page 107. (Read 661498 times)

In order for NEM to succeed it needs to have services,  merchants need to accept NEM. If you have a business then accept NEM. NEM needs to be in the hands of as many average joes as possible,  so give NEM away for free to them, what's the point of telling them to trade one type of currency for another?  Give them a small amount so they can see how easy it is to use. Maybe setup a online "store" for them to buy NEM merchandise ie: hats, buttons,  stickers,  coffee mugs.
Cryptos need to grow outside of the crypto community in order for it to succeed.

nem community has been very strong.

Don't worry, a lot of great things will come, some of these things are being prepared right now.

I think people will be a bit amazed once the snowball will begin to roll.

Stakeholders structure is complex, So in guiding them to participate in marketing activities, the need to specify the marketing direction determination, help to improve the enthusiasm of all stakeholders.

I want to participate, although I am not a really active user. So use me if you want 

We are looking for emerging stakeholder activists that can work independently  but also along side with the core team. Win the heart of 75% NEM stakeholders then you can be bigger than the core development team ;-)

As it is conceptualized the core team will primarily focus on NEM technical aspects and some key element of marketing. Most of marketing effort would be left to stakeholders so stakeholder activism is very important. I believe in stakeholder involvement, decentralized marketing and grassroot contribution. These would be the key to NEM eventual success.

+1,

The discussion of wanting to get rid of fiat is not one worth having.  EVERYONE is on the same page.

We need to discuss how to make NEM grow.

I think we should build upon the strength of NEM and that is the distribution.

This wasn't "fairly" distributed only to people who invested in mining equipment.

It wasn't "fairly" distributed to only 20 something stake holders.

It is something new and different.  We have 3000 unique stake holders minus a few duplicates that slipped through.

We need to build on that reputation.  Distribution !  Lets distribute it further !

How is THIS accomplished?  No one wants to give up too much of their stake.  That is understandable, but this the "New Economy Movement".  It is meant for everyone.  Not select people who invested in mining equipment.  Not few who got in early.  Lets grow on this strength.

If we could make a phone app and give away 1k NEM to every phone # who installed it, I would easily donate 10 maybe 20% to this.

Maybe this app could be tied into some GPS utilizing game ?  Lets get the name out there and get wallets that work for anyone at any time.  This does not need to be an internet currency.  Lets do something different.  NXT asset exchange is neat, but NEM doesn't need to compete with that for now.  NEM needs to win hearts and minds.  Lets do that first !

So, uhm, why do you believe in crypto currencies then? 

Jep! This would be awesome. So you ll be able to buy an "30min, 1h30,... account" and not only 48h or 1month.

The couldn't just go ahead and print new money when they feel like it. The system would regulate itself without the need for corrupt asshats.

I don't really see the "faster" argument work. Handing over a bill is just as fast or faster.

How is it cheaper ? The more a crypto is worth the higher the fees become. If you do the math you'll see that BTC fees are not "close to nothing" anymore. Again - handing over a bill costs nothing.

The majority of cryptos is not really anonymous.

Count me in, sent.

We share common view on cryptos but I think that unfortunately
the majority of people on this forums bothers with cryptos to accumulate more $$$ or €€€
so they see it just like opportunity or medium to achieve more $$$ or €€€.
Until this mind set does not change nothing in our system can not change either
I'm afraid we have still long way to go until that point when people will finally
realize it that they have power to change the things if they change their mindset
and they change they way of doing things in real life

I see cryptos like an opportunity for each individual to start a business
without a big "entry fee" (license,tax,permits) imposed by government regulation and legal system.
You will say regulation is needed to protect us "the consumer "but i don't think so.
The most of regulations are imposed to protect the big corporations
and not common people as the legal system works for money
is it difficult for common Joe to seek justice against them.

There are today so many laws and regulations that nobody
can follow and everything you do could be punished or charged.

Accepting FIAT means accepting the current state of the things and
supporting the current way the system is working.
I still use FIAT too but I hope as time will pass the share of FIAT that
I will have to use in daily life will decrease day by day and one day
I will be able to move completely to a "New Economy" and say
FUCK OFF to the current fake "democratic system".

And how do you suppose everyone will get their crypto currency? 

Will it be distributed for free, an equal share for everyone?
If everyone has crypto currencies, how would it prevent major conglomerate companies from controlling the rest and banks from doing the same thing but now with crypto currencies?

It doesn't matter what you think of as tradable goods, shells, gold, fiat, crypto. The same thing always happens. That's human nature.

Why do we bother with crypto currencies at all? Well there are benefits:
- faster
- cheaper
- more in line with our already digital world
- "anonymous" (for now)
- faster development of other cool stuff

We're forming a SWARM team devoted to the promotion of NEM. We're looking members who are willing to do commenting and upvoting/liking articles, posts, videos etc. in order to promote NEM.

All interested, please send me email to the address [email protected] or PM with your email address and I'll list you! Please include your bitcointalk username in the post.

For the record the SWARM team is not yet active, since there is no coin launched. We're forming the team now, so that we'll have it ready when the need comes.

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No doubt we have to deal with fiat for the time being - I never meant to challange that (and I don't think I did).
What I meant to say was that we should try to replace fiat in the future. Otherwise why even bother with all the "crypto crap" ?

How is nem going to achieve this?

I had to be more specific.

I mean you have to have the ABILITY to exchange to fiat instantly.  Let's say you buy something online and you want it to go quick.  You buy/have  NEM, transfer nem to the other party, they have the ABILITY to change it instantly to fiat thus not risking to lose anything due to volatility.

If you want to have NEM, keep NEM and do business in NEM: fine, if you fear of losing money due to volatility: change instantly to fiat.

You say the real world is pissed off, probably  by our governments printing money and creating inflation, right?  That's true to a certain extend, in the middle-long to long term.  The real world doesn't use cryptocurrencies (or not significantly much) but you better believe they would be more pissed off when their money/NEM is worth 20% less because some whale (and that's just an animal for your average Joe) dumped its stash and lowered the price.  So, as a transition in the search for price stability and from a marketing point of view I think the proposed stability by this measure would be beneficial.


edit: A hypothetical question for you:  You say people are pissed off by the real world and are in search for something new (and don't trust fiat).  This means most people on the stakeholder list are there to deal in NEM and not to return.  I challenge you: give the opportunity to stakeholders that they receive DOUBLE the amount of NEM for 1 stake on the condition that they can NEVER change it back to fiat (nor bitcoin or any other way to cheat this game).  How many would actually do it you think?  Face it: most people are interested in crypto's but in the end they want $ to turn into $$$$...

When the Alpha Release?