Topic: [NEM] NEM -New Economy Movement - No Envy Movement - Updates+Discussion thread - page 234. (Read 661498 times)

And let me add this... When you lose an investor it's 10 x harder to get them back.

absolutely agree with you.

I'm pretty sure having an app at launch is not going to be the deciding factor between mass adoption and rock bottom. Why would an investor see more value in a currency just because there's an app for it ?
Don't get me wrong, I think we need to have an app at some point to make it possible for users to use our currency anywhere anytime but it needs to be thought through very well so I wouldn't rush it just to have it at launch.

Yes and I think #4 is good too

Ugh, tried to register there and found someone took my username on that forum.

EDIT: weird it was me! i had registered before but link went to spam. Voted for GUI app ala btc.

Good idea, I agree!

UP and the NEM community,

So can we have at least a basic app for the main 3 at launch?

This would be gigantic!! Just basic features for the apps

Im thinking, someone runs  into an article on NEM on the internet. And at the end of the article it says, "want to get involved in the New Economy Movement? Download the NEM app now! It comes with one free Nakamoto, the New Economy Movement crypto currency"!

Even articles on crypto in general, I think this would be something that writers would bring up.

Also, investors would see more valule in the Nakamoto, thus making our Nakamotos that were set aside to promote the movement worth more, giving us stronger resources to work with!!

Mass adoption would be at our doorstep

How feasible would it be to get an app made in  time for launch? Are there any Android developers out there willing to work alongside the developers to make this a reality?

I have fairly limited programming knowledge, so I'm not entirely sure if what I'm asking for is too much. I just think a mobile app for NEM is something that should be acted on now and not put aside for the future...

As others have mentioned, I think it needs to be as simple and clean as possible.  I would be completely happy with a first generation app that only sent/recieved NEM, sent/recieved messages, and had a price chart.  The key is to make it look good, work fast, and be cool.   This app should be free.  Ideally, I would guess the mobile app should be designed towards the first time user of cryptocurrencies.  I would contribute towards a bounty too.  That is how much I believe in this concept.

Later on, a more full featured app that has many more options can be built on top of it. 

The currency within the NEM platform ('Nemcoin') is not mineable; it's a second-generation cryptocurrency. All coins will be distributed to the ~3000 stakeholders on release of the genesis block at the end of May/June. You receive coins proportionally to how important you are in maintaining the NEM network (Proof of Importance, PoI).

If you want to get involved, there is a waiting list here which you can join. It'll be used to bring the total number of stakeholders up to ~3000 people after the removal of sockpuppets.

I agree with you. Simplicity and ease of use is a vastly important (and very often overlooked) feature for any product. Take a look at Apple's ethos: simple, good looking, easy to use products are LIKED. Thankfully, I'm pretty sure that is the direction NEM is taking. Quoting from Jaguar on the Trello board:

what is it? Can i mine it?

This is my take on the whole wallet/client:


1. It needs to be an offline wallet. Not like NXT. At the very least make it a hybrid of the two.

2. It absolutely, positively, has to be idiot proof. The biggest issue right now with crypto's is most people have no idea how they work, and if they attempt to get involved, give up due to not understanding how it works - this confusion puts people off becuase they naturally deem it a risk. The vast bulk of untapped users potentially are in this catagory and right now, any coin that appeals to them is going to be successful.

It's vitally important we get a coin that appeals to the wider market, and fill a cap Bitcoin just doesn't fill.

3. Quick, easy, streamlined installation, up and running in moments with a clean UI - not overly complex. Added features could be enabled under an "advanced user" option, perhaps. Don't overburden new users with many features. Keep it clean, keep it simple. If they want more advanced stuff, just give them the option of enabling it.


Either way, I know if all goes to plan and I get my stake, i'm going to be investing a large portion to efforts that make NEM fill a void most crypto's fail to do. I'd also like to see some promotion on the deep web too, because we all know the black market is where bitcoin gets the vast bulk of it's value/demand.

Unfortunately I think getting a cryptocurrency app of any description on the iOS App Store will be nearly impossible, because Apple can be utter bastards. However, I agree that having a good mobile app for Android from the get go would be an amazing feature for NEM. Even simple functionality such as sending/receiving NEM and sending/receiving messages would be incredible! I'd be willing to donate a portion of my stake to a bounty to get this made... Also, the design aesthetics of the NCC mockup lends itself to be easily ported to a mobile environment whilst retaining it's overall look and feel.

Maybe an Android app is something to add to the 'to do' list on the Trello board? It's definitely something that should be focussed quite a bit on.

I guess sending messages is important, but the client should be really slim and fast, so it shouldn't be loaded with features.

local signing of transactions
broadcasting rawTX to the servers
Sending/reading/decrypting/encrypting messages
price charts
liveticker widget


Thats it, wouldn't add more!

Mobile app per se is not a problem. The big question is what kind of functionality should be expected in a mobile application. Our desktop client is likely to have a big range of functionality and while making a mobile app for a simple send/ receive NEM and messages is not difficult; mobile interface would probably not be suitable for complex interaction.

So best strategy here is to make a full-feature desktop client separately from mobile applications. The questions here are that what kind of functionality do you expect for a mobile application ? send/ receive NEM; send/ receive messages what else ?

I think a smart device wallet should be THE focus of NEM.  Apps are the way all computers are moving.  The main stream app stores started with IOS and then Android, but even now the big players are in it.  Windows now has a app store, Mac has an App store, even Ubuntu has an app store!  And for smart devices, app stores are basically the only choice, and yes, it of course needs to be one click.  Whatever the interface, the guy from Finland makes great points.  I'll be fair, I spend a lot of time on my desktop, but people like me (and probably you are dinosaurs in a way).  I am a professor in another high tech country, and basically all of my students use their cell phones as their primary computing device.  There is no going back to the desktop after this.  The focus of the NEM client should 100% be mobile.  We need to launch with a great android app, and hopefully an IOS one too.  If not an IOS app, than a portal that can be accessed via IOS.  Yes, I know this is asking a lot.  It is also the way towards success.  

I STRONGLY agree with this.

Sure thing, no problem: http://www.nxtclient.org/#clients

No matter what the wallet, for most of us, one click installation wallet is a must.
I see a lot of people try to install the NXT wallet, but without understanding the manual configuration, and later gave it up.