Topic: NEM (XEM) Official Thread - 100% New Code - Easy To Use APIs - page 1987. (Read 2984135 times)

I'm sure we could find volunteers local to the area? Who said it had to be devs? Socialization is everything for cryptos don't you think? We can't rely on people seeking this stuff out for themselves on the net. You have to put it in front of them. I'm not saying it needs to be a trade show necessarily, but we need folks socializing this stuff. Just be smart about it. Pay for a booth, use a local NEM person willing to travel out of their own interest (I'd consider it for example) armed with prepared material by the community. It doesn't have to be lavish.

Edit: I think my point here is that I talk to a lot of people daily that don't quite get this whole "bitcoin" thing. When I explain things like frictionless transactions and native currency exchanges from buyer to seller their eyes light up and they say "yeah my brother has to wire money to his daughter in university over seas and it's such a total drag! that sounds great". Then give them a way to easily do that from their mobile, and they are hooked and they tell a friend and so on. So maybe while not trade shows (those people already get cryptos right?), we need some sort of community awareness thing. Maybe parents attending university orientations or something... put a booth up next to the Greek community and give them a QR code for the app in the app store .

The task we are charged with is helping people see the relevance to their lives. Why should I use this if I can just use the money in my pocket today? To show them this has use, and isn't just some funny Internet money. Libertarians get it, and underworld figures get it, and certainly the governments and banks get it. Everyone is fighting for the hearts and minds of the common man who ultimately is the one that decides what is to prevail. What useful functions can it serve for mere mortals? This is a cultural shift. People have to trust it. They can trust it when they can see how easy it is to move between fiat and nem. Banks and governments won't make that easy for us. Things like VirWox / SLL, Cryptsy, and the 10 other sites you need to jump through to move between the two is one of our big headaches. I know my mom would never be willing to deal with any of that. I don't think you can move to people using it exclusively until they feel at ease moving between what they do today and something new. I could be wrong.

The costs.  Tens of thousands for flights / hotel rooms / booth rental only to advertise to the hundred or so people who show up, most being from other coins.

^ This: There will be a time and place for donations. But anything that helps increase liquidity and get coins in to the hands of the every day Joe and not crypto nerds is our mission if we are to uphold "new economy movement". Anything else is a disservice to the people stuck using fiat that governments print at will.

Yes hopefully Beta won't be to long after Alpha. The auction will also generate a significant buzz.
US Marshals are to auction 3000 BTC about $17m worth on the 27th. That would buy a lot of marketing !
Problem is you need to deposit $200,000 and provide ID.

The ID side of things puts me off  
Will hodl my Nem instead !

Ok, not much choice either, because the extra stakes added up to stakeholders current stakes coud be problematic, because there is allready million NEM/stake sales been done in NXT-AE  

@all. Qora had a troll that ceased activities after being reported for spamming in a fashion that made debate rather impossible. CfA does make consecutive posts, is being redundant, and makes multiple topics on the same issue. I could imagine that a couple of reports could make a mod convince CfA to go easy on the reply/create new topic button.  

Meanwhile. I'm very happy to see that NEM didn't suffer too much damage from UP's mistake. IMO UP's case is more like Bill Clinton's than Trendon D. Shavers'...

But since all has been said and done already: huge high five to everyone for handling this like grown-ups. Brilliant future ahead

I'm stakeholderlist, but haven't heared anything more from the developers. how do I get my coins on launch? I must be more active maybe

@mr smith, Absolutely agree to hire Pro marketing.
This is really great sounds, Marketing is the first priority after coding.

Unwise whilst NEM is undervalued.

Marketing is a Key priority to any organisation. We were supposed to have an auction after the release of Alpha. With the capital raised used to hire Pro marketing.

How about we use a large percentage of the auction proceeds to benefit Sean's outpost or another non-profit organization.  This would be a great public relations event.

Those are exactly the kind of things all funds that are allocated for the future of NEM will be used.

A couple of suggestions regarding the profit of 156 auction stakes, todays price about 468 BTC (coul be more) :

1. Use it for corporate desing and big marketing bomb soon after launch.
2. ...or devs could quit their dayjobs and consetrate to just NEM for a while to get even more work done.
3. ...or use it to send a marketing group to many bitcoin-conferences and payexpo's etc. to advertise NEM and get some contacts and make deals. (It worked great for NXT)

Thingamajig, I'm happy that you are NEM defender as well as me. Try to do your best for OUR PROJECT. I'm trying...I spent a lot of time to read f** posts of c.f.ass and put after his lier posts, right info about NEM(in my sign and in my words)... u can check it in my posts...
P.S. keeping silence not so good way about f*** trolls which are bringing many lie for newbies...

@Thingamajig really funny to think I am CfA. You cannot ignore a forum terrorist because that would mean you allow him to manipulate new comers.

Jenea - I acknowledge the fact that i could be wrong, however this is just my opinion/observation. Same goes for Totem. Your lingo is almost exactly the same as CfA, this cannot be unseen.

Do the right thing and ignore CfA posts, stop giving him what he wants - then I'll admit i was wrong. "friend".



Thanks for this Xtester, it looks great.

@xtester, the letter is looking absolutely lovely! We need to send it for all NEM stakeholders by PM and may be by e-mail for people which gave e-mail in NEM Volunteer Survey.

Well done!

Edit: if it's possible to put this info as well in each NEM token which is selling for new members-it will be lovely, won't it?

WOW! Friend! R u really think that I am at least friend with c-f-ass??? Are you really believe in this??? may be you crazy? Read all my posts I've ever made in BTT and proof,PLEASE!, your words about me! OK??? otherwise take your shit back about me-ok? I'm spending HUGE time to do my best for NEM, because I'm believe in it, trying to defend name of NEM after previous situation with UP, but after all-I hear words like this from NEM brother?...please see my sign at least!
Cheers.  
P.S. I am not user - I AM NEM SUPPORTER!

Edit:really sorry for offtop, but it was higher than me...

Dear Nemsters,
 
As you may or may not already know, there have been some changes to the NEM team resulting in a lot of confusion on the Bitcointalk forum.
 
UtopianFuture has left the team, in good faith, and there has subsequently been a reorganization to reflect his departure.meg
 
UtopianFuture had been instrumental in organizing this project, but rest assured that the core development team is still intact. UtopianFuture's main role was coordination, providing direction and management of the voluntary association that is NEM. He was never involved in the coding. Hence, development-wise, the project is not impacted.
 
NEM is based upon the principle of decentralization, such that no single person is indispensable. Since UtopianFuture left, numerous volunteers have  come forward and offered their help. We are in fact honored to know that there are many of you out there who share the same vision as the core development team of creating a new economic movement. We are now stronger than ever and have recruited some of these volunteers to the team to push our ideals forward more aggressively than ever before. Yes, we have since regrouped and are soldiering on to ensure that this project is successful!
 
With the reorganisation, we have decided that there should be an entirely separate group looking after the promotion of NEM. We have now created a new Marketing Board to spearhead organizing the great NEM community and to spur our movement to greater heights. To say the least, this event has actually made us into a much stronger group.
 
As a result of the events that have transpired, there have been many unsubstantiated speculations and postulations about what happened. Most of these statements have been emotionally charged and were without any factual basis. These misleading claims have left the community confused.
 
We would like to take this opportunity to assure you that most of these claims are not true and that it is business as usual for the core team; you should not be influenced at all by some of the characters in the forum that purport otherwise.
 
The last few months have been rather hectic and to complete a project of this size and nature requires a lot of careful planning and design. It has not been easy, but we believe with the able-bodied team that we have, we shall be able to meet our targets.
 
In the meantime, and in order to allay the confusion, we have included links to the only official NEM threads on bitcointalk. We have also included the link to our official NEM websites and forum. If you have any questions regarding the incidents that have caused this confusion, you are most welcome to raise those questions in the forum threads or contact one of the core team members directly.
 
At the same breath, we would like to advise that for those of you who are eligible for the NEM coins, please take care of your BTT accounts. Please do not spam, post addresses or expose your transaction TX-IDs such that your accounts get banned. Your account is key to your claim later.

Due to the incidents in the past, it was decided that a moderated thread would also be created to run alongside the non-moderated thread. Please read xtester's post about why this is necessary here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.7350705

Official Links:

• Main moderated NEM thread: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/nem-xem-official-thread-100-new-code-easy-to-use-apis-654845
• Main non-moderated NEM thread: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/nem-official-non-moderated-thread-updates-discussion-650274
• Stake Request/Info Thread: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/nem-new-economy-movement-nemstake-tokens-listed-on-nxt-asset-exchange-650505
• Account/Stake Complaint Thread: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/nem-new-economy-movement-refundaccount-change-requests-complaints-650500

Materials:

Project Information Memorandum:

• https://github.com/makoto1337/NEMlogos/raw/master/handout/NEMhandout.pdf

Websites

• https://twitter.com/nemcoin
• https://www.facebook.com/ourNEM
• http://www.reddit.com/r/nem/
• https://trello.com/b/GEWEPSZJ/nem-promotion
• https://trello.com/b/9psFZ0aQ/nem-ecosystem

If you cannot find the information you need in the links above please do not hesitate to post any question you may have on the relevant NEM thread. A special thanks goes to rockethead, kodtycoon and makoto1337 for putting this together on such short notice. This letter will now be sent to all NEM stakeholders via PM.
 
Thank you very much for your attention.
 
NEM Marketing Team

Agree. Lets keep the discussion on target.

This thread is about discussing topics realted to NEM. If you want to blow off some steam regarding NXT pls find a different thread.