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legendary
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unfortunate about the canceling the distribution.   

If we're going to change things on the fly, we not rebrand and ICO the remaining coins to build a proper team of devs/foundation for the platform.

member
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Merit: 12
Byteball was the most disappointing crypto of 2017, it failed due to bad management. Its sad to see that this will continue in 2018. I exited my position when I finally realized that this is not a community driven coin at all, but by one person.

The idea behind Byteball was to bootstrap a large community by means of clever distribution. But no community formed because of the way it was/is handled. Tony doesnt realize this at all, that is the worrying part. The community is just a number count for him.

Users cry for a rebrand/unit change? Users propose a new website for free? Users want to help in developing new features? Users ask for new features? Users have critique? Ignore them all, that is Byteball.

Meanwhile he will continue to develop new features that noone asked for, throw them at us and then disappear again to build new features. There will be no dialogue, no information, no roadmap.No money will be spend on rebrands or advertising or anything like that. In a year Byteball will have a zillion features but noone will know about it or care.

There might be new awkward distribution methods, maybe a surprise partnership with a totally unknown small russian business. That might be enough to stay in Top100, but forget about ever reaching IOTA or Raiblocks levels, that is a totally different management league.


@Byteballer
Major props to you, you tried to help this coin with your own money by running advertising, while the community fund and Tony sit on money.
NrX
sr. member
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I don't see big thing because hardly there could be two or three more distributions. It was going to stop anyway in future. It is all temporarily reaction and will pass soon. These airdrops anyway were helping whales to get bigger piece of pie and small holders were getting like peanuts. It should stop once for all if we want to see increase in value.
member
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bad news for cannel airdrop,this airdrop plan long time ago. is this serious for cannel?  byteball will go to zero, noboy no kown how many coin in tony hand!

It was hardly a surprise  https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.30156291 . I have moved some of my Gbytes to Bittrex to control my position in Byteball. It may be a good DAG technology, but I feel like it lacks support from  institutional investors.
full member
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hi. wheres my free balls?

Lol. Look in your underpants or read the last few pages.  Wink
member
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hi. wheres my free balls?
sr. member
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Disrupt the banking system!
Will the airdrops for BTC and GBYTE holders never come back? Was so excited about them? New distribution methods work better?
hero member
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BabelFish - FISH Token Sale at Sovryn
I think this is for the betterment of the Gbyte community. I see more than 75% people here for the free BTC they get by selling the airdrop Gbytes, Only some are holding for a long time and very few intend to use it.
I just hope Tony will find the right way to spend those remaining.
legendary
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Thick-Skinned Gang Leader and Golden Feather 2021
Ok, the Gbyte holders feel fucked by the new distribution model.
As a GBYTE HODLer, I don't need more airdrops. Airdrops are only beneficial for Bitcoin holders who instantly sell their GBYTE for Bitcoin. That's why the price dropped after every airdrop, and it dropped more than the coins you received for HODLing. Without this airdrop, the value can grow.
Clearly some people were only holding to receive the airdrop, so short-term the price dropped. Long term, the only thing any coin needs is actual users, and Tony is targeting just that.

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However, the effort of Tony may be positive for a long-term investment. Who knows...
Tony doesn't care about short-term speculation, which is a rare quality in crypto nowadays. Long-term, this project has very good tech, and the only thing good tech needs is users.
legendary
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This irregularity in distribution which began to appear few months back is damaging the project. You need to think well before making any plan and then stick to that community off course will stand by you. This kind of decisions of cancelling the distribution create uncertainty and in investors who hold coins. This doesn't look good at all this is true.
newbie
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bad news for cannel airdrop,this airdrop plan long time ago. is this serious for cannel?  byteball will go to zero, noboy no kown how many coin in tony hand!
sell all my byteball, a bad group,center rule, no block, no pool,all control by xxx
newbie
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bad news for cannel airdrop,this airdrop plan long time ago. is this serious for cannel?  byteball will go to zero, noboy no kown how many coin in tony hand!
hero member
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Airdrop is cancelled, even though that was one of my reasons for joining... oh well... i still believe that this tech is cutting edge. And I know I am a "2nd gen crypto ethusiast" and don't bring much to the table in terms of development and so forth but it does seem like Tony needs to hone in on his PR skills

~MOVING ON FROM AIRDROP~

perhaps tony can use 200-500 Gbytes for new exchanges, so that were not at the mercy of 4 exchanges, one of which has had locked wallets for months and 0 volume. for security and liquidity we need more exchanges. I think this should be one of the top priorities.



Coin for geeks?  I would wish tonych has discovered the plan  to take as many people as possible to the  side of Byteball. Proposed distribution model is far from this. Sad
legendary
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★Nitrogensports.eu★
the community feel bitter,i wouldn't be surprised if someone fork Byteball in the near future.
Yeah, a fork would do well in this environment where users' wishes are not considered.

edit: censorship?
Quote from: CryptoBest, reddit
Dear Tonych,

There is much I was hoping for in your announcement,

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.30564528

and I love that you seem to be showing at least some flexibility with regard to Distributions as ByteBall grows.

But the Airdrop Issue has been handled clumsily with the potential to severely damage the ByteBall Platform Reputation and Community.

Please consider immediately issuing a release stating that one of the most important reasons for cancelling the Planned Airdrop was missed, and not mentioned, namely - The Cryptopia Situation.

It would after all be unethical and wrong for Byteball to go ahead with the Airdrop, given the potential loss of millions of Bytes from their rightful owners.
Doing this helps take the edge off the awkward and clumsy handling of the Airdrop Distribution issue, and not only saves from potential embarrassment, but also honors the previously implied Airdrop by having "one last drop" at a later time - once the Cryptopia Situation is made right.

It's a great compromise, and it goes a long way to not pissing off half of your community.

If you guys are really smart, you can turn this PR disaster into something really positive - potentially even a marketing coup!

Seize the day and promise to roll out upgrades to ByteBall that include a new and improved roadmap, and please make a commitment to help build, respect and value your community more. We need to feel that we are a part of this process.

ByteBall cannot succeed without a Strong & Vibrant Community - surely you realize this?

(Where is Eli? - did you not consult with him first before making this announcement?)

No matter... Given the circumstances, ByteBall Did the Right Thing when the Cryptopia Situation is taken into account.

.

UPDATE #1: Obviously adding the Cryptopia Situation to the announcement is a time sensitive thing that gets weaker with the passage of time - so far it looks like no one cares enough about the offended members of the community to do anything to help smooth things over - sad.

UPDATE #2: Some of you might find it interesting that I made a very similar post on the ByteBall bitcointalk.org thread which immediately got deleted by a moderator - no reason given.

Why was my post deleted? What was so offensive? Did I not make some valid points and provide a decent suggestion to manage the optics of the announcement?

As a sincere ByteBall fan who is only seeking the best for the project, I find this kind of censorship deeply disturbing.


Thank you byteball3r!

I appreciate what you did by publishing my censored post. (I go by CryptoBest on Reddit)

There is no question that this matter could have been handled with much more sophistication and sensitivity
- what value is there in degrading an already weak and divided community?

Tony seems remarkably out of touch with one of ByteBalls most important assets - the Community.

ByteBall won't succeed if it continues in this manner - no matter how good the technology.

Censorship is worrying. Not listening to the voice of the community is one thing; trying to silence the voice reeks of authoritarianism.
Even if you have blatantly negative posts (this wasn't one), the marketing and PR team should be able to handle it? After all, doesn't Byteball have somebody in charge of marketing now?
newbie
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I agree, there should be different distribution methods.
But there must be "end of game" defined to make investors confident.

Ok airdrop is cancelled. First things first:

When the dumping began back in the summer, a lot of people screamed to stop the airdrop, allocate it entirely to the dev and marketing fund or even burn the airdrop funds, now that it stops people are crying.

It's not the way THAT airdrops stopped, it's the way HOW they stopped.
Sure they didn't bring enough new users, no doubt about that, but this airdrop was announced for a long time. Tony should swallow the bitter pill, do this airdrop and cancel the airdrop distribution AFTER this one.
The way it was performed seems a little like a I-do-what-I-want-thing from Tony. I know he could do it, it is his coin, but that could yield to many people who may turn their back to Byteball.

Okay. Enough with that. Next thing: Tony.

Now that the new distribution methods are ready and proven, and we've added even more methods than originally planned, the March airdrop is cancelled.  November airdrop was the last one that paid to holders in proportion to their balances.

This is the list of the current distribution methods (in no particular order) that we'll continue to use and improve:

1. Cashback.

2. Verification rewards and referral rewards to those who verify their real name.  It is true that the referral system didn't work quite well for new users who have no Bytes yet, and we are going to introduce a new scheme which will allow to refer new users without sending them any Bytes.

3. Giveaways, such as those that Rafael does to his youtube subscribers.

4. Mass sending of textcoins to subscribers of our partners.  We have done two so far https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1heT6TUSpTJgRW-FUM0LbcoVjXZRCb3PbXQQLmzvNRvM/edit#gid=323859176 and will work on improving conversion in the future campaigns.

To be honest: I don't think that those distribution method worked very well.
Sure they will bring new users, and I agree that this is the most important part for any crypto, but at what price?
- Cashback doesn't take off since there are not enough users. It's like the chicken-and-egg problem. I'm certain that this will work at a later time.
- Verification already caused a lot of trouble (see this thread) and according to the numbers, most people don't really use it.
- Giveaways: I think they could work, if done correctly.
- Mass sending textcoins: If BYTEBALL ensures the partners that the subscribers will stay, there are a lot of potential partners out there. But most of the time, only people from this thread or the slack subscribe to get some balls.

I think it is crucial to distribute the remaining bytes very fast. And I would prefer competeting marketing actions combined with giveaways. Let the world feel the pressure!
There are 1,000,000 GBYTE - 665,282 GBYTE already distributed, so 334,717 GBYTE to go.
Let me give you some examples:

1. Tony should go out to the exchanges and say they get 1,000 GBYTE each, if they integrate BYTE exchange within 1 month from his message (maybe via a smart contract?). Make that for 10 or 20 exchanges.
That way there is a market for people who have never heard about BYTEBALL and they can buy them right away and also the "We need exchanges"-people fall silent.

2. The same with companies. Not cashback, give the BYTES to the company. If a company integrates BYTES to their payment process, until, lets say 07-01-2018 (or any other date not to far in the future) they get 100 GBYTE each. That will cover their costs and people have new options to actually USE BYTES in the blink of an eye and the "We need usecases"-people fall silent.

3. Make a marketing contest: Let people create Banner ads and videos that people can integrate on their websites and profils. Use the poll bot to let the community decide which is the best banner/logo/video. Price: 100 GBYTE each (or less for the second and third place). It sure is a lot, but imagine the buzz when people hear they can become "rich" through BYTEBALL over night and also the "Do some marketing"-people fall silent.

4. Give the translators some BYTES. I've had it in the slack but: Set up a wiki or FAQ in different languages. Give the translators some bytes. Make it easy for people to read about BYTEBALL in their language. Give some BYTES to the wallet translators as well for upcoming languages.

5. Go further with cashback(!) and giveaways, but with a limit. 100,000 GBYTE for cashback and 100,000 GBYTE for giveaways. End it after that.

6. Let the verification and referral rewards run till a certain date and stop there. For instance until 09-01-2018. They don't work as good as it seemed in the first place. With a deadline, maybe people will use it to get some free bytes.

x. After that: Distribute the remaining BYTES to the community fund. To be honest: $2m is not that much for a project that might run for the next few years. Most people don't want to spend their money, and the community fund can give some BYTES away in the future and since Tony is a member of that fund he can also decide what to do with it.

This mess with undistributed BYTES have to end. And in my opinion it should end soon.
jr. member
Activity: 35
Merit: 13
the community feel bitter,i wouldn't be surprised if someone fork Byteball in the near future.
Yeah, a fork would do well in this environment where users' wishes are not considered.

edit: censorship?
Quote from: CryptoBest, reddit
Dear Tonych,

There is much I was hoping for in your announcement,

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.30564528

and I love that you seem to be showing at least some flexibility with regard to Distributions as ByteBall grows.

But the Airdrop Issue has been handled clumsily with the potential to severely damage the ByteBall Platform Reputation and Community.

Please consider immediately issuing a release stating that one of the most important reasons for cancelling the Planned Airdrop was missed, and not mentioned, namely - The Cryptopia Situation.

It would after all be unethical and wrong for Byteball to go ahead with the Airdrop, given the potential loss of millions of Bytes from their rightful owners.
Doing this helps take the edge off the awkward and clumsy handling of the Airdrop Distribution issue, and not only saves from potential embarrassment, but also honors the previously implied Airdrop by having "one last drop" at a later time - once the Cryptopia Situation is made right.

It's a great compromise, and it goes a long way to not pissing off half of your community.

If you guys are really smart, you can turn this PR disaster into something really positive - potentially even a marketing coup!

Seize the day and promise to roll out upgrades to ByteBall that include a new and improved roadmap, and please make a commitment to help build, respect and value your community more. We need to feel that we are a part of this process.

ByteBall cannot succeed without a Strong & Vibrant Community - surely you realize this?

(Where is Eli? - did you not consult with him first before making this announcement?)

No matter... Given the circumstances, ByteBall Did the Right Thing when the Cryptopia Situation is taken into account.

.

UPDATE #1: Obviously adding the Cryptopia Situation to the announcement is a time sensitive thing that gets weaker with the passage of time - so far it looks like no one cares enough about the offended members of the community to do anything to help smooth things over - sad.

UPDATE #2: Some of you might find it interesting that I made a very similar post on the ByteBall bitcointalk.org thread which immediately got deleted by a moderator - no reason given.

Why was my post deleted? What was so offensive? Did I not make some valid points and provide a decent suggestion to manage the optics of the announcement?

As a sincere ByteBall fan who is only seeking the best for the project, I find this kind of censorship deeply disturbing.


Thank you byteball3r!

I appreciate what you did by publishing my censored post. (I go by CryptoBest on Reddit)

There is no question that this matter could have been handled with much more sophistication and sensitivity
- what value is there in degrading an already weak and divided community?

Tony seems remarkably out of touch with one of ByteBalls most important assets - the Community.

ByteBall won't succeed if it continues in this manner - no matter how good the technology.

full member
Activity: 196
Merit: 124
 Airdrop is cancelled, even though that was one of my reasons for joining... oh well... i still believe that this tech is cutting edge. And I know I am a "2nd gen crypto ethusiast" and don't bring much to the table in terms of development and so forth but it does seem like Tony needs to hone in on his PR skills

~MOVING ON FROM AIRDROP~

perhaps tony can use 200-500 Gbytes for new exchanges, so that were not at the mercy of 4 exchanges, one of which has had locked wallets for months and 0 volume. for security and liquidity we need more exchanges. I think this should be one of the top priorities.

legendary
Activity: 966
Merit: 1009
pronounced in website but canceled,  making all the community like a fucking joke, shit.

Ok, the Gbyte holders feel fucked by the new distribution model.  The price reflected the choice of the holders. Ppl use their feet to vote: walk away.

However, the effort of Tony may be positive for a long-term investment. Who knows...
newbie
Activity: 17
Merit: 0
The real problem is not the cancellation but rather the TRUST in this project / devteam, because you cant change your plan spontaneously a few times. Really disappointed Sad

Strongly disagree. Changing perspective is good. Just need to stay positive and make positive changes.

Anything that devalues the byteball is a negative change. Anything that values the byteball is a positive change.

If this is understood by members whom own byteball cryptocurrency, byteball team will take the right course of action.

Bashing the devs will do no good here.

Anyone can come on here and talk shit, come up with better ideas. This is an open forum.
newbie
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Merit: 0
interesting concept.ill be following this thread!keep my eye on this
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