First things first, I represent a blockchain project focused on the cannabis industry, PUFFScoin (
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ann-puffscoin-decentralized-applications-for-the-cannabis-industry-420-5114254), which will be publicly launching on April 20th. We have been developing our approach and ecosystem for about two years, having delayed launching last year within the flurry of ICOs. Much of our philosophy is that community should be larger than a single project. Within the first month of operation we will be launching our own white-label crypto-exchange platform that will focus on providing a trading space for "cryptocannabis" projects as well as other "green crypto". Anyhow, integration with other cryptocannabis projects has always been one of our top priorities, with one of our first priorities being to integrate available merchant solutions for marijuana related altcoins into our online storefront immediately after our own blockchain launches.
POTcoin was one of the first coins I ever bought, nearly 5 years ago... and the original vision was one that I could really sink my teeth into. BUT, in building research for an updated article on cryptocannabis for one of my own project's ancillary services, the reefer*review, i noted that development of POTcoin has all but died out, the developer hasnt been active here since december of last year and his last post here was a year before that. the roadmap of 2016 addressed the idea of transitioning to an ETH-type blockchain, to take advantage of smart contracts governing point of sale integration, product traceability and "seed" tokenization.
These are all similar to projects on the immediate dApp development roadmap for PUFFScoin, which is analgous to ETH, but with Core Development towards solving real issues in the cannabis industry. A project as storied as POTcoin deserves to find some sort of utility. Only 9.5% of circualting coins are presently staking, and over 37.5% of POTcoins minted are sitting dormant on Bittrex where the valuation continues to drop over every timely metric. I dont have any POTcoins, so I dont have any skin in the game, but in the interest of building community relations, and having no active developer to whom to write, I thot I'd simply post here and see what the general mood around the project is.
A transition (or bridged connection thru a smart contract governed 'cross-chain relay') wouldnt be overly difficult, and it would be interesting to integrate POT into a multi-vendor marketplace similar to OpenBazaar. A bridge contract could hold and escrow mainchain POTcoins and release equal or other metric multiples of POT tokens on the PUFFScoin blockchain, burning tokens when they are passed back to the main POTcoin blockchain. Id love to work with community members who would like to address this sort of progression and functionality, and help grow the cryptocannabis community as a whole. I can be reached here on bitcointalk (although it might take me a couplefew days to respond, I wear a lot of hats on this project right now) or via email (
[email protected])