Bitcoin was the pioneer. Don't forget that Bitcoin gained notoriety because of Silk Road and the illegal transactions. As illegal as it may have been, it bridged the virtual/physical gap.
I have been on board mining POT since day one. I believe the opportunity in POT is unusual in the crypto world because it has that same chance to target a very defined and accessible market and bridge the virtual/physical gap.
In order to gain a legitimate status and bridge the gap, we need community, focus, trust and transparency/communication -- which roll together as adoption.
As an investor and interested party -- Here are some key things that would move POT forward
1) There needs to be a very conscious effort to legitimize the coin and efforts. As a start, the Website needs to have clear pictures and biographies of all major participants and officers - if you really want to be clear and transparent, add a very clear view into their POT holdings. All participants need to be referenced by name and communication channels need to be opened.
Right now the links at the bottom of the potcoin.info take you to error pages for smokemon514 and Mr Jones
Transparency/Communication and Trust --- people will now know who they are investing
2) We have heard so much about Denver -- where are the press releases ? One press release would make this coin viable, legitimate and firmly place it out front
Transparency/Communication and Strategy -- send a message that this coin is not dead, its thriving and growing -- "Come join us"
3) Devs need to fix the bugs and issues.
Focus and Trust -- no communication from developers automatically allwos people to expect the worse -- there is no reason for this to happen
4) Engage the community. The DOGE community is huge and strong -- it is got there by being very active here, Reddit, Twitter, etc. This needs to be a priority -- get the word out on a daily basis about why and how POT will become the best thing in the Cannabis world. And engage the community and let them help spread the word.
Community and Transparency -- cures many issues and only serves to grow and build the brand
These are simple things that would kill all the rumors and trash talking and at the same time give immense confidence to this coin and community. The growth of this coin and concept relies on trust, focus and transparency. Without those things serious investors will eventually walk away.
While there are LOTS of trolls on here, I am not ... I am the owner of a software development/website company, I have been a part of multiple startups and a 20+ year veteran trader of stocks, commodities and currencies, I know a thing or two the software business, trading and launching products. (and willingly can provide all the proof if necessary). I don't have all the answers or even most, by any stretch of the imagination. BUT I wrote most of this yesterday and even offered to pitch in and help ... and got ...
DRUM ROLL Please ....... zero, nada, zilch, response
Surprisingly enough, I really don't like being pushy ... but when an interested person, that is trying to help, and has skills to help, is ignored completely .... that is both unfortunate and depressing. It also causes me to question my fervor and championing of POT. The more supporters and people offering ideas and willingness to help, like me, that are either dismissed, ignored or battled against, the more likely they are to walk away.
I believe in the idea of a Cannabis targeted coin - there are three I am aware --- POT, CCN and DOPE. I own some of each with POT being my biggest stake. The simple truth about startup operations is that one is likely to wildly succeed. One will die on the vine and the third will flounder and eventually die or be consumed by some other entity. The winner will succeed because they became legit by staying focused on community, strategy trust and transparency/communication.
hey dean i like to see people like you giving us a piece of your mind on what the community wants and needs, and im right there with you.
we have been on the road for over a month and now we are finally back in montreal and our offices and we can focus on work and getting all of the above done.
id like to know where you tried to contact us? we usually respond to things writing 24/48 hours.
1. One of our major issues is that Potcoin grew much faster and bigger than we expected, then we got investors and had to do the whole business side of things. We also had to work on getting our trademark done and get all the legal documents and stuff to form a real business entity. If you factor the potcoin team going to NYC for the crypto currency conference, then going to denver for cannabis cup and promoting plus on top of that all the interviews, emails, calls social media etc. its been way to much for us to do, so then we had to go out and get credible people to work with us and set them up within the company and bring them up to speed is also very time consuming. We are working hard at growing the company, but at the same time its not easy.
2. As for media we are going over all the video footage, all the photos have been posted on facebook but that needs to be put out to a few more places.
We are working on a press release this week about merchants and specifically working with river rock medical and the placement of the ATM's. We want to centralise all news from now on so that it starts with us from our website then goes out to everyone else. We also want to have a weekly news update so everyone know what news comes out on that day every week.
3. We are going to be releasing a list of projects and timelines for the future of potcoin so everyone can see what we are doing and what the progress is. This will help give us goals and clearly show the community whats going on and how they can help or what they should look forward to. We know what we need to do and we have the next year planned, but its going to help calm the community down knowing what we are up to every week.
4. We want to engage the community and we want them to engage us also, this is the key in creating a successful large community.
Stratum 
