A donation fund for medical cannabis patients is a great idea, narf...
If I knew how to start one, I would...
I could hold the funds in escrow if needed. I have a donation thread for starving malnourished children. Gotten enough for 3000+ meals, and I'm set to go up on a stage for it.
We just need to find one supplier who will accept POTcoins.
In my opinion the website/reddit/op need a section outlining the benefits for suppliers and businesses. Most of the information is the same as the rest--how to mine it, its specs, how to buy and sell it, etc. As a business person who may not even be aware of bitcoin, or if aware maybe not understand it, there is very little information on why they should accept it.
If I ran a shop and discovered potcoin I would have to research crypto, read all kinds of confounding information about bitcoin(even hate news, fan boys, etc), and then try to understand why I would want potcoin. I would have to figure out how I could implement it efficiently and even as someone said, how a wallet works. If I went to the reddit or the website I would find lots of information on its hash rate, faith in viability, but not WHY I would want it for my business or how to implement it.
To us, it seems obvious, but to a random person with no knowledge of crypto running a shop that stumbles upon it, there is a vast amount of information to sort through. If we want people to jump on board, they should be able to go to these sources on POTCOIN and see what it means/could mean to their business and step by step information on how to begin to handle it. Bitcoin even suffers the same problem. Those that that have picked it up as a currency for their business are savy. Imagine your grandma wanting to accept it. There are plenty of brilliant business owners that are not computer savy at all. They panic and think the kid that works for them that fixed their jammed printer or typed reload on their prebuild pos server is a genius. Crypto in general should be targeting development and information toward those people.
Things needed immediately in my opinion for wide business adoption of crypto in general and specifically potcoin:
-Basic information on the many reasons to accept potcoin--beyond just saving on transaction fees (which isn't boldly outlined anyway).
-Step by step guide on how to use a wallet (for the specific coin--they shouldn't have to look up all the bitcoin tutorials if investigating potcoin)
-A dual wallet linked to a regular wallet/cold storage. One that can deposit only so employees/robberies cannot transfer out the stores funds but can validate transactions have reached the wallet. With that the pos system should be able to poll current prices like multibit can, take a dollar total vs volume, and respond with how much pot coin should be paid right then and there. Cannot rely on blockchain website that can be ddosed..the crypto network cannot easily be ddosed in the same way.
-System should have the ability to immediately transfer to an exchange for conversion. *In the future this could evolve into wireless price signs that adapt to the market--but a huge bottom line expense.*
-A more complicated problem but for the pos wallet to be able to transfer to exchange for conversion, then convert to fiat through whatever trusted parties. Development costs might be able to be shared with exchanges in order to be apart of it.
These types of developments could revolutionize the already revolutionary crypto industry. I've shown my friends the thousands I've made on mining and its still so beyond them that they wont touch it. Imagine the average business owner and the many complications their mind would process in considering it.
If you want to directly respond to or credit this post, check it on reddit where it wont get buried in hundreds of pages:
http://www.reddit.com/r/potcoin/comments/1wvlxp/developing_the_future_of_potcoin_and_crypto/
. I'm greatful for his investment as we are sitting under 10% of the network. A nice place to be, but less consistent blocks(though statistically is somewhat the same in the end).