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Would you trust Geico any less with something as serious as insurance because it uses a funny gecko in its ads? Harris Bank had "Hubert the Lion" for many years. You can have both integrity and an emotional connection. Thing is, I doubt if Dogecoin would be successful without the dog. I'm not saying we need a dog but we do need to humanize the mysteries of cryptocurrency and make it approachable for the average person.
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Absolutely, but with an astronaut the group of people you really connect to is quite limited. It is not that I have the perfect solution because people's minds are very intransparent. Did you believe in DOGE coin? I didn't too much... That makes me wondering. I am just trying to imagine what I would think if there were dogs and cats on the next dollar bills. Maybe an astronaut.
Once I think about it I realize that this would not change the acceptance and usage of dollar bills. That in turn shows me that it must be something else that's important. Of course, this is quite a harsh deductive process since no matter what you would print on the dollar bills, they would not disappear as they are so fundamental and established. Nevertheless (imo), usability, integrity, usability, integrity, usability and integrity are the things that drive the value to the stages we want it to reach. We all are not talking about the next 50 million dollar cap, right? We want more. 50 million with a fun coin is possible. DOGE has proven. 500 million with a fun coin? I don't think so. We should not be blinded by the accelerators that made DOGE coin thrive since this might also limit the prospects to the degree they are limited for DOGE coin.
When I came across this coin, I really liked what I read about it. If I had seen astronauts and other comic figures, I might have stopped to read the thread right away... I full understand the picture with the whale. That's a clever one, that's great. I am not a bad sport, I am just trying to understand people's minds and how we could address them in the most effective way. Though, DOGE coin still cofuses me in my thinking process.

this one i like more fun than a classic v

You only get paid if you have shares in the sharechain. Click on Graphs and find your address, you can see a history graph of how much value you had in the share chain plotted over time. If you run less than a couple MH you might try mining on my east node for now, I'm running a test patch to p2pool to lower variance for smaller miners. (Your shares are worth less value but you find them more often, so payments are more steady. You don't make any more/less income though.) Pool link in my sig. (West node is not running test patch.)

not only for asian market, i like it

We could move this conversation to Vertcointalk, the marketing section is still empty!

http://vertcointalk.org/index.php?board=21.0

Also I'm not in favour of the 'better than bitcoin' line.

Vertcoin needs a good marketer real bad. I am sure most of us have our own views of what will work, but lets be honest.. We are not the target market.

I agree when trying to promote your product it does little good to do so by simply putting down your competition. Less politics more scientific.

Talk about the features.

i'm wondering about something.
I'm mining on p2pool, current node http://p2pool.etyd.org/
However, i'm also seeing that there are a lot of blocks found in the last hours, when i check my miner i see shares being accepted.
But, i havent recieved any transactions for 8 hours already but in that timespan about 14 blocks have been found already.

Either i'm missing something or i'm not getting payed all the time.
Anyone who can explain?

VTC add is VjJgr6QcKfBG65paE6mcaWq1k8bURQ6dfb

I think everyone involved in development should definitely heed what that jtpeters guy is saying. Soon bitcoin as a brand will become known to everyone, by that time there will be many apps and such which make bitcoin easy to use and easy to understand by average consumers, if we are trying to contend we need to not only have a better product but be ready to compete on a marketing level with bitcoin as a brand as well.

Im sorry, but a cartoon figure is not what Vert wants as a mascot if it wants mainstream acceptability. This is not professional. It worked for doge because it was marketed to the internet crowd. I would prefer to see Vtc as respectable and serious. Our competitors are Btc and paypal, not doge.

I want to see this !

Vertcoin mascot concept:

We could use the idea of 'vertan warriors' mixed with the 'verdant' idea, so lush, bountiful, and fertile combined with some awesome vertan warrior.  The image could be an attractive and cute girl who is some kind of mythical warrior and proudly wears a Vertan shield, and has an awesome ninja vertan headband and has natural green+leather clothes combined with a touch of ultra high-tech gear, some super cool futureistic wearable technology, such as a visor with a silver cable that runs seductively around her body.  She is situated in a verdant environment, beautiful green trees, lush foliage, as well as spectacular backdrops such as steep mountains in the distant background to provide a sense of 'epicness'.  In the images it's a sunny day and everyone who sees this Vertan warrior is spellbound by her beauty and general fantasticalness, she could be called the Vertress?  Her Vertillisiousness?

I'm not a graphics guy, but maybe someone who's got great skills can work on something using these ideas?

We could then all talk about her as if she is a real person lol and get a meme going.  We just need an awesome image.

+1

I like this.

We won't get far with the "better than bitcoin" message. We need the support of the Bitcoin community eventually (and some of Vertcoin's community will also be working towards Bitcoin adoption)

It also doesn't make sense for the average person. Does Toyota say "Better than Honda" or is it confident with itself? We don't need to use Bitcoin as a crutch to support our message.

"Money Made Easy" or "Money Make Simple" or "Payment Complete" or something that is neutral and the person doesn't have to think about it.

That's what the part of me that worked for P&G says, anyway.

Would you trust Geico any less with something as serious as insurance because it uses a funny gecko in its ads? Harris Bank had "Hubert the Lion" for many years. You can have both integrity and an emotional connection. Thing is, I doubt if Dogecoin would be successful without the dog. I'm not saying we need a dog but we do need to humanize the mysteries of cryptocurrency and make it approachable for the average person.

+1 here, perhaps replace crypto images with FIAT currencies? Go above and beyond crypto. As a potential merchant, I'm careful what my products is linked to after spending years creating goodwill.

I agree. For payments in a store for instance I'd prefer something abstract over a cartoon character.