Short/Long Term Priorities

[ST000]

I noticed on bitcointalk that Drexme - who has done a great job as a Mod on this forum - started a thread (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=357403.msg3823315#msg3823315) and is looking to start a NXT giveaway. While distribution of NXT is important to the future of the coin I don't think the traditional cryptocoin giveaway is the right way to go and I thought it might be interesting to have a brainstorming session for the best way to distribute NXT.

Erik Voorhees appeared on the Peter Schiff show (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mUn-d8R98k) and subsequently wrote an open letter to Peter Schiff afterwards (http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1rxmk3/my_open_letter_to_peter_schiff_followup_from_the/) and he made a very good point about the infastructure of Bitcoin being the most important aspect of it. The actual code can be repeated and used to create other coins, but it is all the online stores, brick and mortar shops and services that accept bitcoin and the development that is being poured into bitcoin which makes it so valuable and I think NXT should be looking to create infastructure as soon as possible and the distribution of NXT from the stakeholders could be used for this purpose rather than just giving it away.

I actually have 0 NXT at the moment so I have every reason to want a giveaway but I think there are a lot more innovative and effective methods out there to boost the quality of this coin.


I'm not trying to tell the stakeholders what to do with their coins, they started NXT and the coins belong to them to do with as they please but from what I've seen of the organisation and focus of the people behind this coin the stakeholders will be looking to distribute a large portion of the NXT they hold because it is beneficial to them but I think it is important to do it in the most effective way for the improvement of the coin.


Few ideas I had...

- Lots of decent sized bounties for developing NXT software and services e.g. Merchant solutions like Bitpay

- Bounties for non programmers e.g. creating videos, signing up Merchants to the service above

- Buy some NXT, tip 10 people on Reddit 10 NXT and get 500 NXT

[SBDomains]

Yeah, those ideas are pretty good. I thought buying NXT's for $140, sold all of my IFC's at eBay to get that money... And theeen... Bam, "PayPal Pending Funds"... Buyer left me a positive feedback and everything, but funds are still in pending mode and will be there until Christmas. I was thinking to do something like what is your 3'rd idea... Unluckily, thanks to PayPal...

[ST000]

That is real unlucky. Perhaps you could get some if any of these get off the ground.

To build on #3 it could even involve tipping people on reddit who aren't from crypto and bitcoin subreddits to try and get something going with a different market. But pick the subreddits wisely, /r/technology and /r/books could be 2 good ones. Tip them 10 NXT and post a link explaining what NXT is and how to obtain their NXT.

[NiftyNikel]

Welcom ST000 and SBDomains! Glad to have you in the forums.

ST000, I have updated the master list with your ideas, you had some good ones there!

Do either of you happen to live in Las Vegas? A long shot I know but I gotta ask. We need to get someone to go to the conference so we can start spreading the word!

[DiCE1904]

How do I get involved in

- [ST000] "Buy some NXT, tip 10 people on Reddit 10 NXT and get 500 NXT]

[ST000]

Welcom ST000 and SBDomains! Glad to have you in the forums.

ST000, I have updated the master list with your ideas, you had some good ones there!

Do either of you happen to live in Las Vegas? A long shot I know but I gotta ask. We need to get someone to go to the conference so we can start spreading the word!

No I'm from Europe.

How do I get involved in

- [ST000] "Buy some NXT, tip 10 people on Reddit 10 NXT and get 500 NXT]

That is just an idea for now - read my post at the top of this page - and please contribute any ideas yourself.

[salsacz]

Nxt isn't prepared for general public yet

[Matth03]

I agree, not ready yet. Being on coinmarketcap.com at this point is probably less than advantageous. People have most likely seen it, and then went on a hunt for info only to find a very disjointed market. Only convenient way to get nxt is through dgex, which looks like 80's banking software. I think a visually appealing website to link it all together could help. Just some simple wordpress slap together with a nice logo and links to all pertinent info would be nice.

[buybitcoinscanada]

I agree, not ready yet. Being on coinmarketcap.com at this point is probably less than advantageous. People have most likely seen it, and then went on a hunt for info only to find a very disjointed market. Only convenient way to get nxt is through dgex, which looks like 80's banking software. I think a visually appealing website to link it all together could help. Just some simple wordpress slap together with a nice logo and links to all pertinent info would be nice.

Agreed on that. When we come out of beta, this needs to make it at least onto cryptsy.

[salsacz]

I agree, not ready yet. Being on coinmarketcap.com at this point is probably less than advantageous. People have most likely seen it, and then went on a hunt for info only to find a very disjointed market. Only convenient way to get nxt is through dgex, which looks like 80's banking software. I think a visually appealing website to link it all together could help. Just some simple wordpress slap together with a nice logo and links to all pertinent info would be nice.

I can see they are using a link to this site:
https://nextcoin.org/

Maybe it would be better, if there on that page was embeded video about NXT?
http://wideo.co/view/1302961386354824506-nxt

What do you think?

[DiCE1904]

I agree, not ready yet. Being on coinmarketcap.com at this point is probably less than advantageous. People have most likely seen it, and then went on a hunt for info only to find a very disjointed market. Only convenient way to get nxt is through dgex, which looks like 80's banking software. I think a visually appealing website to link it all together could help. Just some simple wordpress slap together with a nice logo and links to all pertinent info would be nice.

I can see they are using a link to this site:
https://nextcoin.org/

Maybe it would be better, if there on that page was embeded video about NXT?
http://wideo.co/view/1302961386354824506-nxt

What do you think?

That video is great. Just posted it on my twitter

[Matth03]

I agree, not ready yet. Being on coinmarketcap.com at this point is probably less than advantageous. People have most likely seen it, and then went on a hunt for info only to find a very disjointed market. Only convenient way to get nxt is through dgex, which looks like 80's banking software. I think a visually appealing website to link it all together could help. Just some simple wordpress slap together with a nice logo and links to all pertinent info would be nice.

I can see they are using a link to this site:
https://nextcoin.org/

Maybe it would be better, if there on that page was embeded video about NXT?
http://wideo.co/view/1302961386354824506-nxt

What do you think?

I do like the video, and it should be front and center somewhere. I'm just saying that when you hit nextcoin.org all you are presented with is a link to the forum section. You are then left to hunt for info on your own. There is no direction. If you look at peercoin they have everything you need to know in 30 seconds, and it is all right there. You can watch their video, download their client, find links to social media, and see exchanges where you can purchase them all right there. It is a very complete presentation, and one I think nxt is lacking. Besides, I read somewhere that this is not even the official site but I could be wrong on that.

[pinarello]

Would like to volunteer translating to dutch, also volunteer to be a moderator.

let me know if I can be of any help.

kind regards
pinarello

[Sondreviking]

I can translate into Norwegian if that is ever needed.

Pm me!

[mr001]

Maybe it would be better, if there on that page was embeded video about NXT?
http://wideo.co/view/1302961386354824506-nxt

What do you think?

This video isn'4 bad, but maybe to match text. We need it more simple. In which program was it done?