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Q: What is this thread intended for?
This thread is dedicated to Marketing Discussion. It is a place where people can discuss, propose, debate NodeCoin's Marketing Strategy.
Q: Can i FUD/SPAM around ?
Absolutely Not! This thread is moderated, and every abusive or disrespectful post will be reported and deleted!  
Q: I have no Marketing Experience should i join in the conversation?
Yes, but inform yourself before posting specific content, and don't post unnecessary questions or information that might mislead the participants. Try to maintain a continuous topic specific discussion!
Q: Why Bounties are posted here?
Bounties are a part of NODE's Promotion, it we'll help increase awareness and Adoption which is essential for a coin's longevity.

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Many think of marketing as promotion, advertising or sales. When they see television advertisements or newspaper advertisements, they view this as marketing. Others use the term in place of the word “sales.” How often have you heard a company or individual say they are “selling” a product or service? But using the term in this way is only partially correct. Marketing is much more than simply promotion or selling. A marketing approach to business begins with understanding your customers and their needs. It involves designing the entire company around fulfilling those needs, beginning with the product or service. Decisions that involve pricing, services, advertising and even sales are developed with the customer’s needs and desires. Simplified, marketing starts with the customer. We'll work backwards from there!

On this note we formed our mission:
"To be recognized as the premier Payment Processing System in the world. To help people send money effortlessly. " - I know it is bold, but achievable with time!

The crypto world is ambiguous and very hard to margin, that is why we'll concentrate our goals to the immediate future, and define a marketing plan for a short period of time: November - December 2014! Having shorter periods of planning we'll help us maintain an easy flexible management solution.

Nov-Dec Goals:
- Increase Awareness of the coin by stable price growth, by a minimum of 30%!
- Distribute 25% of PromoCoins through means of Bounties, Tasks, Contests,  Giveaways, etc.
- Define & increase interaction through the main SM Channels!
- Achieve a stable position in the Top 20 by the end of the year!
- Increase in Twitter followers by 300% by the end of december!
- Assure an equidistant self-motivating Mk & PR SubCommunity!


These goals are engaging us in a short in time but long list of ToDoS!

In order to succeed and achieve the set goals we'll implement a "Penetration Mk Strategie" with a concentrated approach style!!

 - We'll use the vast majority of our resources, including the Promo Fund and access to the Social Media!
 - At the same time psybits is continuously managing the PR on crypto friendly nishes.
 - Also as a back cover, we'll be using gloryninja's service in providing passive but continuous assistance.

In order to proceed in to this Short Term Mk plan - or operation "SantaClaus" (provide a better name if you dare!) we divided the plan in the following categories:

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This categories are structured by priority and importance. Each above category we'll be associated with particular time defined campaigns and bounties! Each Campaign we'll have a title, description, rules of participation and explanatory wais and examples on how to achieve the desired outcome.

For instance this week we'll concentrate on the social media campaigns and bounties! So let's get to it:

1) TWITTER -

Campaign Title:  Follow Node
Description:  This campaign will consist of 3 parts, with a total duration of 2 weeks! Participants will be asked to tweet, retweet, tag, point out.
Difficulty: easy!
Budget: part 1 - 50 000, part 2 - 100 000, part 3 - 150 000, Total - 300 000
Duration : 18/11 - 2/12!


Reward
For each submitted tweet you'll get 100 Nodes! If the tagged person retweets you'll get an extra 100 Nodes, if he'll Follow @NodeCoin you'll get an extra 300 Nodes!
Rules:
1) Participants, can't tag members that are already following @NodeCoin!
2) Untagged retweets/follows don't count!
3) Participant must submit a minimum of 5 tweets to get rewarded
4) To get the rewarded user must submit the tweet/retweet links & acc # in the following form: LINK (http://goo.gl/iOMd84)
5) The accumulated NODES will be sent at the end of every day!

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18/11 - Twitter Campaign Announced - Part 1 > In Progress Link (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=860761.msg9581078#msg9581078)

Why not give reward to active Peers?

Because they already getting fees from forged blocks?

They can still do both (like NHZ)

I mean to every Peer, there are not many transactions atm so giving 50 to 100 Nodes daily might be a good idea. Just a suggestion and i dont know its a good idea.

Its like giving node to someone for doing nothing. We can use those nodes better, lets give it to people who actually DO something!!

I don't think it's a good idea either.

finally  ;)
let's spread this  :D

is there any rewards for facebook ?

OK, what about signature campaign?  ;D NODE need to spread to all parts and for that we have to do something. Give some NODEs and let people know about it.

Yes!
And YES!

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There are lots of to dos! But strategically i will post a few per day! So to keep people engaged! I am going to keep the interest level raising, cause the quality is the end result!

Hope we agree on this terms?!

I think there was a guy in the other nodethread that offered to do some marketing

it seems he's known in doing marketing..

maybe we can get him for some bounties  ;D

Devs already hired him

alright, really nice :)  8)

Awesome, great Response Time!

Also there is a minimum of 5, if you'd like to - you could keep going as much as you want!

P.S. - I will provide the google form link tomorrow! Then the campaign will begin, after you'll submit the links in the form, please delete this message, so we don't get in trouble. The moderators are strict with this kind of content. Thank you!

BTW this may not be revolutionary enough to get a bounty but the website could use a serious makeover. All of those icons on the front page should be a link to a description/interactive page and every description page should have at least one eye catching graphic optimized for facebook and twitter. Doing that alone will get you more traffic plus it really helps if you later decide to use Facebook dark posts. Lastly do you have any marketing standards yet and a repository of Vector graphics. If not I would like to start working on those for you in my spare time. Not looking for NODE if you feel like giving me some fine but just to help get this thing off the ground establishing standards such as color codes, graphics and fonts is VITAL.

You are probably speaking about psybits he is managing our PR awareness at the moment! He's spreading information about us on Crypto nishes such as Bitcoin Magazine!

I think a signature campaign is a good way to start, so that the people in other threads get to know about NODE.
Could be with different reward depending on own activity.

Looking great! I will be back tomorrow for the forms

i made tweet and hastag #dogecoin. 8 minute later got 100 doge tip. lol  ;D

Will do.  :)

I agree, the website needs a little bit of magic! The website was created by hypersire, he is a skilled designer, but he is not available at the moment due to the fact that he is travelling around the world on work matters.
He has all the vectors and everything related to the front end both on our client,testnet,blockreader and website!

We are planning to shut the site down for maintenance in a few weeks and replace it with a landing page that we'll contain the general info till we get the current info updated and copyrighted!

You are welcome to do so if you have the time and desire, please share your suggestions and what/how you will improve things! We'll gladly find a solution together!

We'll do! Thanks for joining in!

Tipped you 200 Node cause we appreciate you More!
http://nodemoney.com:19775/#/explorer/transaction/13711010399577141380

thank you.
don't forget about hashtag. this is way to steal attention from other crypto community  ;D

Congratulations on the steady and solid progress!  ;)

Start a Thunderclap campaign (https://www.thunderclap.it)

Crazy marketing idea, please analize if is possible:

When Bter back could do so aggressively, promoting "Pump without Dump":

Buy 500,000 nodes, transfer to a new account (taking rates reach 494.999), post the Account No. to check, keep that amount in your account until you receive the bonus (** Required keep that amount in account ***) and earn up to 10%.

Only applies to "member" accounts bitcointalk or up level, created before the promotion and ONE participation per account.

Valid only for transfers Bter for the client (see if is possible to track )

3,000,000. 10% = 50,000 nodes for first 60 users
5,000,000. 5% = 25,000 nodes for first 200 users
2,000,000. 2% = 10,000 nodes for first 200 users

Total 10,000,000 nodes

Timeline:
1 - The first phase ends after 10 days, or until there are 60 participants.
After will be paid in 10 days, (in order) 6 shares per day to prevent dumping, totaling the 60 shares.

2 - The second phase begins when the first end, (when first arriving at 60 or 10 days) and ends in 10 days or until there are 200 shares.
After will be paid in 10 days, (in order), 20 shares per day to prevent dumping, totaling 200 shares.

3 - The third phase starts when the second end, (when the second reach 200 or 10 days) and ends in 10 days or until there are 200 shares.
After will be paid after 10 days, in order for participation, 20 shares per day to prevent dumping, totaling 200 shares.

How does this support spreading the coins in a distribution way? this only caters to investor to "hodl" their coin so it causes temporarily scarcity which could prompt a price increase. Soon as this "promotion" is over then it is a race to sell. because nothing natural has happened to increase price growth and there will be no reason why the price shouldn't adjust back down. unless this move increases the price by x1000 and falls back x300 i do not see it as an ideal way to use the coins.

The best solution is to reach out to as many new users as possible and give them coins. shower them with coins and hope that at least %10-20 of them become loyal and future investors.

The idea was to have a pump and dump slower a month, with a reasonable volume, to test PoA "forging formula".
Maybe make sucess if more or less at the end of the promotion, had been inaugurated some of innovative features.
The idea was "new users connected" in Node for a month and seeing its advantages, as it evolves, etc.

First of all I would replace the part in the title "NodeCoin 2d gen Code build on NODE.JS!" with something like "NodeCoin first decentralized Coin with INSTANT TRANSACTIONS !!!!"

I agree, it is better to highlight the functionality of the technology to enabled it.

I think it would be good to have a faucet, and encourage people to download the client and test it to see with their own eyes.

Ok so the first and most important thing in marketing is defining a goal and therefore a strategy.
The target group is easy, first all cryptousers and after that the rest of the world, including businesses.

For the strategy, it is important for every product to find an USP (Unique selling proposition)
For NODE I think it only can be Instant Transactions. And we should declare it every time, that instant trnasaction are THE KILLER FEATURE in cryptoland.

So I would start to make sure that every marketeer outthere knows our USP.
So every post, every tweet, every slogan, every video, every signature, you know what I want to say, we have to hammer it inside everyones head that NODE equals the first instant transactions blockchain in the world.

So now comes the dangerous part. I think we have a lack in explaining ot the tech freaks how this is possible and save.
So we need the devs to give us a writing about POA and the netowrk design that nails every doubt about NODE´s safety and scalability.

I think that´s absolutely necessary, cause the guys out there are smart, and they will find every lack in our explanation.

After that´s it´s just spreading the word and everybody will talk about it.

So NODE --> Instant Transactions --> Killer Feature --> Proof of safety and scalability.

Now we're rolling! :D

Plan is good, so we'll see, good results

I made a NODE Facebook banner. Feel free to use it. Sorry if the fonts, colors, logo, ect. are not exactly right but I had to make it from scratch since I did not have the original vector files. I plan on making more promotional materials so please feel free to give your feedback. BTW the shrunken text with the green stripes on the side may not look the best on Desktop but they make a HUGE difference when you switch to mobile.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/eyb5loq60ibzko5/NODE%20banner.png?dl=0

EDIT

I have moved all promotional material to a single folder that can be found here.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ltlcuhimkzyzp22/AACdqx5HYCpV_EQGzxqNoWw3a?dl=0

Be aware of the Willy/Wally Bot!

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=830942.msg9479238#msg9479238 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=830942.msg9479238#msg9479238)

Just use NODE and promote as a system not a coin.

#Check out @NODE a simple, effective, #Instant and #secure online #wallet to manage #Bitcoin #USD #EUR #Cheque

Por fin  ;D

Wall of 20BTC at 0.000001 and all agree not to sell below, would be enough.

I agree 100%

please add "FREE COIN" in title. this is good to attract more people  :)

Reward
For each submitted tweet you'll get 100 Nodes! If the tagged person retweets you'll get an extra 100 Nodes, if he'll Follow @NodeCoin you'll get an extra 300 Nodes!
Rules:
1) Participants, can't tag members that are already following @NodeCoin!
2) Untagged retweets/follows don't count!
3) Participant must submit a minimum of 5 tweets to get rewarded
4) To get the rewarded user must submit the tweet/retweet links & acc # in the following form: LINK (http://goo.gl/iOMd84)
5) The accumulated NODES will be sent at the end of every day!

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This Part of campaign is intended to reach potential interested parties! By expanding the User Base and driving more interest towards our twitter feed.

In Order for this to work! We have to increase participation level and mostly inform our Investors! 

Nodecoin have a "faucet"?

I thought of twit to:

Experience the power of NodeCoin Instant Transactions!

But it would have to have somewhere to gain 2 to 4 nodes for test.

Let's do it !

Please explain how this bot can have any effect on node whatsoever?

I made 3 Facebook profile pictures to go with the cover photo I made yesterday. I recommend using one of the two with text, one says "NODE does it faster" and the other says "Ask me about my NODE", but if you would rather you can use the plain logo. I just think the plain logo looks redundant against the cover photo. I have moved the cover photo along with the profile pictures to one folder that I will be adding files to. If anyone has any suggestions for other things you would like to see graphics made for please let me know.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ltlcuhimkzyzp22/AACdqx5HYCpV_EQGzxqNoWw3a?lst

I would also like to say that since I have put up my own cover photo I have already had someone like and share it. These things are subtle but one of the things that is imperative for NODEs adoption is that people see our logo, colors and fonts often. It creates a warm feeling of recognition towards the product. The other day I was talking to one of my friends about BTC and cryptos in general and the only reason he had any clue what I was talking about was because he recognized this symbol BTC but had no clue what it was about. This created a feeling that this was a real thing that a lot of people were using that he didn't know about and laid the ground work for the conversation. This stuff takes time and it will not be apparent at first but IT WORKS.

I have posted a short article on the Reddit and have started sharing it. Facebook and Twitter are awesome tools for bringing new people in but if we ever want to get the core BTC group involved we need a lot more activity on our Reddit. Check it out, let me know what you think, and write your own.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Nodecoin/comments/2mo9rt/why_i_believe_node_is_the_next_step_in_blockchain/

I think its important to integrate HTTPS onto the website, even if its just through the free CloudFlare option...

Extremely important. I know that the website developer is currently out of the country but this should be a number 1 TOP priority. We can have the best promotion on the planet but if the product is not secure those people we drive to the page are going to quickly start falling through the cracks and it will have all been for nothing.

Good Question. As it appears, right now it should not be able to do its trick,
since it relies on creating its own arbitrage opportunities by forceful movements of markets.
Since node is currently on BTer only, this would not apply.

Just remember this when node is getting onto more exchanges!

X1000

Trading volume so small, need more people to join

I submitted 5 tweets yesterday, and sent you the formular with my Node's account. I'm still waiting some nodes please.

EDIT : I received some Nodes. I suppose it's from the Dev ? Thank you by the way :)

Romanian: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=852085.0

I have already this Coin in my mind before this thread and then forgot to read more about Node and then picked up a stake after reading the roadmap, I like the ideas of the roadmap and also the interesting features and I am hope that its not a pump and dump coin like the others with such big aims and if its not then it will be the NXT Killer App if you make it like in the Roadmap.

i have created my first game. everybody completed this game will get free coin. game is easy but more fun.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=865212.0
if anybody can provide API (PHP API), i will integrated NODECOIN with my website.
thank you

Your game has an error that let's you win every time. I don't know if you care since it is only $0.002 every 6 hours but thought I would let you know.

no problem, all bugs fixed now.

When is a signature campaign likely to be?

While I don't think the software or the community is at a point that we can do it yet I would love to see a large bounty put out for a "Hype Video" contest like DOGE did. The DOGE Hype Video Contest Winner (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=000al7ru3ms) was amazing and just watching it makes you want to be a part of it. Looking at the price trend, technology, and inflation schedule is another story however. With a good coin though I think this could do amazing things!

These social media campaigns are great.

When NodePay is released NODE is going to explode as people see truly instant fiat transactions through a crypto network supported with professional customer service and support.

Happy to assist in future in any way.

I'm supporting this coin long term and hodling it has huge potential.

hi psybits
i think for now better to promoting nodecoin than nodepay. because people know nodecoin not nodepay.
when i search in google about nodecoin, there no news about nodecoin.
see in google search suggestion.
if nodepay released. then we start to promote nodepay.

It was just called NODE in the PR not Nodecoin that's why! NODE cryptocurrency shows good results ;) Next time will use Nodecoin if that is what the devs want. Also was just making a general statement that when Nodepay is released NODE will be huge!

i think nodecoin is better.
let's see this scenario.
example i want to invest in altcoin. then i look into BTER. i see in left side Nodecoin is top 10.
then i want research first. i go to google and of course i will type NODECOIN not NodePay.
i think this is KEYWORD SEO right?

I see what you are saying and our searchability under the name NODE and our URL is unfortunate. But we need to push our brand away from Bitcoin and other altcoins if we want to not be seen as Bitcoin light so I think NODE is better. That is why I have been referring to it by it's ticker symbol "NODE" and referring to a node in the network as "node" I think for the time being we are stuck with the official name Nodecoin but I would like to brand as NODE not just another coin, in fact that's not a bad slogan. Ultimately though it's up to the DEVs.

That was my reasoning with it. We used NODE instead of Nodecoin. It is up to the dev how they want to brand it really.

well, you should use both. and include word "nodecoin" so when people search about nodecoin, node news will show up.
because "NODE" keywords all belong to nodejs. type in google "node" there is no mention about nodepay or nodecoin. only nodejs.

this is not about brand but about marketing.
and this is about cryptocurrency so most people know and  use suffix "coin".

use every meta combination you can think of:

node; nodecoin; node coin; nodekoin; node koin; nodemoney; node money; nodecash; node cash; nodecrypto; node crypto; crypto coin node; etc...

problem solved

This forum seems to have died and I have stopped tweeting because it is hard to sell a coin that has no active trade sites. I think once we get BTER working again this thread will come back to life.

Long term NODE is going to be fine don't worry ;)

No worries here. Just saying we should regroup and rally when BTER is back up.  :)

Every announcement made here or in the main forum needs to also be accompanied by an announcement on the Reddit (http://www.reddit.com/r/Nodecoin/) and FB page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/NodeCoin/772496769488294). I have tried to write a few articles on the Reddit but they both look really bare right now. Even just putting up announcements would help them a lot.

I think more information needs to be released on forging.  Detailed information on forging is almost non-existent in online search and nobody is going to look through 300+ pages of forum to find that information.  If you are looking to hook more high quantity buyers release more information on forging, your #1 priority should be updating that website.  It looks too unprofessional for people to want to invest hundreds of dollars, but that's just my opinion.

+1

Links to crucial information like that should be right at the top of the OP. People quickly lose interest if they cannot immediately find what they want.

Some questions: What is the limit of daily tweets?
I can send repeated tweets for different profiles?
If anyone of peoples tagged have followed @nodecoin, the reward is reduced by half?
if i tag people by mistake not receive the extra people or not receive the tweet?
Tags are unlimited?
Tipbots profile mentioned are a extra profile in tweet?
I accumulated links here, i can send all in final of campangn?

Thanks!

1. Max 100 days
2. Yes
3. No awards
4. Yes
5. node, nodecoin, nodepay everything related to the Node
6. No
7. Yes

All information written in WhitePaper

Done, form sent now, but tweets have sent two days. :)

So, what about the second part please? The first part is finished and we got no news.

That's the problem.  Nowhere in the white paper it says anything about how to actually forge.  It explains what it is but nowhere does it say you need 500,000 coins or give any information people actually care about.  You need to make your information more readily available.  Even the white paper is supper hard to find.  You are pushing away high spending clients by not displaying the information people need in order to make a calculated investment.  Your website makes your development look weak, very weak, leading to the skepticism and doubtfulness of your clientele.  Updating your website would be so simple, I don't see why it wasnt updated months ago.

Thank you for your opinion
We fix soon


We know next week we will tell you all our plans

I completely agree, every page needs to be updated and if someone wants to invest there should be no doubt in there minds after reading everything about NODE coin  :)

Once again, I'm claiming my reward. Still waiting since many days. Can I have it please ? I sent a formular many days ago.

It looks like no one cares about Nodecoin. That's pretty sad...

@koop4u attention here and please try to be more active.

http://vk.com/nodepay

Me and several friends joined the unofficial page on Vkontakte.  It doesn't make sense because it's just random articles.  It's also restricted so we can't make any comments.   ???  The person who runs this page won't respond to messages from me and my friends.  ???

That page doesnt belong to NODE team, @therealsilk already confirmed that. You can create NODE fan page and put stuff related to NODE coin ;D

When will Part II of your marketing strategy be released?

koop4u little busy
Write to me in PM


Soon we will publish information about marketing.

So are you gonna tell us your plans this week or no?

When can we expect another Mk&Pr announcement?

"Nov-Dec Goals:
- Increase Awareness of the coin by stable price growth, by a minimum of 30%!"

All I've seen thus far is stable price DECLINE, by around 30%.

Are you planning on launching Parts 2&3 of your campaign anytime soon?  It's just been so long since we've heard anything.

A rough roadmap as overview could be useful, not with fixed dates, but with topics which are in work and in which timeframe we can expect it.

120 000 NODE coins will be given away!

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1000 NODE will be given to accounts with at least "Full Member" status - 50 available slots

Requirement:

Placement of this signature in your footer (it needs to be at least there for 5 days. ex 200 NODE x 5 days = 1000 NODE):

NODE Coin - 2nd Generation Crypto (PoA) - New code, Faster than BTC transactions, Node.js based (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=590421.0) - NodeCoin.com (http://nodecoin.com)


500 NODE will be given to accounts with at least "Jr. Member" status - 50 available slots

Requirement:

No requirement, just sign up and help spread the word!


BONUS: 1000 additional NODE will be given to 45 people (on either list) who keep/add the signature in their footer until New Year's Day (1/1/2015).

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To participate:

Download the wallet and create a new NODE account, then send me the address of your NODE account in a PM.

Tell me which list do you want to be on, either the 500 NODE or 1000 NODE list.

If participating in the 1000 NODE list, I will keep track of the time when you add the signature to your footer until the required 5 days are done.

If you'd like to participate for the bonus round, please let me know in the PM.  I will also keep track of those signatures until new year's day.

The start for the NODE giveaway distribution will be on 12/25/2014 (Christmas day gift, yey!)

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Special thanks to whitecloud for donating additional NODE to the giveaway.

Good idea, i added the signature, no need to pay me and i will ask Poloniex again, if they want to add NODE (did it already but nothing happened,
maybe some others should also ask).
NODE has some really nice advantages like, a cryptographic system which is build on a platform which is usable on nearly every device (node.js),
a functioning network, a functioning Proof of Activity algorithm, a fantastic original distribution (sockpuppets were nearly eliminated, i know it, i was
in the comitee :) ), actually a more then fair price, developers which are not really good in communicating but which are delivering (i was more then
one time surprised) and i'm sure quite more.

Critical points, are in my opinion, the 40% of coins in devs hands (in a scammy environment like altcoin cryptos it is a problem), which is actually not
really bad, but to attract new money, and to strenghten the trust in the coin and in the development team, it is necessary to lower the amount, as
example for the promotion campaign, paying new developers, support the community with sweet candy and so on, but step by step, i think it is more
important actually to leave the beta stage.

Requested on Polo

aaaaand nothing, no updates no promo no price raise...All that is going on now is the 20 dollar worth of NODE giveaway :D

Request on POLO

NODE 120,000 Giveaway Update:

3,500 NODE were sent out today to those who wanted to participate.

1,000 NODE are pending until I get account information from one of the participants.

120,000 - 4,500 = 115,500 NODE left to giveaway!

Merry Christmas everybody!

http://www.architive.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/decorations-captivating-christmas-fireplace-mantel-decorating-ideas-with-green-garland-and-santa-stockings-stunning-christmas-decorating-ideas-for-fireplace-mantels.jpg

Merry Christmas

Is this still active?
Cuz if it is I'm in :)

Yep, i receive some NODEs for signature.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=590421.msg10281505#msg10281505

MAIN THREAD look here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=590421.0

Any news when will be launch of Nodepay ?

Nodepay already launched but USD&EURO integration can take a lot of time.

https://nodepay.com/