One side is technology the otherside is politics. Two completely different universes. VIA is outstanding!

Im here in VIA until the end!
amazing work Drak. Huge pat on the back.
The fudsters are making you and us stronger.
Slow and steady mate.

Great work

1 Million VIA in the budget - GOOD! – the chicken and the egg. Spend on bounties whilst value is low and technically use excessive amounts or implement strategies to install confidence and awareness back which “may” affect price meaning the budget is stronger…

Overall members are showing more interest and therefore more confidence in communication is growing. A cheap way to do this would be through updates. Simple brief and easy to read (almost as if they are being explained to a child) a simple stupid approach.  Techno speech just closes down anyone outside who may show an interest.

Someone mentioned a story board – a brilliant idea - I believe this should be comical and informative for someone who hasn’t even heard of crypto before…  However this will cost if it is going to be any good.

Updates – people have been requesting a White Paper for a while now. This could be the Key
My understanding is that this could significantly promote VIA as it will give potential supporters an understanding of what to expect and when.
-Upcoming Security features
-Potential investment plans
-Plans for the budget
-i.e next Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4


Other updates should be explained/advertised in the most professional and most basic form:
-What change has been made?
-Why has the change been implemented?
-Who the change will affect (i.e end user)?
-How the end user will benefit?

This could help us to have targets and push things to be met and worked towards.

Regular updates, I believe are essential.  Could there be say bi weekly updates etc.?
People need you to sell your POSITIVE plans and thoughts before they support this in full.

PRIORITIES
1.   Raise awareness through an update on what is happening and is planned for VIA (FREE) - (EDIT) Even if the update includes "we are closely reviewing how we communicate the key points of VIA, reward contributions and achievements as well as measure success" etc
2.   ?

Regards

Barabbas,

I don't believe you realise how much respect you have here. In fact you have a strong voice which is heard.

Not everyone is disagreeing with you however I do believe that you would be stronger if you used a bit more psychology and finesse. The current system is what it is and it is changing slowly to the what it needs to become -  shouting at it and degrading it will not always get the results you want...

I myself, and i guess without a doubt Drak too, believe that you have been instrumental in the past several days events.  This is greatly appreciated on my part as it seems that this project needed a catfish to flush a few things out so we can move forward..  



Like I said in one of my rare earlier posts. If you ask a question, this is opposed to making a repeated often degrading statement,  you should not only save time but get a direct response. It may not be the response you require but i have faith to believe that it will be the truth...

Also i agree there are a lot of people silently watching and for their first impression to be distrust and doubt this is not the way we should be conducting ourselves as a team..

This could actually be one of the more historic weeks for VIA- "when we all woke up!" - lets see...

VIA has not only significant funds marked for those development but also a dedicated and capable (technically) dev bent on protecting and furthering the valuable tech assets of the project AND, much more importantly at this point, the disposition to not only put those significant resources to work but rally the community for support and enthusiasm. The task ahead is hard, but if he confirms as I expect him to do, his commitment and disposition, as well as the specific resources, for this full of dispair situation, VIA has only one way to go and that is onwards and upwards.  
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BARABBAS - you make some excellent points And i believe that you have been instrumental in encouraging everything to become more open and transparent.

 Maybe you should ask Drak in a direct question what you want to know. He seems to be answering them.

everyone here is under pressure however i cannot imagine the pressure that Drak must be experiencing.

realistically other than a few tit-for-tat messages VIA tech is no different.  We just need to focus more on adoption.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=94451;sa=showPosts ...

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Would love to see some more positive vibes here.

Karmala
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Its amazing how quickly people lose perspective. Classic market mentality. However to be honest i too was starting to fear. than i put things into perspective.
Overdelivery
held in the highest regards

Its clear the Drak has worked tirelessly for X months on this. Which in the real world is completely unsustainable... enjoy your break drak.

im holding for the long term still. Lets see

Would the community manager be a good starting point. - either he could assign someone based on his knowledge or he could issue them if he was willing too... Or you...?

In your opinion how many VIA would we need in order to make a pot for bounties viable... 10k?
I think high rewards for quality works is the key...

I personally like the sound of this idea - however someone would be in control of it... I would most likely purchase some.

my understanding is that  - Its not about proving that something was sent - it is more about proving/logging that something has been created..

Ooohh the the text on this one does seem bolder with more punch.. however the coins on the previous entry appear to be more professional (imo)

Possibly a merger of the two is needed...

I think this is great! The red and blue push the grey chip out.
Excellent stuff.

I am also happy to send the final version 10via! Once drak confirms
 
Cheers

I personally prefer the blue or the red one from the intro page on  http://viacoin.org/

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 i completey agree with you mate! Apprx 80/20  or 70/30

Congratulations Drak - You built it and they will come...!

My view is hold - remember that this was going to be a medium to long term deal (6-12 months). BTC is shit, and altcoins are shit at the moment.  We all believed that VIA market would take off instantly.  Although VIA and XCH haven't had the start we had planned for this clearly means that with each price drop it is becoming more and more undervalued.  I am still investing heavily in the team and the technology.

Drak it would install a bit more confidence to hear updates DIRECTLY from you more often. I think you said that blogs would become more regular (i.e weekly) however this so far has failed to materialise.  You have a lot of people here who have your back however we really need to hear more just to keep confidence and moral up.  The last thing we want is for all the early adopters who believed in you from day one dumping and then missing out on mega rises later... that would be tragic.

What type of companies are likely to adopt this technology?
Have any companies shown any interest?
Is the team currently working on implementing the technology anywhere?


Masternode I assume you still have your VIAs and XCH - if you have time a few words on the current situation could also go down really well. You have been into Alts for a while and I believe you have seen and experienced a market like this before. I respect that Drak is not able to share his views as freely on price however I would be good to gain your investor insight. What do you see VIA  and XCH becoming in real world.


Many thanks

WOM1979

Drak,
Are we likely to get XCH onto Bitcoinwisdom.com?

Regards


WOM1979

http://www.coindesk.com/overstock-hires-counterparty-developers-build-cryptosecurity-stock-exchange/