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In the last 30 days DCEBrief has received over 33,000 unique visitors accoridng to cloudflare's statistics and the majority of the traffic comes from the US. About half of the traffic has come from direct hits, 35% from social media, and 15% from search.
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All, one way I was thinking of to promote DCEBrief on social media is infographics. They typically get a lot of traction on social media. It could be based on statistics surrounding an article, or even independent of an article on DCEBrief, or an explanation of an idea or system. If you have ideas, please let me know.
Just wanted to add, it doesn't matter if it's bitcoin related, or even blockchain related, that may even be preferable for the intended purpose. Anything digital currency related will work. An easy to understand blockchain diagram might be a good idea. Or at least I would be interested. Recently read the dcebrief article that compared crypto to the internet, something along those lines could be interesting as well. Pretty good ideas. Maybe a side by side comparison, if I can find the information, comparing: investment, users, and other landmarks? |
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STANFORD UNIVERSITY COURSE COULD GROW BITCOIN COMMUNITY, SAYS PROFESSOR https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/stanford-university-course-grow-bitcoin-community/Omg! This is great!!! "If we can start turning out 100 students a year who are experts on Bitcoin, this will really start growing the community quickly which should lead to exciting new technical advances in the future." -Professor Joseph Bonneau So when will high schools, better yet, middle schools start to teach on the subject?? Yes, this is good news! Speaking of school, I have three currently in elementary school and they watch me when I go on exchanges and do buys/trades. I am already getting them started down the path of digital currency. I show them their CRISP for Kids savings and they see how it grows. They truly are very interested in it and how money is sent "through the air" as they say. You can never start them too early. Educating the next generations about digital currency is one of the most important things we can do. They build upon what our industry has created. The financial world will be forced to offer programs and classes on digital currency. Just as schools were forced to offer computer classes. Unfortunately the first computers hit my high school the year after I graduated. The computers came in at the end of my Senior year and were sitting in the business classes I was taking for the next school year. All we could do was look at them. Yes folks, I learned on a typewriter, thankfully it was electric and not manual. I remember getting our first puter for the office, a 386SX, and thinking we would never need more than one PC in the office. That was about the very early 1990's or so. Then we got FOUR puters, 486SX. Everyone in the office had one, including me. I said "we will never need the internet at work". What would we need internet at work for? Then we got internet, BUT only on ONE puter, and that puter was not connected to the company network. I just did not trust the damn thing (the internet). Took a few years of being stubborn, but I finally relented and allowed the internet on the company puters. That was two decades ago. Seems like a lifetime. Still remember our first "Mobile phone", a bag phone........ Smokey It is absolutely amazing how quickly technology evolves. Today you can't run most businesses without the internet, at least a dozen computers, and mobile phones. Fond memories of dragging around the 30 pound mobile phone, and finding a good place to suction the antenna. |
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All, one way I was thinking of to promote DCEBrief on social media is infographics. They typically get a lot of traction on social media. It could be based on statistics surrounding an article, or even independent of an article on DCEBrief, or an explanation of an idea or system. If you have ideas, please let me know.
Just wanted to add, it doesn't matter if it's bitcoin related, or even blockchain related, that may even be preferable for the intended purpose. Anything digital currency related will work. |
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All, one way I was thinking of to promote DCEBrief on social media is infographics. They typically get a lot of traction on social media. It could be based on statistics surrounding an article, or even independent of an article on DCEBrief, or an explanation of an idea or system. If you have ideas, please let me know.
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Scotland Urged to Create its own Digital Currency http://dcebrief.com/scotland-urged-to-create-its-own-digital-currency/This sounds like a great suggestion, but if Scotland decides to use that advise and create its own digital currency, wouldn't they be giving up some amount of control? Is there any way a government authority could gain information or control of the currency? Take Greece for instance. They basically shut people out of their own bank accounts, allowing them only to withdraw a certain amount per day. Is that at all possible with Cryptocurrency at all? I'm sure they could adopt an existing digital currency, create a new digital currency with full control, or create a new digital currency with zero control and fully decentralized. Probably not, depending on where they stored their coins, and how they are handled. They set a limit after closing the banks and people went on a dash for cash withdrawing from ATM's. |
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http://dcebrief.com/taiwan-could-be-seeing-a-digital-currency-boom/This article makes me question whether it would be possible for PayPal to accept digital currency? What would the pros and cons be? I can immediately knowledge that one downfall would be the involvement of a third party, and fees for those transactions. The positive thing would be that by accepting Bitcoin and DNotes, PayPal would encourage consumers to accept digital currency as a real currency. It's absolutely possible for PayPal to accept digital currency, every vendor or money services company has all the tools needed to do so. PayPal would likely charge fees, but it would be up to the user whether they want the ease of use PayPal might provide or feel comfortable managing their own digital wallet. However, if PayPal does accept digital currency, and doesn't compete by lowering fees for digital currency transactions and making it easier to use, other companies will jump at the chance to acquire those customers PayPal would lose. |
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Good article Ken and Alan.
I need to potter along and finish my next one...
Good to see you TeeGee. Ken is a very talented writer. We are very fortunate to have his contribution. Hey, TeeGee, I finally upgraded my LinkedIn profile. Thanks for your inputs. Looking forward to it TeeGee! I appreciate the message you bring to your posts and writing for the industry. The talent pool is very strong. |
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21 Inc. has been on my Radar for over a year. I am sure that they are working on many potential killer apps. I have my doubts if this is one of them. 21 Inc. Unveils Bitcoin-Optimized Business ComputerWhen is a computer not a computer? While 21 Inc.’s new computer doesn’t have keyboards, monitors, and a massive enclosed hard drive, it may have just taken Bitcoin to the next level with their new 21 Bitcoin Computer. First Computer with Bitcoin as the Main Component Ok, what’s so great about this new computer by 21 Inc.? Well, it works through whatever OS you have via USB. As a stand-alone Linux machine or connected to Linux, Mac, or Windows via USB, it is small, but versatile pocket-sized computer. Most importantly, it is designed to be the first computer that is Bitcoin-optimized with native hardware and software support exclusively for the Bitcoin protocol. This means that business owners and developers can do business at the command line using Bitcoin, not built around PayPal or banking systems as a default. “The technology is ultimately just a tool. Our long term goal is to return economic power to the individual,” says 21 Inc. CEO Balaji Srinivasan on his Medium post. He continued: “Specifically, we want to make it possible for you to turn your bright idea into passive income by selling Bitcoin-payable goods, games, and services over the Internet through a 21 Bitcoin Computer. And we want to use the success of the 21 Bitcoin Computer to help make Bitcoin the next fundamental system resource, available by default on every new computer. That journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” The 21 Bitcoin Computer will do many things for its users such as mining bitcoin from the 21 Command Line instantly and allowing entrepreneurs to open up a digital goods store or iTunes-like music store. It also enables to reward others with bitcoin for posting your content on social media, sell APIs for bitcoin, make hardware rentable in bitcoin, and much more. The value in this is creating the first machine-to-machine systems built around Bitcoin’s protocol. Ben Horowitz, a co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, which helped 21 Inc. raise a record US$116 million in venture capital funding to start 2015, explains one future use scenario to the Wall Street Journal: “If I could read stuff on the web for a small amount of money, and didn’t have to open myself up for repeated charging or subscriptions I didn’t want? That’s a relatively straightforward application if you have machine-to-machine payments.” The 21 Computer combines the 21 mining chip and 21 micropayment server with the 21 Command Line interface for one comprehensive Bitcoin-optimized machine. Other standard goodies include a WiFi adapter, USB-to-laptop cable, and 128GB SD card, and an installed copy of the blockchain, allowing you to run it as a full node. Source: http://cointelegraph.com/news/115314/21-inc-unveils-bitcoin-optimized-business-computerInteresting. It looks like the key benefit is that it is a pocket sized computer, you could take between work and home for instance, with the side benefit of being able to run as a bitcoin full node. I wonder if the "Bitcoin-optimized with native hardware and software support exclusively for the Bitcoin protocol" means it will have a greater level of security for 'be your own bank' bitcoin users. And how long will it be before the 128gb is filled, I think the blockchain is over 40gb today. |
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“ The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has to loosen its regulatory policy on mobile money to accommodate telecommunications companies.” I wish there were more details, but it is always positive to take notice of any Central Bank, irrespective nations, shifting to a more supportive attitude towards “mobile money”, which I believe the writer was referring to digital currency such as DNotes. From my prospective, there will come a time, in the future, that digital will be given the same regulatory treatment as money, and characterized as such. Many of the regulatory hurdles confronting our industry today is the result of the lack of understanding of what digital currency, Blockchain technology and its global payment network systems are all about. At DNotes, we have certainly been trying hard to help encourage and educate as many people as we can reach. Specifically, we have been introducing every medium and platform to get the message out, by way of CryptoMoms, DNotes Educational Guide, and our newly launched DCEBrief. They are all Google searchable terms and keywords if you like to learn more about them. Or come and join us and feel free to ask any questions you may have. Nigerian central bank to license telcos for mobile money Monday 7 September 2015 | 10:24 CET | News The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has to loosen its regulatory policy on mobile money to accommodate telecommunications companies. According to ITPulse, CBN said that telecoms firms can provide the enabling infrastructure for mobile money agents to work effectively, thanks to their broad spread. The CBN has been wary of licensing telecoms firms, saying it wants to avid a clash between them and banks. The CBN has encouraged telecommunications operators to partner with licensed banks and other financial and non-financial institutions to drive mobile money uptake. Musa Itokpa Jimoh, Deputy director for the Banking and Payment System Department at CBN, said a review will allow the participation of telecoms companies, giving mobile money a huge boost. It said mobile money adoption has been very slow in a country that boasts of over 146 million active mobile subscribers. Several surveys have attributed the slow pace to low public awareness. Another challenge had been the low number of agents, as well as inadequate infrastructure. Source: http://www.telecompaper.com/news/nigerian-central-bank-to-license-telcos-for-mobile-money--1100957#.Ve3BBX2YeXM.linkedinI can see the need for regulation, to protect people from getting their money stolen, but the it seems the large nations are over regulating. Is it supposed to be money or a commodity? Will it be regulated by the food and drug administration next? On a positive note, checked out the traffic for the DNotes sites: DCEBrief is 211,650 on the Alexa top traffic sites in the U.S. and CryptoMoms is 287,126. The number DCEBrief is pretty impressive for only being live a little over 2 weeks. As a comparison, cointelegraph is 44,000 and coindesk is 9,700. Thanks Kanus, that looks promising. Traffic on DCEBrief is growing daily and overall support on social media is pretty good. |
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Thanks Alan, we sure agree. by the way, in short time will start Yom Kipur, which is the day - the jews believes - God judge the humanity - each one for their destiny. so let me use this opportunity to wish all of you - to be signed for good - and we as a community and each of us as well will gain success in DNOTES journey and any journey you choose "a multi-currency card"---is a great idea Alan. more than that - we might find out that if side A removes some cultural obstacles - than side B might remove some "regulatory hurdles". I think these might be uncovered as 2 parts of one equation Banks have traditional way to keep their money: safe. the new innovative tech - which keeps the money on air - is a great difference -cultural and practical - to the banks tradition. guess this is the pre gap that should be closed toward reaching the aim of DC's acceptance by banks. Here is an interesting article in that the author, like everyone at DNotes, agrees with the necessity of educating people on digital currency and blockchain technology. FinTechEDU | Financial Giants Flock To Blockchain Technology, While Employees Left Clueless?The underlying technology of bitcoin called, ‘the blockchain’ has disrupted & rocked the foundation of traditional finance to its very core! It seems mainstream media is reporting financial institution’s adoption of blockchain technology in nanoseconds. Only months ago many of these same outfits were opposed to change labeling the bitcoin community, ‘An underground group of criminals, geeks & misfits.’ Amid diverse opinion mainstream venture capital continues to flow through this market from financial giants such as; Capital One Financial, Citi Ventures, NASDAQ, VISA & others ‘solidifying’ the advancement of blockchain technology within the financial sector. Problem… I recently spoke with a ‘highly’ recognized banker from Citi clueless to her employers involvement in blockchain technology? Later, I met with a money manager also with Citi who first heard of bitcoin/blockchain during our meeting? The guy manages $500M USD yet light years behind information? Conclusion… ‘FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ALIKE ARE IN SERIOUS NEED OF FINTECH EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, RESOURCES & TOOLS FOR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE FRONTLINE ENGAGING WITH THEIR CONSUMERS.’ CitibankBanks have gotten very lax with conventional means of operation & security while many employed by them seem ‘oblivious’ to change & innovation going on all around them. Banks severe need for blockchain awareness & education leaves a huge void for community members to fill via FinTechEDU initiatives. Solution… EDUCATION! The bitcoin/blockchain academic sector is ‘exploding’ with many prestigious global colleges adopting, embracing & teaching this technology as a bonafide class or course. ‘Canada McGill University, University of Cumbria, Cyprus’ University of Nicosia, Duke University, Imperial College, London, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), New York University, Pompeu Fabra University, Simon Fraser University, Canada & others’ are laying the initial foundation of blockchain curriculums & digital lab type workshops for future generations to come. We are building a digital economy & education is ‘key’ to ‘adoption through understanding’, if not, we are vulnerable to mistakes of the past. https://news.bitcoin.com/fintechedu-financial-giants-flock-blockchain-technology-employees-left-clueless/That article raises some great points. The tricky part will be catering the educational material to the intended user. Bankers and money managers probably don't need to, nor want to, know the underlying technology that digital currency is built upon intimately. This is something that has been in the back of my mind since I first learned about cryptocurrency. "Clueless" about Bitcoin, Blockchain technology and digital currency? Harsh but close. Unfortunately, this applies to more than just the front office bank employees but senior bankers as well. There is no easy answer. Our industry certainly could do more by presenting a united front to minimize further confusion with a serious attempt to promote a clear and consistent message. Mati, I can see that. One can touch, feel, and smell money. We can say the same thing about debit and credit card. It has indeed crossed my mind that to help bridge the "comfort" gap at this nascent phase we could offer a multi-currency card before migrating 100% to smart phone -100% virtual currency. There are no technical limitations to do that, but we can not say the same about regulatory hurdles. Mati,those are very good points "["a multi-currency card"---is a great idea Alan. more than that - we might find out that if side A removes some cultural obstacles - than side B might remove some "regulatory hurdles". I think these might be uncovered as 2 parts of one equation]" The process of change and the associated complexities, especially as it relates to mass global changes in consumer behavior is often under estimated and misunderstood. Cost savings and convenience are not the only governing factors. There are certainly "some culture obstacles" as you pointed out. Retaining some level of "comfort factors" is a prudent thing to do. Most people will be quite surprised to learn that AOL still has over 2 million dial-up subscribers paying an average of $20 per month. Could it help clear up some regulatory hurdles? Quite possible, perhaps some might be more comfortable that there is some physical matter one can see and touch so the word "virtual (currency)" doesn't bother them quite as much. Thank you Mati, "G'mar Hatimah Tovah". If you are fasting today, I will be joining you, and wish you an easy fast. As our journey with DNotes moves into it's next phase, I am positive we will see exponential growth. We have proven that we are here for the long haul and that we can identify and react to the problems in the industry quickly while providing sensible solutions, with a clear path to success. |
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Here is an interesting article in that the author, like everyone at DNotes, agrees with the necessity of educating people on digital currency and blockchain technology. FinTechEDU | Financial Giants Flock To Blockchain Technology, While Employees Left Clueless?The underlying technology of bitcoin called, ‘the blockchain’ has disrupted & rocked the foundation of traditional finance to its very core! It seems mainstream media is reporting financial institution’s adoption of blockchain technology in nanoseconds. Only months ago many of these same outfits were opposed to change labeling the bitcoin community, ‘An underground group of criminals, geeks & misfits.’ Amid diverse opinion mainstream venture capital continues to flow through this market from financial giants such as; Capital One Financial, Citi Ventures, NASDAQ, VISA & others ‘solidifying’ the advancement of blockchain technology within the financial sector. Problem… I recently spoke with a ‘highly’ recognized banker from Citi clueless to her employers involvement in blockchain technology? Later, I met with a money manager also with Citi who first heard of bitcoin/blockchain during our meeting? The guy manages $500M USD yet light years behind information? Conclusion… ‘FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ALIKE ARE IN SERIOUS NEED OF FINTECH EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, RESOURCES & TOOLS FOR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE FRONTLINE ENGAGING WITH THEIR CONSUMERS.’ CitibankBanks have gotten very lax with conventional means of operation & security while many employed by them seem ‘oblivious’ to change & innovation going on all around them. Banks severe need for blockchain awareness & education leaves a huge void for community members to fill via FinTechEDU initiatives. Solution… EDUCATION! The bitcoin/blockchain academic sector is ‘exploding’ with many prestigious global colleges adopting, embracing & teaching this technology as a bonafide class or course. ‘Canada McGill University, University of Cumbria, Cyprus’ University of Nicosia, Duke University, Imperial College, London, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), New York University, Pompeu Fabra University, Simon Fraser University, Canada & others’ are laying the initial foundation of blockchain curriculums & digital lab type workshops for future generations to come. We are building a digital economy & education is ‘key’ to ‘adoption through understanding’, if not, we are vulnerable to mistakes of the past. https://news.bitcoin.com/fintechedu-financial-giants-flock-blockchain-technology-employees-left-clueless/That article raises some great points. The tricky part will be catering the educational material to the intended user. Bankers and money managers probably don't need to, nor want to, know the underlying technology that digital currency is built upon intimately. This is something that has been in the back of my mind since I first learned about cryptocurrency. |
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