Right. I would agree with that. It not a home run... but its a start. I'd say its more like a guy who is in a hitting slump, and finally gets that first hit after striking out a bunch... It still going to be a hole to be dug out of, but at least its getting started. But yeah the SEC pisses me off. In their last public address they straight up lied when they stated "not one single ICO had applied to the SEC" when MANY ICO's have in fact applied for their Reg-D filings... but they had a soundbite to catch i suppose... I guess i should have labeled this post "Nominal news legally for blockchain technology. "Utility Tokens" and "Exemptions"

I have some content, and have been posting articles about cryptocurrency on Steemit where i have done some really good breakdowns of complicated crypto news that i know people will like. My problem is that i cant get almost ANY views on steemit. Slowly i am building up, but am I missing something? Do i need a steem whale to rt me? is there some sort of tag i should be using? I am lost on why it is taking me to gain... traction... on steemit... As SNL would say, Whats up with that?

MediaCoin: Software developer specializing in encrypted content delivery. Using AES encryption on both client and server, combined with the use of a wallet's private key, MediaCoin has developed a platform that will allow artists to distribute their content digitally without the possibility of piracy.

The Problem
Digital content theft has become a plague on the music industry. Not too long ago, fans supported musicians financially by purchasing their cassette tapes (I don't personally remember this one), records, and CD's. Many great artists of our time have stopped making music because the music industry has failed them. Failed to provide an adequate compensation structure for the time and talent artists put into making their content, and failed to simply keep that content from being stolen.

Users of digital content who would like to support their favorite artists are faced only with a moral dilemma. They can choose to either pay for music that is intentionally over-priced to compensate for piracy, or they can just download the music for free with literally zero consequence. Unfortunately for artists, more and more users every day are choosing the economical route for obtaining their music. This forces artists to find other ways to monetize their popularity, and conditions users to expect music to remain free in the future.

Obviously this is all a giant issue in the industry. Studies have shown that in the United States alone, $2.7 BILLION in revenue is lost annually due to piracy, and leads to the loss of 71,060 jobs to the U.S. economy. This all shows that while the current system may be convenient for users, it is not sustainable.

The Solution
Digital Content started this problem, and can be the solution. If the digital content were unable to be stolen, order would be restored to the industry, and it can continue forward like the well oiled machine it once was. With MediaCoin's never used before encryption technique, we have made this possible.

On the MediaCoin Platform the Quantum MediaCoin Tokens (QMCT and QMCTe) will be the currency used to purchase audio and video files on a pay-per-play basis. Artists will choose the rate to view the content per session, or per play, and 100% of the revenue generated from the sales of the content will go directly to the artist's network. We believe that artists should be able to choose how much or how little should be required to view their content.

We are currently allowing early adopters of the platform to join in (both artists and users) by allowing artists to submit their content prior to launch for the chance to be a featured artist, and by allowing users to participate in a token sale, allowing them to purchase tokens at a specified rate prior to our token being listed on an exchange. More information about the token sale is available here: http://tokensale.mediacoin.stream/

MediaCoin will be correcting the music industry, and putting an end to piracy. On the plus side for consumers of content, your artist will set their own price, you will be supporting them directly, great artists will be able to survive financially off of the music they create and will be able to continue making music, and music will be much less expensive than it has been off of legitimate platforms such as iTunes as the pricing needed to account for the stolen music.

Many of us know that cryptocurrency and blockchain technology are changing the world we live in. There are thousands of industries that are just beginning to discover the benefits of this technology, and integration is happening sooner rather than later. Digital content issues and a global audience makes the Music Industry a prime candidate for blockchain integration and MediaCoin wants to make sure that artists and users are the ones who benefit.
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I know it was long, but thanks for sticking with me. I am passionate about what we are doing here, and want to make sure that I properly articulate how beneficial this platform will be for everyone who I feel should be making money off of the music artists are creating.

If you are an artist and would like to sell content on the MediaCoin Platform, join our content creator group below.
If you are wanting to be an early adopter, we have a token sale you can participate in pre-launch.
If you are just excited about MediaCoin tell people about it, and direct them to our content.
If you are none of the above, go ahead and move right along.

Below are all our links. If you like the sound of what we are doing, go to them and like, share, subscribe. Dont forget to tell us what you think!

Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/QMediaCoin/

Facebook Group for Artists
https://www.facebook.com/groups/MediaCoinCreators/

Twitter
https://twitter.com/QMediaCoin

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMCBlj-E4xKriQJNflEgDBw

Linkedin
https://www.linkedin.com/company/18442731/

Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/MediaCoin

Join our Discord Server
https://discord.gg/KgzPYeJ

Wyoming House Unanimously Approves Two Pro-Blockchain Bills

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/wyoming-house-unanimously-approves-two-pro-blockchain-bills/

The article posted above describes what lawmakers are currently doing regarding cryptocurrency and blockchain technology legislation, which is currently setting the framework for other states. Laws have been passed in other states such as Arizona regarding making tax payments in the form of cryptocurrency, but Wyoming seems to be the first one tackling some major areas that the SEC has stated needs to be addressed.

Legislature in Wyoming was looking to pass two blockchain bills (HB 70 the “utility token bill”, and HB 19 the “bitcoin bill”) before sending them to the State Senate for consideration. HB 70 defines utility tokens as neither traditional money nor securities; HB 19 exempts cryptocurrency from the 2003 Wyoming Money Transmitter Act (which was passed in the state before Bitcoin’s invention in 2008)."

Fortunately for users and advocates of cryptocurrencies both bills passed and will now be sent to the State Senate, where sources familiar with state legislature say it may be a bit more difficult to pass through there. Nonetheless, this is a win for blockchain and cryptocurrency and sets the stage with a precedent for other states to follow.

Luckily for MediaCoin, the Cryptocurrency I work for, we anticipated this and set up shop as a Utility Token a while back, so this is exactly what we were expecting to see. Expect more of the same to come through, state by state. Blockchain Technology and Cryptocurrency will be integrated with time, simply because of the advantages it presents over existing solutions.

Until next time.

MediaCoin is launching it's Bounty Program today, and it will have a twitter section. We made it pretty easy to participate in compared to other bounties just so more people were eligible to participate. The program will be announced a little later today on here and on the bounty websites, so keep an eye out for it. The Website for MediaCoin is https://mediacoin.stream/ and the whitepaper is available there too.

It is an ad-free digital music outlet called MediaCoin and it’s completely free for creative artists. You continue to own the rights to your music and you keep almost all of your revenue from sales.

To prevent piracy, after you upload it, MediaCoin encrypts your content.

Just so you know, I’m a MediaCoin employee. But I can answer most of your questions and help you get started with disrupting the current system, which I think you’d agree is broken AF.

If you get in early, there’s the added benefit of possibly being featured in the company launch.

In the meantime, here’s a link to an interview with MediaCoin’s founder that has plenty of good info in it:
https://youtu.be/inWhPaikdoo

If you would like to participate in our token sale, visit our website below, and purchase some Quantum MediaCoin Token (QMCT) before our pre-launch token sale ends!

If you are interested, find our facebook group for content creators and you can start submitting content for review to be on our network.

Facebook Group for Content Creators:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/MediaCoinCreators/

Twitter
https://twitter.com/QMediaCoin

Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/MediaCoin

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMCBlj-E4xKriQJNflEgDBw

Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/QMediaCoin/

Discord
https://discord.gg/KgzPYeJ

Linkedin
https://www.linkedin.com/company/18442731/

Visit our website at https://mediacoin.stream/

Feel free to visit my STEEMIT account to let me know what you think:
https://steemit.com/@itsandylandman

Also, we will be launching our bounty program soon. Please like share and subscribe to our social media pages to make sure you stay informed about the bounty program and future MediaCoin events!

ahhh thank you. you are a rockstar. While it IS indeed helpful to be told where this thread belongs, this response is what i was hoping i would get when i posted the thread. Much appreciated!

I totally agree. I focused on music because most people simply don't think about all the other digital content that is constantly stolen. I think people assume that content creators are raking the cash in just because some artists have done well for themselves, but most of the time the music isn't the thing taht makes them their money. Its how they can turn their popularity into money by merchandising products.
I personally think if you have talent and can create content, you should be paid for THAT. not for how good of a businessman (or woman) you are once you are popular.
I know a lot of good, talented artists who just quit music and got a day job because while they had a lot of people listening, they couldn't get people to BUY their music.
I get that some people cant afford $1 per song, but if piracy were stopped, songs would be a few cents apiece. not a few bucks. they charge that just to account for the piracy. like a "piracy tax"

Cool, thanks guys those are good videos. Andres is a bad-ass. I love the video of him explaining bitcoin to Canadian legislature.
I think I've been trying to explain WAY more than i need to like you said. Ill just focus on the decentralized currency based on supply and demand.

Yup. P2P, and localbitcoins specifically. What i've done is simply educate the people around me in my life who have some money to make investments, and when they inevitably decide "yep, im gonna get in on this" I just sell them some of my crypto to make it cheaper for them to buy and me to cash out. Everybody ends up happy, and crypto gets new investors!
Wins on wins on wins.

Moved it shall be. thanks.

Its gonna be a while before it gets enough steem to get to 20k. It has some resistance it has to clear first before we can even speculate on where it is going to go. There are so many projects out there that build upon the tech that BTC started, im not even sure BTC will stick around as a big dog in the long run. It's name has recognition and that is worth a LOT, but technology is made to be improved upon, and I think at some point the world will just move on once its about your tech and not a popularity contest... thats all imo tho.

Ethereum is an alternative blockchain to bitcoin. A few cool things about Ethereum (and there is a lot of cool stuff i wont mention) is that the ETH Blockchain uses a system of "smart contracts", which are programs that automatically execute when certain conditions are met. This means there doesn't have to be an operator or central authority to press a button when something needs to happen.
Another cool thing about it is that other types of cryptocurrencies can be "created" "on top" of the ETH blockchain, using its smart contract system to execute it's function. So for instance, if you have a new idea for a smart contract, but the ledger can be run on the ETH network, you can get an ERC-20 token created (different from a coin) and use the ETH network to contain the info in your ledger, but your token operates off of the smart contract you created.
Now, as far as "investing" you need to know a fair amount of information about something before you invest in anything. So, like everyone says: Do your research! Personally, the time to put money in ETH for me has come and gone. One of the keys to investing IMO is to make sure you are staying up on NEW information so that you can get in on something you believe will be widely adopted BEFORE it is adopted....
hope this doesn't confuse you further!

Hey guys I have been trying to educate the people around me about BTC and blockchain tech, but am ending up getting a lot of blank stares.... I have tried to break it down to the smallest pieces when i explain it all, but nothing seems to be working... it seems like people are forming more questions in their head instead of actually listening, and i am growing quite weary (as charlie from sunny would say) of explaining the same thing over and over to people...
Can anyone point me to a good, short (like 5 min) video that gives a quick introduction to BTC that gets people thinking in the right direction??

I heard someone talking the other day about the creation of the bitcoin protocol. They seemed to be dead-set on aliens being the origin of BTC, and the other side of the conversation was of the opinion that Satoshi Nakamoto is an artificial intelligence.
Their basic idea was that the human race seems to be digressing and this was a way to introduce a technology that will help us progress in the cosmic arena since we weren't coming up with it ourselves. We are being divided through religion, race, gender, and political affiliation and started to focus our energy on destroying each other instead of moving forward as a human race.
So, they theorized that either a non-human species or artificial intelligence gifted us BTC simply to introduce blockchain technology to humans. This would explain why we do not know who Satoshi Nakamoto is. Basically, once Blockchain tech was introduced, we would further integrate the tech into our world through morphic resonance.
I have to say, it does make a little sence. Although I have some reservations about the supernatural stuff, i found the topic to be really engaging...
What do you guys think? Is it alien? AI? Can you disprove it all? do you have any strong feelings either way?? Im curious....

Hey guys, im wanting to get a feel from the people out there on where you stand with digital content piracy.
As we all know, music piracy specifically has run rampant since the days of napster and limewire. Music is easily downloaded for free and shared, without the content creator ever getting paid directly by those who are listening to the music. Nowdays the artists seem to almost have embraced this (because it is how it is, and they don't have much of a choice), and are paid by middlemen most of the time excluding sales from their shows and merchandise.
Some people do purchase the music they enjoy on Itunes for example, and that price is dramatically higher than it could be in order to account for all the illegally downloaded music. So some pay the burden, while everyone else listens for free. Its been this way for awhile because the tech was never there in the past to protect artists.
Ok, so THAT said, the tech is here now to encrypt digital media and protect artists. My question to you is:
Would you pay for the music you enjoyed if the price were a matter of a few cents so that your favorite artists could be compensated by you?
If an artist made it impossible to download their new content, and you did have to pay a small fee to get it, would you just stop listening to them?
Do you feel like completely free music is something you are entitled to at this point?

I'm just trying to get a feel on weather or not it would be worth it for the music industry to offer this to musicians... I feel the widespread free music over the last decade might have ruined the consumer end of the industry, as everyone may feel they shouldn't have to pay for music... which is wild to me... back in the day you had to wait for your songs to be on the radio, or you could buy their CD's...
Personally, I feel like artists have a right to be paid for the content they produce, and it shouldn't always mean a middleman decides how much they get paid. (like streaming services or youtube) BUT what i think doesn't really matter that much.
What do you think?

Appreciate it. There are a lot of scam ICO's out there, and I really want to make sure we don't get lumped in to that category because of a lack of tact. We have some great tech and I want to make sure we get our fair chance to show the world what it can do.

Hey thank you. This is the kind of response i was hoping for. This is my first go at making a bounty program so i have done a LOT of research as to what is in other bounty programs and what is successful. Can you clarify what you mean by "Marketing reach/support" as well as "channels for reach out/marketing"?
I want to say yes I do, but I just want to make sure before I confidently answer you.
I really appreciate the help.

Ok thank you for the response.
We do have a site (I'm not saying a whole lot about who we are, because i don't want to be spammy), and we have created some landing pages for ads. We have a roadmap on our site...
We are currently trying to spread awareness about our ICO obviously to gain funding so we can really get to work. I just took a look at the announcements section, and yes, that IS where i want to start. I am going to get to work creating a post for announcements. Thanks again!
Quick Note: If its not spammy to just come out with it and say who we are so you can check us out, please just tell me to quit being coy! Until then i just don't want to be disrespectful of the forum because i am a new participator to the site. I respect it, and don't want to appear to be using it JUST to get word out about our project.

Hey guys I am part of an ICO, and have been dubbed the task of creating our bounty program. I have been an AVID reader of Bitcointalk.org for years now, but never created an account as my concerns were generally pretty well answered by the community... Which i realize now... was not smart.
THAT said, I am getting started with my interaction. I work for a crypto in ICO phase, and want to get some advice from the community about Bounty Programs. Here they are:
1. What is something you like to see in bounty programs that is missing from my list?
2. What is a respectful way to go about promoting awareness of my companies program without spamming the airways?
Currently I have added bounty for bitcointalk.org, FB, YT, Twitter, Reddit, and a multiplier for contributed/media content. Obviously i know the community digs this kind of thing, but seeing how i never took the time to create an account and actually interact, I feel I am at a severe disadvantage, and any help i can get on these topics (and anything else you have to say) will be highly valued and respected.   
I appreciate all the help I've gotten silently from you all over the last few years. Thanks!