I think I understand now how it works.  Bob does not want Sue's Oranges, he wants Mike's Meats, so Sue sells her Oranges to a central company that gives her bata coins.  Sue can now use the bata coins to buy the Apples from Bob who uses it to buy meat from Mike.  A better example is the central company has products and services that people can buy using bata coins.   These goods are sold to the central company for bata coins as payment, then those goods are sold to others who want the goods but only in bata coins.
Nice!!!

I have heard of this kind of system before, it does very well and I think we can help you now that I understand it.  That is if I am understanding it correctly.

Well I am a software developer and the rest of the people in my group have skills in marketing, promotion, and trading.  I would like to know what help would you like from us?  Also if I misunderstood the system please correct me.  I have more questions to ask before I go back to the team but I would like to be sure I have a 100% accurate understanding of what you are doing with bata coin.

Regards

Davinci

Is there anyone here?  I think the developer has done a great job so far and all he needs to do is talk with the community as we want to help this coin grow in value for all of us. 

Well if anyone can answer my question that would be great thanks.

any eta on when the pow is ending guys?

I am thinking about using a cloud service to run a Bata wallet 24/7 after we switch to POS. Is that possible to do? If so, how could one do that?

This brings about so many questions.

Can I set it up to for Tor or I2P? Should I use a VPN?

I want to create a reliable, dedicated part of the network (a node?). I would also like to contribute to anonymity if possible. I don't mind paying a monthly rental fee for my cloud server as long as it isn't too much. I also may need some advice on making the server/wallet secure.

It is true that BTC can't go higher and can stabilize around 600$ after halving?

Due the new mining hardware https://www.cryptocompare.com/mining/bitmain/antminer-s9-miner/

It is so power efficient that there is just zero reason for much higher prices even at halved  BTC block reward.

(if new miners need 1/3 of the power old ones needed why half block  reward should enforce a higher BTC price?)

NO way this is accumulation price.

Though BTC is over $1000 locally, 

Not since the 70's mate, hence the debt crisis the world over.

I couldn't resist and bought some more this morning, get that average down from 2k ish

That was a nice little dump, nearly 100k I reakon, Probably at a loss to. LOL


I hate spending BTC at the moment on ALT's becasue who knows where either will stop.

but sub 1k BATA.....well..

Not many coins hit the market daily, when those who will dump do it will naturally go up, As is happening in WBB,
This is good to shake weak hands out.

1000 sat I will wait on the 500 and this is a great opportunity to buy below 1000

I think the key to success with Bata (or any crypto) is going to revolve around the ease of user experience. What seems easy to experienced crypto users may seem confusing or difficult to new users.

1. Getting a Bata wallet. A wallet is not a normal or common piece of software. People also have had the dangerous experience of downloading malware and may be hesitant to download something unfamiliar. Getting Bata needs to be simple and must have non-software options for using a wallet. Preferably something like an electrum wallet that can be accessed through a browser like a bank account. If they can get that far then the next step would be to download a wallet. Wallet user interface needs to be redesigned--simple, simple, simple. Think Google.

2. Buying Bata. Buying any cryptocurrency is a learning curve that NEEDS to be reduced. It took some time for me to discover Coinbase. I also had one of the last transactions from coin.mx. After purchasing some bitcoin on coin.mx the owner of the company was arrested later that day and the site was shut down. That was a close one! An easier and safer way of obtaining Bata MUST be designed.

3. Safer transactions. Imagine you send some cryptocurrency to a wrong address. "OOPS, accidentally typed the wrong letter. Oh well, gone forever." That is totally unacceptable. There absolutely needs to be a confirmation of delivery or the currency should automatically be returned.

4. Thrilling use. The idea that drugs and other illegal stuff can actually be bought with cryptocurrency makes cryptocurrency seem exciting. Ideally it would be a similar thrilling use of Bata (without the drugs and illegal stuff) which will capture people's imaginations. Requiring an exclusive use of Bata will also ensure success. Perhaps the barter system will be that application. But we should be open to others.

I have too little information about the barter system to form an opinion.

I like your project. I will be following it!

What are the communities thoughts of the Barter System being funded by external investors?

I've been asking for a roadmap for almost a year now - at least give us some reason to hold BTA longer.

There is a paradigm shift for altcoins going on, and those with no innovation or unique features are going to quickly be left in the dust.

Money is best invested in individuals who are highly creative. I guess it is up to those of us who have invested in this coin to innovate. Speaking of which, I would like to brainstorm and throw out some ideas and get some feedback on them. Is this forum the best place to do that? Or is it preferred to do that in a different location?