Nr 1 PC blew out it's PSU this time yesterday. Much diagnostics and wiring later.....
Here I am again, on top of this Everest of a thread once more.

I think we should keep it, btw, it's become such a central feature of NXT for me and many others.
I do also think we should make an effort to hive more information off to the other 2 fora, keep them populated and allow small group, focused discussions, with an easy overview of specific topics.


+10

Few thoughts about things:

Voting. I cant believe that anyone would seriously propose to exclude annoying people from voting. Looking at u, eMule.....
If he/she/it fulfils the criteria, let 'em vote. And eMule made a joke recently, too:
I lol'ed, a bit....

MintPal. Got to give them credit for being straight about their inability to implement NXT:
They get my vote for honest crypto types of the week. In a world of scammers, I appreciate the honesty.
Pity for them that NXT AE is about to make exchanges completely obsolete....
I present: the amazing jl777 and his performing Doge gateway. Take my hat off to you mate. +all

Open source. NXT rules.
Engage....one month early.

Seriously, I have a feeling that NXT is about to catch another wave in the next week or two. Things are going to move very quickly.....

And thanks for the votes for Infrastructure Committee so far, it'll be an honour to serve. (probably)

I'm going to upgrade VPS and private nodes in the next hour or so. Any 8.3 issues yet?

@Jerical13:

Please use some punctuation, paragraphs, line breaks etc......your block of text approach is doing my nut in.

Like what u say, just break it up a bit....

Just caught up with the thread, with a couple of short interruptions to pick my G/F up from the airport and for my No.1 PC to explode.

I <expletive deleted> hate <expletive deleted> computers.

I like the auroracoin/krona idea, though. Auroracoin would be easy enough, but how hard/legally tricky is it to set up the krona end of the equation?
Set up some semi-random BTC/scryptcoin pairs in any case, may i suggest we just use the top 5 cryptos from a mining profitability calculator ? Like:
http://cointweak.com/calculator/index/scrypt
Miiners love that shit, and will be very happy to get into bed with NXT if they can shift profitable coin that often has a limited number of exchanges available. Maybe we can then persuade them to host some nodes.....

Going to be rebuilding stupid PCs after I get out of bed. Sleep tight, Europe.

EDIT: +100 to the above.

2026 pages !?

U must be flaming joking.
STOP POSTING, I'm still in the 1980's, ffs.
This is what happens if u take 36 hours free from NXT.....

All of this reminds me of the FUD that surrounded the interwebs, the mobile telephone, Google and that F*c*book business in their start-up phases........hmmm.
Think i'll stay in for a while longer.

Moving on quickly....back to marketing.

Just had an idea, so I'm gonna quickly post it, then run away for an hour or 2.....

NXT promotional vehicle.
Beg/borrow/steal/hire a nice vehicle (I'm thinking Tesla roadster here, tbh)
http://www.teslamotors.com/nl_NL/roadster

Get some NXT stickers/magnetic signs made up for it, then park it outside a conference.
Perfect for Toronto, considering how much money they want to let people inside.

Might work for Amsterdam, but I have a feeling parking spots could be a problem.
But, Hell, I like go-fast, I'm gonna see if I can find one.....the Tesla is such a perfect fit for NXT, I'm loving this idea.

My money would be on early 20's.

@ Unique: U need to chill just a little bit, at least on public forums.

You've survived 2.5 months of idiots, haters and wankers. U've probably only got another 50 years to go....
Admittedly, he crypto community does seem to have more than it's fair share of idiots, but shouting and screaming at them doesn't make any f**king difference at all. Try sarcasm instead.....and just being right.

And remember, everything u post is visible for eternity, in your role as an advocate for NXT.
So stay cool, don't let stuff wind u up. If people are wondering about getting into NXT and the first thing they see on the forum/Reddit/wherever is a massive argument.....they'll probably go and buy some nice Auroracoin instead.

@Unique
So, er..how's the article/press release coming on ?

I'm not up for getting in between u and salsa on this.
Looks like there's stuff going on that's above my pay grade.
But if u guys had a deal, it should be honored on both sides.

And yeah, salsa is getting well supported by NXT, but he also seems to be working full time for NXT.
If u think that he's underperforming, bring it on up and we can debate it, but with PR its very difficult to to gauge results, unless u have  an agreed performance metric, like sales or new account creation/client downloads/NXT price.
Anyone got stats for new accounts, btw ? If we see a peak just after the Starcraft tournament.....

@CoinTropolis_JustaBitTime

Have u guys got The Register on your list?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/

They've currently got MtGox as one of their headline stories, and are a real go-to site for the pro geek/nerd community.

You'd be better off including a short piece about NXT as a part of the press release.
Give them exactly want you want them to print, don't expect journalists to actually do some research.

But +1 anyway, good work.
Try the BBC news website, btw, lots of smaller newspapers and sites just steal stories directly from them.

The 2014 Bitcoin Conference Amsterdam 15-17 May!
http://bitcoin2014.com/

Info on sponsorship levels (ie stands):
http://www.pdf-archive.com/2014/02/26/euros-bitcoin2014sponsorshipandexhibitoropportunities1/


I'd like to propose myself and Damelon as official conference co-ordinators (if D. is up for it)
I/We should bear the responsibility of making sure that this conference goes as smoothly and professionally as possible, with a minimum of last minute panic. Hopefully....

I know that May seems like a long way away, but its actually only 11 weeks to go......

So here is a short list of things to worry about:

Sponsorship level: looks like 'Contributing Sponsor' level gives the most bang for our buck:

Contributing sponsor
● Logo on conference website and
Guidebook app on Sponsors page
● Full exhibitor package as outlined below
with priority choice of exhibit placement
● 1 full conference registration included
€1,500, including:

Exhibitor Package:
● Includes flannel-walled exhibit stand with
built-in spot lighting, your company name
and tailor-made backwall image
● Sponsors will have first choice of exhibit
placement and remaining spaces will be
determined on a first-come basis.
● Additional services (flooring, furniture
etc) can be tailored at the request of the
exhibitor, if requested and paid in
advance. An exhibitor brochure and
services manual will be sent to all
exhibitors ahead of the event.
● NB - Exhibitors are requested not to bring
their own banners/stands but to make use of
the existing built-in branding provided. Staff
and content of stand requires pre-approval.

Number of tickets. We get one full reg included with the above deal. Other tickets will cost €370-€420, so it's not cheap.

Speakers/panel members/stand promo team. Need guys with serious knowledge to participate in panels, give talks. Less knowledgeable types such as myself can work the stand. WE NEED VOLUNTEERS, anyway.

Promo material: clothing, brochures, biz cards, stickers, giveaways, RaspPiSolar.....any other ideas?

Support: transport, accomodation etc for attendees.

There's probably going to be a few more things to worry about, but these are the main points.
I'm going to work on some more planning and a budget over the weekend.

What I really, really want to see are some volunteers to work the event, give talks and go on panels.

This is a repost from Nextcoin.org:
https://nextcoin.org/index.php/topic,4225.0.html

If u have anything concrete to add, please post/re-post in the Nextcoin.org thread. Ta very much.

Somebodys butt needs to be kicked.

On sort of the same topic: I don't like paid press releases much. It is basically a scam, u r just paying to go on a mailing list.
Better to make a seriously good press release ourselves and see how far we can get with getting it published. If it turns out that we suck at PR, then hire a professional on a results basis.

Yeah...auto-update: everyone gets the same bug at the same time.

@opticalcarrier: how do you feel about setting up an exchange implementation group, as outlined below?
Might be bounty in it for ya......

Yep, no booth babes. It's just not NXT, as well as being sexist to the point of idiocy.

Anyhow, back to A'dam:

I'd like to propose myself and Damelon as official conference co-ordinators (if D. is up for it)
We should bear the responsibility of making sure that this conference goes as smoothly and professionally as possible, with a minimum of last minute panic. Hopefully....

i know that May seems like a long way away, but its actually only 11 weeks to go......

So here is a short list of things to worry about:

Sponsorship level: looks like 'Contributing Sponsor' level gives the most bang for our buck:

Contributing sponsor
● Logo on conference website and
Guidebook app on Sponsors page
● Full exhibitor package as outlined below
with priority choice of exhibit placement
● 1 full conference registration included
€1,500, including:

Exhibitor Package:
● Includes flannel-walled exhibit stand with
built-in spot lighting, your company name
and tailor-made backwall image
● Sponsors will have first choice of exhibit
placement and remaining spaces will be
determined on a first-come basis.
● Additional services (flooring, furniture
etc) can be tailored at the request of the
exhibitor, if requested and paid in
advance. An exhibitor brochure and
services manual will be sent to all
exhibitors ahead of the event.
● NB - Exhibitors are requested not to bring
their own banners/stands but to make use of
the existing built-in branding provided. Staff
and content of stand requires pre-approval.

Number of tickets. We get one full reg included with the above deal. Other tickets will cost €370-€420, so it's not cheap.

Speakers/panel members/stand promo team. Need guys with serious knowledge to participate in panels, give talks. Less knowledgeable types such as myself can work the stand. WE NEED VOLUNTEERS, anyway.

Promo material: clothing, brochures, biz cards, giveaways, RaspPiSolar.....any other ideas?

Support: transport, accomodation etc for attendees.

Theres going to be a few more things to worry about, but these are the main points.
I'm going to work on some more planning over the weekend.

What I really want to see are some volunteers to work the event, give talks and go on panels.
Gonna repost this on the main thread, and on nextcoin.org:
https://nextcoin.org/index.php/topic,4225.0.html

Be good to post/re-post all info to nextcoin.org, keep it all in one easy to access thread.

Hold on a moment.....I know it's tempting to look at every marketing/PR issue as something that will be solved if you throw some money at it, but we should at least try to see how far we can get on our own before we throw money at outside agencies.

The press release at the moment is one short page, focussing in the BPF and klee, with almost no information about NXT.
Journalists are lazy bastards (or working to a tight deadline)so u can be sure that they won't bother doing any further research into NXT before posting a story that focusses exclusively on the BPF and maybe klee, with only a passing mention for NXT.

I suggest that someone (not me, no time for next 3-4 days) expands the press release with lots of NXT info and maybe a little interview with klee, then we  can start pushing it ourselves to news outlets, especially mainstream ones like the BBC and old-skool newspapers.
If that doesn't work out, then we hand the improved press release over to the pros and open our wallets.
This story doesn't have to run right now.....


Talking of klee:


I vote that we don't.
We have talented guys in NXT that have been helping with exchange implementation (opticalcarrier springs to mind, + others).
If we spent the 100 kNXT bounty on financing these guys to set up an exchange implementation workgroup and get them to fully document their procedures, we can get a package together that will allow all exchanges to implement NXT without the technical problems that so many seem to be having.

Helping, documenting, spreading the implementation info and providing support will pay off way better in the long run than simple bribery.
Again, if providing tech help doesn't cut it, then we can try bribery.

Don't forget, we just blew something like 2-3 BTC on MintPal and they then turned around and said: "Sorry , we don't understand NXT, how about some nice TeslaCoin instead? "

Don't know if this has been re-posted here yet, (I'm still in 1968), found it on nextcoin.org:


Kittehcoin is winning at the moment.......

I'm going to put my vote here for NXT.

 This is gonna annoy some people, but most altcoins have almost no interesting or novel features. We have got to a stage where the only real differences are the number of coins to be issued and whether u have a panda or a penguin as mascot. Miners mostly don't even care about what they mine, as long as the diff is low.

NXT is not based on any existing code, and is building an insanely innovative financial eco-system.
Think Mastercoin/Ethereum/Ripple killer.....well worthy of a couple of pages in your book.
Heres 2000 pages to start u off:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=345619.0

I met one once.....

I'm not seeing this as charity, to be honest, so I'd say no.

I think the RaspPiSolar is going to be our star attraction.....