Exchange is down?
Can't connect for the last hour or so......

On the hidden agenda: don't think DOGE is an evil scheme, it's simply an example of an emergent system; right idea in the right place at the right time leads to massive growth. Could just as easily have been CatCoin or KittehCoin or....but DOGE just caught a wave at the right moment.
If u want a conspiracy to destroy alt-coins, take a long, hard look at Maxcoin.


DOGE vs NXT = Marketing vs real innovation.
I'm not worried about DOGE in the long term. Either it will crash like a bitch when the next most-hyped coin comes along, or it will remain in the crypto ecosystem as a tipping/small payments coin, at least for a while. It brings nothing new to the table, purely marketing/hype.


I'm also not too worried about NXT. Never forget that we are barely 4 months down the road from NXTs genesis. Look how far NXT has come in that time, and look at how stable it is right now, in a very hard time for all cryptos.  Having said that, it wouldn't hurt NXT to pay slightly more attention to marketing.
If u r really old, think about VHS vs Betamax, or currently Apple vs everyone they copy, sometimes marketing wins over innovation.

I think our best 2 marketing strategies right now will be

  1) to continue to spread the word among serious tech types/crypto nerds. Nerds love NXT, we really do. Try to find another thread on BTT with the same level of technical discussion......

 2) Promote NXT as a safe haven in uncertain times for crypto. The last few days have seen big losses for a lot of cryptos, but NXT is remaining solid, only losing/gaining fiat value in step with BTC. Don't know how NXT will do in a serious BTC crash, but if enough people see it as a solid alternative to BTC and step over to NXT, the sky is the limit.

And hodl, of course, don't get impatient. It took Bitcoin 5 years to get where it is today....

Hals und beinbruch, boys, go, go, go...

Don't sweat the price, let whales cash out now and create a shoal of minnows. Minnows hodl, btw.

And like Zahlen sez: all donations gladly accepted, I bought in another .25 BTC in the last couple of days and I only need another 2000 to get to 20 kNXT......subtle hint, eh?  

BTW, the point of this post:
What does "DEBUG: will pop block 8651xxxx7465 at height 64293" in NRS 7.2 mean?

Bugger me....is this the end of the thread?

It's always mind-blowing to miss a few days in NXT world, then catch up.
Err....what can I say about the last 60 pages?

Plenty, obviously.

@jl777 *hug* Good to have u back in the boat.....

Asset Exchange/TestNet. AE has gone from an idea to a near reality over the last month. NXT rocks, it's such an amazing eco-system.
While I had a cold I went looking into mining as a simple distraction for a couple of hours, (got over 300 Noble coin now, YAY!) and what I really noticed is how few crypto's actually have features above and beyond the basic "use it as money" function.
Comng back to this thread is like stepping into the NXT century, when u compare it to most of the competion.

Bitcoin, Schmitcoin......I've stopped worrying about BTC and it's exciting life. There's a crisis every week, so no use getting excited about it. I think that the rise of crypto is simply inevitable, and we are going to see a tipping point very soon. BTC may not be the winner in the long term, but it's going to dominate the next couple of years.....then NXT will take over  

Going to bed, here's the saddest guy in NXT land:

Oh, yeah, and BCNexts 2nd stage...might read that tomorrow.

Hi, guys, I'm on page 1635.......be with u in an hour or 2....
3 days not reading this thread was a mistake.

Gvans.....that monolith is so pretty I want to have it's cute little monolith babies. Really....I want one.
I hate to have to ask how much it costs, but ?

Moving over to stickers, I'm about to push the button on an order for 100 vinyl stickers (@140x40mm format, 1/4 bumper sticker, pre-cut) from a Netherlands printer  ( www,123Sticker.nl ).
Total costs will be €44.50 including sales tax + delivery.

This is really just a test run, to see how the quality is before I/we commit to ordering larger amounts and other designs.
So, anyone who wants stickers, drop me a PM and I'll send some out to any Euro NXTers who ask.
(might ask u to pay some postage if u live in Siberia)

@salsacz: could I get a contribution from marketing funds to cover some/all of the costs ? Ta very much....

Heres the sticker:

Nice one, Bob, very slightly jealous....

I wonder how the 4000 BTC dumper is feeling right now?

Who needs stickers when u have naked ladies?  

Nope, business cards are much more useful in a face-2-face. Swag is always nice, tho,
Pens (Admiral.fus idea, methinks) would be good in an f2f situation.

I'd also like to use stickers for guerilla marketing (ie sticking them everywhere, just to make Joe Public think about us a bit) but I'm holding back on that at the moment.  Like to know waht other people might think about it, though?

Anyhow, I'm gonig to sneeze a lot and then upgrade my VPS.....

EDIT: on the subject of marketing, have a look at this, which some random guy posted on the main BTT thread a day or 2 ago:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=402667.0
In a world of scam/shit coins, these guys are standing out from the crowd with marketing, even though their product is no better/worse than DOGE, for example.

Guys:
Love Switzerland, love the exchange so far. Runs like a Swiss train.....

Could u consider the possibility of adding NXT to the portfolio ?   
Have a look at:
www.nxtcrypto.org
for the info.

I like Fatihs work here, and his stuff was done for a private C-f-B project, not as an "official" NXT project. Maybe we should have another little vote to see what the community thinks.

On the subject of the bumper stickers, I've made a mistake with Vistaprint. Ooops....i'm an idiot.
I ordered stickers from them 2 years ago at a great price: 100 stickers for 100 euro......the current price is €363 per 100 which is very expensive for a giveaway item. I'm going to look for other printing options.

Could i have some feedback on the price ? And on how much we are willing to spend on stickers/promo stuff?

I'm slightly sick, got a cold, I'll be not very present on the fora today...



 

Sweet, I'll repost anything u miss, and get some hosted on ImageShack for the full versions, then anyone can get to them.

However: walking into a copyshop and getting these done could be expensive and/or more complicated than u might expect.
I know Vistaprint are good on price and reasonable on quality, but if u know a good copy shop in Prague, go for it.
Just don't want to miss the opportunity with Berlin.

I was gonna slap greenbeans down as a trolling n00b, but I decided to check the thread first.  
Noble looks pretty damn good, tbh, especially the depth in the community, merchants and charity projects.
Might still be a 1st gen scrypt coin, but it's a million miles away from some of the pump 'n' dump clusterfucks we've seen lately.
*kof* Maxcoin *kof*

Not saying i'm a convert, but these guys seem to be going in the right direction.

@James: u do need to slow down a bit, mate.
Love your input (when I understand it) but it can be a bit overwhelming trying to keep up with your flow of ideas.

No problem. I'll be AFK soon , back in about 5 hours.

Remember, don't do a complete resize, just add more top and bottom borders.

@salsa:
We need to get whatever designs we decide to use on to Vistaprint today, or it's going to be late for the Berlin conf.
Have u got someone to take responsibility for uploading, ordering, paying and taking delivery ?   

@Mario: yep, Gill sans was used for most NXT promo material up until now, but Fatih used BankGothic on his new box-of-chocolates design.

@Fatih: Love the images, very, very nice.

BUT....I've just checked the sizing for Vistaprint and they are slightly wrong for the bumpersticker format.
Stickers will be 279mm x 76mm when printed, which means that u need to take your images from 2835 x 6xx pixels, up to around 2835 x 810 pixels. Best way to do this is NOT to resize, but to add some more background to make the images deeper (more vertical).
If u can deal with German, heres a link to the Vistaprint up load interface for the stickers:

http://www.vistaprint.de/gallery/AGQBAAABAI8AAAA=/au%C3%9Fenaufkleber-rechteckig.aspx?txi=15107&xnid=UseCasePage_Bumpers+Stickers+%28linked+item%29_Stickers+%26+Decals_Labels+%26+Stamps_All+Products&xnav=TsrImage

I can maybe do another check for if u can get back to me fairly soon....

Image resolution seems good, btw, i'm seeing 72pixels/inch, Vistaprint aren't complaining.

@ salsacz: sent u the full size .jpgs for all 3 stickers.
Any questions,  get back to me. I'll be around (off and on) for much of today.

@Fatih:
Yes, do it. It's your design after all, and u r the best guy for the job.
 
The only point to remember with getting these printed up quickly is that Vistaprint (and others) will crop the image slightly during the production process, which is why I added an extra 10-20 pixels as a black border to your original.
If u do make new versions, make sure that the main image doesn't get cropped. You can use the sizes of my images as guide: 2925x819 pixels.

BTW: I dont like my addition of the URL to your image, fonts not right, for a start, which font did u use?



 

Maybe I'm too paranoid these days, but this nxt-e IPO seems suspicious.
Could U check them out a bit more for us, Allwelder, someone said the guys behind it were Chinese, AFAIK.

helpful 

Any how, heres a couple of small versions, the fonts not quite right, but I've added the borders needed to get a good print to both of these, so u can submit them both to Vistaprint without any f**king around.

No URL


With URL (need correct font...)


Thats it for tonight, send me yr mail addy, I'll send u the proper print versions.
U, or one of the Berlin guys, needs to get these submitted to vistaprint.de as soon as possible, if u want to have them before the 12th.

Good luck, off to bed.....

Hmmm...not like I need sleep or anything. 
Do you want to have the www.nxtcrypto.org URL added to the box of chocolates design above, and if so, do u have any idea which font was used ?

Jesse James is DoctorEvil,  of  "It was a bright cold day in April..." fame?
+10 for him, in that case.