The Alt-Coin Report Project

[cryptor0th]

Hello,

I have been studying the eco-system for a good 2 long years now. I have also had the fine pleasure of working with institutional VC's and off-late banks on a research level collaboration. What I have understood from my experience so far is

1. There is a lack of good quality journalism on Alt's
2. No routinely updated publication exists when it comes to alts.

I am thinking of working on a quarterly project that updates individuals about the state of the ecosystem, value addition, consumer sentiments and prospective projects under each alt.
My planned approach would include

1. Release of a new report every 3 months
2. Working with the top 14-15 coins from coin-marketcap
3. Honorable mentions for a few coins that have shown exceptional innovation
4. Interviews with their devs, key team members and adversaries
5. Updates on their emerging projects.

What I am trying to build is a comprehensive report that allows individuals from outside the ecosystem to look at the state of alts in a glimpse and know where things are headed. Given there are a number of bitcoin related news websites, there is a general lack of quality, excess bias and in  a number of cases outright conflict of interest.

Problems I will have / could use help with

1. Graphics
2. Editors - I can type out 15-20 pages on a coin per day, but I'll need it proof read.
3. Business dev - I am looking to keep the report for free, so the monetization aspect needs to be worked out.

Thoughts on this ?

[BitcoinNational]

1. Why not build it here, on the TALK platform?

2. Start with 1 sample report (1 coin) ... "15-20 pages on a coin" is a bit much ... more need is for a comprehensive matrix or standardized form.

 

[rigel]

interesting project but it will be a lot of work

Do you have a business plan too?

[bbc.reporter]

If I may suggest, maybe it is good if you don't take the publication too seriously. Are you familiar with the e-zine the Hacker Quarterly? Maybe follow their format. Some articles are serious, some are funny, some are technical guides for newbies and others are ramblings of hacktivism. But overall it is very entertaining.

If you take it too seriously it will be something only marketers and money seeking individuals will appreciate. It will have no soul and become corny.