Obyte: Totally new consensus algorithm + private untraceable payments

[Thul]

Read the latest Byteball email newsletter: Introducing Smart Vouchers

https://medium.com/@byteballjesus/weekly-byteball-email-newsletter-introducing-smart-vouchers-5d1f38df5dda

"Byteball has an awesome platform under continuous development, but there are people that believe the project would benefit significantly from a new brand and visual identity.

We have spent considerable time engaging with several branding and naming agencies during the past few months, and we are very close to signing a contract. Head of Strategy, Valerius Coppens is in charge of the project."

Gleam of hope... but only a small...

"Introducing Smart Vouchers
[...]
We are optimistic that with time this distribution could grow the network substantially."

Since it makes sense to distribute a value to people who don't use it but exchange it for Fiat at the next opportunity... if that hasn't been forgotten until then and the values disappear in nirvana. 

[pineapple express]

a new brand and visual identity

Don't do it! I know there was a paid company against byterbal to get the team to focus on branding and marketing instead of improving scaling and solving the distribution of coins and witnesses. Sad to see how they managed to achieve all their goals

[BitcoinArsenal]

Congratulations guys! Byteball has ended at rank 1 on third round of THOR challenge on WorldCommunityGrid. The final fourth round starts in a week with the best three teams of the third round. We are very near to win the THOR challenge 2018. Would be a great success.

[mtraveller]

Looking for a byteball voucher code? There's even a steps by step how to guide there. Enjoy.

[Thul]

a new brand and visual identity

Don't do it! I know there was a paid company against byterbal to get the team to focus on branding and marketing instead of improving scaling and solving the distribution of coins and witnesses. Sad to see how they managed to achieve all their goals

1.) A suitable label, together with logo. Proper designation for the currency units (no Bites/Blackbites).

2.) Increase use and circulation
2.a.) Change Fiat <=> Bites/Blackbites (BISQ)
2.b.) Integration in Open Bazaar (or similar)
2.c.) Discount to Open Bazaar customers (distribution)

3. Unlimited number of witnesses who route over Tor/I2P and are randomly assigned.

4. Scaling

[barborrico]

Byte is going to stay, is too fundamental.

Snowbyte
Flatbyte
Rollbyte
Linkbyte
Jointbyte  
Ballbyte lol

or my favs:
Witnessbyte
Witbyte<- seriously, I would choose it

Another thing is the pair name/currency.

If you put Byte first, bytes will be the currency.

If you put Byte last, name could be the currency.

For instance:
bytesnow-> byte currency, bytesnow name -> I don't like it, too complex. Also, to me, bytesnow as a currency which represent 1 byte sounds way bad.
snowbyte-> snowbyte currency, snowbyte name -> better

[Thul]

The name of the project should be the same as the name of the currency units.

Bits and Bytes are already defined. Using it as a currency is confusing.

[pineapple express]

Powerful people were alarmed by growing popularity of byterbal. They were thinking about how to stop it. Scalable and distributed byterball represented the danger for shitcoins in the top 10. Then they found an elegant way to push the balls out of the top 100. Media attack. They hired hundreds of FUDers to spread the FUD about bitcoin distribution, bad name, lack of marketing. They always write that scalability is not needed at the current stage and this can be done at any time.That bitcoin airdrop was unsuccessful. That name is bad. That marketing is suck. Good tech. Most of them a paid FUDers. I understand people who consciously support these ideas. But stop for a moment and ask yourself the question - did you think that the name and marketing was bad when balls exploded from $20 to $1200? That the distribution was unsuccessful when slack and forums was full of users, when byterbal community was one of the most active communtiy in shitcoins space, when GBYTE was in top 40? NO no and no! This opinion is completely artificial and was planted in our heads by people who want to get rid of a strong competitor. Hold your balls dry my brothers.

[tarmo888]

Witbyte<- seriously, I would choose it

Won't happen because it sounds too similar to cunt in Estonian (vitt) and Swedish (fitta) and means fuck in Finnish (vittu).

[Thul]

What is needed first, a currency or a market?

There is already a market for Fiat. For Cryptos it has yet to be created. Therefore the various developers should concentrate on it and cooperate accordingly (there is still a lot to improve on Open Bazaar...or maybe something completely different).

As soon as there is a market acceptance, demand and circulation of the currency increase.
And only then does scaling become relevant. Why waste valuable development time now?

But the reality is different: There are hundreds of cryptos that cannot be used except for speculation.

[barborrico]

Witbyte<- seriously, I would choose it

Won't happen because it sounds too similar to cunt in Estonian (vitt) and Swedish (fitta) and means fuck in Finnish (vittu).

LOL
What name would you choose?

[pineapple express]

2 tps... blockchain... they know the shit, users can buy anything they want with bitcoins!
When they will accept balls? Hey marketing where are you? Give them a DAG. When real adoption? Steem bots is not adoption, real users need merchants!
Drop the name and stupid retweeting your own tweets. Do real job!

[tarmo888]

The name of the project should be the same as the name of the currency units.

Bits and Bytes are already defined. Using it as a currency is confusing.

You mean like Ethereum has Ether, not Ethereums? I can't believe they still haven't rebranded, such a shitty name.

[pineapple express]

The name of the project should be the same as the name of the currency units.

Bits and Bytes are already defined. Using it as a currency is confusing.

You mean like Ethereum has Ether, not Ethereums? I can't believe they still haven't rebranded, such a shitty name.

because they smart and don't care about so minor points

[tarmo888]

Witbyte<- seriously, I would choose it

Won't happen because it sounds too similar to cunt in Estonian (vitt) and Swedish (fitta) and means fuck in Finnish (vittu).

LOL
What name would you choose?

I don't see anything wrong with the current name because my maturity level is not on same level as Beavis and Butthead, so even reversing Byteball to Ballbyte won't change anything, might just add more confusion.

I think the name also needs a story/narrative, otherwise it is just 2 random words put together.

Snowbyte keeps the current narrative, but it sounds like something what somebody would say who can't remember the word "frostbite". Oddly enough, Frostbite is already a name of a game engine.

Jointbyte has cannabis undertone. Somebody suggested Smartbyte, which I think is just lazy way to name anything. Even lazier would be Byte24.

[joe1823]

If miners were in charge really wanted big blocks , we would have big blocks right now.

^^^FTFY

Do we have big blocks? No, the miners listen to the sentiment of the community and core, as they should.

[Thul]

Drop the name [...]

The label is the first impression a product makes. It unconsciously produces either rejection or approval.  In connection with bite ball black bites, I have increasingly experienced the former.
Later enquiries resulted in "no trust". Of course, none of them has been more closely involved with the project. The first impression (label) was negative.
Alternative suggestions on the part of the customers were Litecoin and Monero.

A suitable label in connection with the possibility to get the currency (bites/black bites) directly in exchange for Fiat (=> BISQ) would surely please some customers very much.
Of course there has to be a market platform that accepts this currency.

[sailthor]

2 tps... blockchain... they know the shit, users can buy anything they want with bitcoins!
When they will accept balls? Hey marketing where are you? Give them a DAG. When real adoption? Steem bots is not adoption, real users need merchants!
Drop the name and stupid retweeting your own tweets. Do real job!

Theres the pineapple idiot I know! Welcome back dude your other personality stinks.

[barborrico]

https://busy.org/@barborrico/witnesses-in-byteball

Vote for Rogier!

[pineapple express]

The community is inert. Most likely Rogier will remain with 5-20% support and it will be impossible to change the next witness. Decentralization failed again