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[BoldNinja]

It’s been a busy few months, but the new ARK website is almost ready for launch! With pages tailored for developers and the ARK community it’s now easier to find exactly what you need. Here’s a little preview …

[Ferdo]

Looking great. One of the most active teams in field

[youyoucoin]

Usually I just watch this thread but the fact that Ark dropped out of the top 100 recently made me want to drop a few lines here. For me the problem with Ark is that it is so far off its original plans right now. People initially invested on Ark for the features it initially promised to bring but the team seem to have taken a large detour to get there. I feel that it will take them one to three years of Ark core versions to go back to the original plans : interoperability, IPFS, NFC, Smart Card, ArkVM. Other original plan elements (IPDB, anonymous transactions) seem to have been scrapped or set aside without it being clearly stated by the team. ArkVM is morphing into ArkLogic in the latest whitepaper. Also Ark has not had any major partnership despite FX Thoorens' ties to members of the French government. Those partnerships with big companies or governments are oftenly what puts altcoins on the map. Another point : Ark arrived in early 2017 in the crypto sphere, that's pretty late (first mover advantage seem to be really important in the crypto sphere). Even despite the Roadmap it's not quite clear in which order and when the team intends to bring this and that feature. I do want to say however that the team has kept on delevering new things and advancements steadily and that Ark is undervalued.

[Ferdo]

Usually I just watch this thread but the fact that Ark dropped out of the top 100 recently made me want to drop a few lines here. For me the problem with Ark is that it is so far off its original plans right now. People initially invested on Ark for the features it initially promised to bring but the team seem to have taken a large detour to get there. I feel that it will take them one to three years of Ark core versions to go back to the original plans : interoperability, IPFS, NFC, Smart Card, ArkVM. Other original plan elements (IPDB, anonymous transactions) seem to have been scrapped or set aside without it being clearly stated by the team. ArkVM is morphing into ArkLogic in the latest whitepaper. Also Ark has not had any major partnership despite FX Thoorens' ties to members of the French government. Those partnerships with big companies or governments are oftenly what puts altcoins on the map. Another point : Ark arrived in early 2017 in the crypto sphere, that's pretty late (first mover advantage seem to be really important in the crypto sphere). Even despite the Roadmap it's not quite clear in which order and when the team intends to bring this and that feature. I do want to say however that the team has kept on delevering new things and advancements steadily and that Ark is undervalued.

I have not been here from the begining but I remember that the community was pushing point.click.blockchain thing. And we can see the results. Although I agree with several things you mentiined ARK is one of the few coins I keep buying and will do in the future

[stealth.cash]

With the recent ARK Desktop Wallet update to v2.4 the brand new plugin system was revealed. Allowing everyone to build and install custom plugins right in the ARK Wallet. As promised, here is a guide to assist developers building their very first plugin.

Guide available at:  https://blog.ark.io/ark-desktop-wallet-development-guide-developing-your-first-plugin-fc00139906eb

https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*GrZUV1osDBkktlOLFQq9CQ.png

Any example of working plugin? Perhaps a basic plugin game like delegate fun have?

Example plugins are quoted in the blog post, you can check them here :  https://github.com/ark-ecosystem-desktop-plugins

Thanks. You should offer bounty or contest to creating more worthy apps so people know more about Ark.

[RivAngE]

Your new site looks a bit like the ARK desktop wallet!
A very nice take, you guys have an awesome design-guy, all your artistic designs are awesome!

[candrammm]

  " The time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy "
~ Sir John Templeton ~
 
 

[RivAngE]

Dear ARK team, I was wondering about your plan for future marketing campaigns. You've already created an awesome advertising video but other than that, how do you plan to proceed?
Are you waiting for a specific development milestone to be reached first or maybe are you planning to allow the community to do the advertising?

[To the point]

Dear ARK team, I was wondering about your plan for future marketing campaigns. You've already created an awesome advertising video but other than that, how do you plan to proceed?
Are you waiting for a specific development milestone to be reached first or maybe are you planning to allow the community to do the advertising?

Excellent question sir. But and it's a big butt.  You got more chance of getting a whale up your arse,  than getting an answe sir. ,r

[Mikhail 1327]

Yes, you need advertising on YouTube from top bloggers in at least 7 languages, and better in 12 languages .
Highlight a bounty community for advertising on twitter, facebook and so on.
Urgently make apps for PCs and smartphones using the ark.
Make a video instruction how to create your own coin.

[yokoama]

Hey Ark Community and newcomers,

The Foundry is looking for voters! We are still continue-ing our new voter bonus, currently 20 bonus Ark! The Foundry is dedicating time to organizing meet ups, writing articles and of course our outreach. We have been Ark delegates now for a long time, keeping our node up and running smoothly and doing our daily payouts.

Please reach out to me on Slack (yokoama) if you have any questions or are interested in the voter bonus!

Best,

Yokoama (The Foundry)

[RivAngE]

Dear ARK team, I was wondering about your plan for future marketing campaigns. You've already created an awesome advertising video but other than that, how do you plan to proceed?
Are you waiting for a specific development milestone to be reached first or maybe are you planning to allow the community to do the advertising?

Excellent question sir. But and it's a big butt.  You got more chance of getting a whale up your arse,  than getting an answe sir. ,r

Well, they're mainly active in Slack which is understandable really. They are present in a total of 12 social media including this forum. In order for them to be active in all of these media it'd take either of these two things...
A) A person who would solely be active in these channels and speak with the community. That'd be good if they had customers in these channels, but their customer base is developer teams. The only thing one such person would do is give generic answers to generic questions of investors and "moon-investors". That's a salary going to waste.
B) Alternatively, the core team themselves would have to monitor these channels, but then this would take away from their development time. As a developer myself, I know how hard it is to proceed with your software's development if every now and then you pause in order to read or reply to a message.

So as things stand, I don't take the teams absence from the forums as a sign that they don't care about their community. They are just being efficient and that's great for me as an investor.
They only post announcement here, which is fine.

I'll try get an answer in Slack I suppose!

[RivAngE]

Dear ARK team, I was wondering about your plan for future marketing campaigns. You've already created an awesome advertising video but other than that, how do you plan to proceed?
Are you waiting for a specific development milestone to be reached first or maybe are you planning to allow the community to do the advertising?

Excellent question sir. But and it's a big butt.  You got more chance of getting a whale up your arse,  than getting an answe sir. ,r

Well, they're mainly active in Slack which is understandable really. They are present in a total of 12 social media including this forum. In order for them to be active in all of these media it'd take either of these two things...
A) A person who would solely be active in these channels and speak with the community. That'd be good if they had customers in these channels, but their customer base is developer teams. The only thing one such person would do is give generic answers to generic questions of investors and "moon-investors". That's a salary going to waste.
B) Alternatively, the core team themselves would have to monitor these channels, but then this would take away from their development time. As a developer myself, I know how hard it is to proceed with your software's development if every now and then you pause in order to read or reply to a message.

So as things stand, I don't take the teams absence from the forums as a sign that they don't care about their community. They are just being efficient and that's great for me as an investor.
They only post announcement here, which is fine.

I'll try get an answer in Slack I suppose!

And yes, they answered really quick!

Sam from the ARK team told me the following,
"Our marketing team are currently fully focused on the marketing strategy they have developed and are bringing it to fruition.
They will be targeting the B2B/Enterprise space within certain market sectors.
These are IoT, Supply Chain, Gaming and Government."

[To the point]

Dear ARK team, I was wondering about your plan for future marketing campaigns. You've already created an awesome advertising video but other than that, how do you plan to proceed?
Are you waiting for a specific development milestone to be reached first or maybe are you planning to allow the community to do the advertising?

Excellent question sir. But and it's a big butt.  You got more chance of getting a whale up your arse,  than getting an answe sir. ,r

Well, they're mainly active in Slack which is understandable really. They are present in a total of 12 social media including this forum. In order for them to be active in all of these media it'd take either of these two things...
A) A person who would solely be active in these channels and speak with the community. That'd be good if they had customers in these channels, but their customer base is developer teams. The only thing one such person would do is give generic answers to generic questions of investors and "moon-investors". That's a salary going to waste.
B) Alternatively, the core team themselves would have to monitor these channels, but then this would take away from their development time. As a developer myself, I know how hard it is to proceed with your software's development if every now and then you pause in order to read or reply to a message.

So as things stand, I don't take the teams absence from the forums as a sign that they don't care about their community. They are just being efficient and that's great for me as an investor.
They only post announcement here, which is fine.

I'll try get an answer in Slack I suppose!

And yes, they answered really quick!

Sam from the ARK team told me the following,
"Our marketing team are currently fully focused on the marketing strategy they have developed and are bringing it to fruition.
They will be targeting the B2B/Enterprise space within certain market sectors.
These are IoT, Supply Chain, Gaming and Government."

I value your comments highly I do. And you always try to help out the under knowledgeable  folks. Thanks.
Do you have a twitter to follow perhaps?.

[RivAngE]

Dear ARK team, I was wondering about your plan for future marketing campaigns. You've already created an awesome advertising video but other than that, how do you plan to proceed?
Are you waiting for a specific development milestone to be reached first or maybe are you planning to allow the community to do the advertising?

Excellent question sir. But and it's a big butt.  You got more chance of getting a whale up your arse,  than getting an answe sir. ,r

Well, they're mainly active in Slack which is understandable really. They are present in a total of 12 social media including this forum. In order for them to be active in all of these media it'd take either of these two things...
A) A person who would solely be active in these channels and speak with the community. That'd be good if they had customers in these channels, but their customer base is developer teams. The only thing one such person would do is give generic answers to generic questions of investors and "moon-investors". That's a salary going to waste.
B) Alternatively, the core team themselves would have to monitor these channels, but then this would take away from their development time. As a developer myself, I know how hard it is to proceed with your software's development if every now and then you pause in order to read or reply to a message.

So as things stand, I don't take the teams absence from the forums as a sign that they don't care about their community. They are just being efficient and that's great for me as an investor.
They only post announcement here, which is fine.

I'll try get an answer in Slack I suppose!

And yes, they answered really quick!

Sam from the ARK team told me the following,
"Our marketing team are currently fully focused on the marketing strategy they have developed and are bringing it to fruition.
They will be targeting the B2B/Enterprise space within certain market sectors.
These are IoT, Supply Chain, Gaming and Government."

I value your comments highly I do. And you always try to help out the under knowledgeable  folks. Thanks.
Do you have a twitter to follow perhaps?.

Not sure who do you define as "you", I'm not part of the ARK team! I'm always glad to help though.
Their Twitter account is this: https://twitter.com/ArkEcosystem

[BoldNinja]

On Thursday, 27th of June 2019 at 16:00 UTC (4PM UTC), we invite you to join ARK Developer Roundtable in ARK's Slack with our CEO, CTO & ARK delegates to discuss recent AIP's (Ark Improvement Proposals).

Join #ama channel at https://ark.io/slack

[Mikhail 1327]

On Thursday, 27th of June 2019 at 16:00 UTC (4PM UTC), we invite you to join ARK Developer Roundtable in ARK's Slack with our CEO, CTO & ARK delegates to discuss recent AIP's (Ark Improvement Proposals).

Join #ama channel at https://ark.io/slack

Do not forget to share the results of the meeting.

[BoldNinja]

New Desktop Wallet Update v2.5.0 now available! With over 4,000 lines of code added, Ledger Nano improvements and new features added.

Read more: https://blog.ark.io/ark-desktop-wallet-update-v2-5-0-new-features-and-ledger-improvements-472c233b033d

Download at : https://wallet.ark.io



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MacOS (ark-desktop-wallet-mac-2.5.0.dmg)
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Ubuntu (ark-desktop-wallet-linux-amd64–2.5.0.deb)
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Windows X64 (ark-desktop-wallet-win-x64–2.5.0.exe)
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[RivAngE]

I haven't used Ledger Nano with ARK lately, I mean... I had no reason to withdraw... ... but previously I had some issues with connectivity (the Ledger was not being recognised until multiple USB reconnects and/or PC restarts).
With ARK v2 I didn't have problems the 1 or 2 times I used it and I'm glad to hear there have been more improvements.
The upcoming bluetooth support for Nano X is also awesome!

[BoldNinja]

Announcing the launch date of the new ARK Website! Tuesday, July 9th 2019 it will go live. The new website will have clearer navigation, exclusive content for developers and community members, and an improved User Experience. Stay tuned to find out more.