We are not aiming to compete with the these exchanges, we are not hoping to get rich quick. We wish to offer a secure, niche trading site for scifi enthusiasts, with the option of other services. We will promote dreamwatchers pools as the official pools for the startrek coins (plus any other pools he cares to add that are related to scifi etc.).
If this is the case you should have left this off these forums and focused on scifi forums only. By bringing it here, you have everyone on these forums looking at this and your disinterest in attempting to be a part of the community.
"Disinterest in attempting to be a part of the community" Why are you throwing an oxymoron at us? BitJohn said in the cryptsy thread around 28th August that these coins won't be listed. We were already working on our own exchange before this anyway. Why would we waste time on a potentially fruitless activity of lobbying cryptsy or another exchange, when it would be far more productive to work on our own goals.
It was said from the start we want to attract interest from outside the alt-coin world. That was the whole idea, our love for scifi and trek was and remains the driving factor, and will ultimately be the force that makes these coins a success. It's the one thing I hope ties us together. I hope that the coins are loved by alt-coin users and scifi enthusiasts alike of course.
As for just adding these coins on trek / scifi forums only, thats great but it would mean we would not get any help from other developers. They are taking the same risk of time and effort as with any other altcoin launch. We are extremely grateful for the time and effort put in by Dreamwatcher and the miners, and we are sure they will be rewarded for there efforts. I will personally be attempting buying a number of coins with my LTC or BTC.
Like it or not, there have been quite a few people mining these coins, expending time and $$$ to do so. At least a token attempt to contact the local exchanges for inclusion would be helpful, instead of coming off as too good for the community.
We would like to point out that we are not in direct competition with other exchanges as we don't offer the same coins. In the same way Web money (RU+UKR+Eastern Europe) and Paypal (US+EU+Australasia) are not in direct competition yet. Some exchanges for example, list almost 75 coins in what seems like reverse Darwinism. Lack of liquidity is bad for a currency, but lack of fluctuation and frequency are not necessarily indicators of a problem, on the contrary, they can be indicators of the long term stability. They may not be as profitable for the exchange, but that is why i said "we are not hoping to get rich quick.". The premise that the price of the coins will suffer due to the fact they are not on cryptsy is flawed at so many levels.
My personal thoughts are that the miners of these coins, will be rewarded in the long term, I personally believe in their success and will be doing all that I can to help promote and spread the word. Some miners are there to take a punt sure, but some are there because they believe the same as me that there is a future for these coins. When the exchange opens the market will decide over the long term. But if you believe they won't be profitable due to the fact they will not be listed on cryptsy you are mistaken on many a level.
When I said "we are not hoping to get rich quick." I was referring to us at the exchange. so with reflection I will need to quote you, back at yourself.
You don't get it both ways.
Anyway thats it for now. I have work to do. But please now use this thread for talking about the coins not arguing why I did not lobby cryptsy for inclusion.
As for the pre-mine, I personally want to spend it on 3 areas.
1. To reward small time but loyal miners at the pools.
2. To reward posts on trek and scifi forums explaining how to mine these coins and where to sell/buy them.
3. give aways outside of the alt community to help bring in fresh interest from outside.
Do people agree?
