After Darkcoin’s rebranding into Dash justified primarily by a necessity of expansion and finding new markets, cryptocurrency community might as well join the rebranding trend like domino.
In April 2015 Litecoin developers announced their rebranding to attract new users and augment awareness. Charie Lee, leading developer, told that no technical tricks could help a cryptocurrency succeed.
Lee’s views may seem quite weird and make one think that Litecoin developers have chosen a path of least effort by solving marketing issues instead of developing the technical part.
However, any technology, including block chain, consists in two components, namely back-end and front-end. As is clear from the names, back-end refers to technology, be it cryptocurrency exchange operation, payment processing, or any other cryptocurrency service functionality. Fine technologies never miss attention. But, it should be clear, that unless they present a new product right, id est conveniently and in an easy-to-understand way, that person would hardly want to get to the heart of the matter, or, which is more important, use the product in everyday life.
It’s a common knowledge that all capabilities of block chain are beyond revealing. ForkLog editorial board likes to fantasize about implementing blockchain in daily routine. But now it’s time to consider other important aspects of cryptocurrency.
Dogecoin, initially a mem and a joke, is quite an interesting item for rebranding. The currency managed to establish a great community and still occupies 2nd position in Coingecko rating. The community had quite a few interesting campaigns: sponsoring Nascar racers and launching a Dogecoin vehicle at the race, for instance. There were several charity campaigns launched by the community which brought back significant donations. At some time the cryptocurrency got abandoned by its creators and managed to cope only by efforts of enthusiasts.
Recently Jackson Palmer once again claimed he leaves cryptocurrency industry for good as he is disappointed and sees no progress. And now Dogecoin community has to do something to save and improve their beloved currency.
Thus, one of Redditers initiated a discussion on Dogecoin rebradning and actual need for establishing a marketing strategy for cryptocurrency. This might sound strange or weird to some, and some might even think that approach contradicts the very idea of cryptocurrency. But that’s not true.
Nowadays cryprocurrencies ceased being something unusual, and people resigned their minds to their existence, and those who could get interested or become enthusiasts already did so. This is evident in English-speaking community where Bitcoin technologies have reached another level at which major financial entities gained massive interest in the technology.
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