[ANN] Blacknet BLN | Staking | Future of zApp & ZeFi

[mr_random]

thanks once more, good ideas.
I like the idea with an independent platform for all things that are about organization and infrastructure.

One thing we should keep in mind that we cannot focus on internet and the english-speaking part of the world only.
For example, Bitcoin has become pretty big in Germany by now but that started with a localized version of MtGox and later an "own" exchange bitcoin.de.
I would be happy to do translation/localization for websites, press releases and software (i am pretty sure i'll find something where i can help with coding as well...).
The more people we find who help with those localizations the more professional it will appear to potential investors from the respective countries.

I agree. We also want to hit China.

We've scraped the surface with english speaking people, each further bit of penetration requires more effort, money and time. There's huge swathes of people out there we haven't even tapped into because of the language barrier.

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[mr_random]

I don't know why but I can just feel the excitement and energy building up in this community again 

It's going to be a good month.

[McKie]

thanks once more, good ideas.
I like the idea with an independent platform for all things that are about organization and infrastructure.

One thing we should keep in mind that we cannot focus on internet and the english-speaking part of the world only.
For example, Bitcoin has become pretty big in Germany by now but that started with a localized version of MtGox and later an "own" exchange bitcoin.de.
I would be happy to do translation/localization for websites, press releases and software (i am pretty sure i'll find something where i can help with coding as well...).
The more people we find who help with those localizations the more professional it will appear to potential investors from the respective countries.

I agree. We also want to hit China.

We've scraped the surface with english speaking people, each further bit of penetration requires more effort, money and time. There's huge swathes of people out there we haven't even tapped into because of the language barrier.

we need to recruit more individuals from non-english speaking QQ sites, and other forums where they congregate and advertise a bit. Perhaps some of our multi lingual community members can aid with that

[XbladeX]

For the many of you who has already purchased BlackcoinCard
& don't have Windows products

It may jus turn out to be a good thing after all
How about if you ordered the Limited Editon BC card
& BC prices starts to increase imagine what someone is
Willing to pay you for your Limited Edition BC card (think about it)

It's already been noted that the Limited Edition blackcoin card
Could become very valuable.

Sky is the limit ~ Heaven(Consciousness) is UNLimited.

Blackcoin is the the Black sheep of the crypto-world

We don't follow rules, We make them -Iconicexpert

+

Rat4: "The main reason for creating BlackCoin is to show the crypto community my view of a future coin.
Not everyone in the crypto community agrees that BlackCoin’s way of disabling PoW is stable and secure.
This should be proven by long-term practice."
http://www.followthecoin.com/interview-creator-blackcoin-bc/
Do you see color coin spam - rat4 created history (it will be 2-10% of alt coin market cap depends on price)

[grosminer]

How about a professional business marketing plan! I know you talked about it earlier but Blackcoin really needs this. Blackcoin is on:

Facebook: but the page is a community page, not an official fan page > We need sponsored FB posts and Ads.
Twitter: is @coinblack the official Twitter account? Then the user should follow more (targeted) people and post more investment tips regarding to Blackcoin for unaware users, using trending investment hashtags. (like #forex).
Reddit: Tops!

Blackcoin should also be on Google, Pinterest and Linkedin. And we also need an official blog with articles that target our main keywords (bitcoin, blackcoin, investing, ...). People mostly google "bitcoin". We should have a Blackcoin blogpage that has "bitcoin" as main keyword 

If you need people, I can startup, a business LinkedIn page and a Pinterest page. I know how to market them, (including the Facebook Ads that I'm willing to sponsor) it's part of my daily job 
We also need a professional tagline btw.

My 2 cents

Agreed +1
[/quote]

This is imperative.  I've been utilizing #blackcoin #bc #bitcoin #btc #bclife #moon #pos #crypto.  These social media approaches need to all work in tandem as a web of information educating the masses of our benefits as a mainstream currency.

We need to be trending
[/quote]

may a add we need a Blackcoin page on wikipedia too..?

[XbladeX]

"Only blackcoin - created by a Russian developer named rat4 in February - and maidsafecoin have seen significant price drops in the last 24 hours. The market capitalisation for both fell by over 10%."
NIce news - mayby bad but we are in press^^.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/cryptocurrency-news-round-transparent-exchange-bitcoin-banks-1446990

[brammien]

thanks once more, good ideas.
I like the idea with an independent platform for all things that are about organization and infrastructure.

One thing we should keep in mind that we cannot focus on internet and the english-speaking part of the world only.
For example, Bitcoin has become pretty big in Germany by now but that started with a localized version of MtGox and later an "own" exchange bitcoin.de.
I would be happy to do translation/localization for websites, press releases and software (i am pretty sure i'll find something where i can help with coding as well...).
The more people we find who help with those localizations the more professional it will appear to potential investors from the respective countries.

I agree. We also want to hit China.

We've scraped the surface with english speaking people, each further bit of penetration requires more effort, money and time. There's huge swathes of people out there we haven't even tapped into because of the language barrier.

I suggest using crowdin.net for translations. Works well, anyone can help, and all of it feeds back into website. Plus you can get proof readers so there is more options for translation of websites.

[MuffinMaster]

Anyone know any more or have any good links for the changes to the POS mechanism?

Do you mean the announced changes from rat4?
The changes are shown in detail here:
https://github.com/rat4/blackcoin/compare/master...protocolv2

Thank you.

Is there an updated wallet we need to download?  Or does the change take effect with the blockchain synch?

It is currenty purely a test, no new protocol just yet. This has to be tested extensively first.

Has rat4/anyone else done a press release for this? What were the criticisms (s)he is trying to address and how will the new system differ from the previous one?

Edit: If it is a test the press release might be ott, granted. But investors and potential investors will still be curious.

We should be making more noise about this if the testing is successful.

rat4 improving the the proof of stake algorithm would be a MAJOR bit of news.

It's an advancement of cryptocurrency.

I also strongly believe a portion of Peercoin investors will gain interest in Blackcoin if we improve upon their protocol.

Also nxt holders would be willing to get on the black train.

[z3r0]

Wiz for president!

[IdealisticAnarchist]

How about if you ordered the Limited Editon BC card

How do I know if I ordered the limited edition BC card or the 'normal' edition??

I ordered when I saw the post saying the cards had arrived...

[ArpFlush]

@Blackcoinofficial

+1

I like this and have changed our Instagram to this.  Far better than my @BlackCoinCrypto.  Thank you EDU

Hey, thanks for the suggestions. However, Pinterest only allows 3 to 15 characters for a username. Since blackcoin was already taken and blackcoinofficial was too long, I opted for:

meetblackcoin

So, following days, weeks, months, I will also be updating our official Pinterest page. Please give me suggestions for some board names, like "fan art", "t-shirts", ... I will link to the website where these images reside. Backlinks and exposure remember  

Thanks all!
ps: don't panic yet, I still gotta upload some contents  

[Ramirez]

BlackCoin Is Going To Wall Street

This is an outline of what my wife and I have been planning for a few weeks. Please take a few minutes to read.

I have been promising something big in May, and today I have decided to present my project to the community so together we can make it a reality! My wife and I have been working on this project behind the scenes, and it has never been done before in crypto. We want BlackCoin to be the first Cypto Currency to pull it off!

So what is the big idea?

We want to hire 50 attractive women dressed in BlackCoin T-Shirts, and for 2 hours these women will converge on Wall Street and hand out Wall Street Edition BlackCoin cards and sell sheets describing BlackCoin.

Everything I have asked this community to do has lead us to this moment and now it is time to explain my master plan.

1. I rallied this community together to fund the press release projects so we can introduce the BlackCoin brand to mainstream media outlets, and at the same time learn how to focus our energy towards a single objective.

2. I created the BlackCoin card because I knew in the future we needed something "physical" to allow people to touch and feel. It is hard to get people to believe in something that only exists virtually. The cards are loaded with software that will make it easy to buy, manage, and trade BlackCoins.

3. I rallied this community to contact strategic companies like Vault Of Satoshi because I knew for us to succeed we needed a direct Fiat to BC service here in North America.

4. Now that step 1 -3 has been accomplished,  everything is in place for the main event.

What will the main event accomplish?

This plan is to kill 3 birds with one stone.

a. The cards and sell sheets will introduce new investors to BC. Although Wall Street is the location we do not care if "whales" on Wall Street invests in BC or not. Wall Street is just the backdrop. We want BC to be associated with wealth!

b. We will attract the attention of mainstream media. Not everyday 50 beautiful women dressed alike converge on Wall Street. The event will be covered by local and international media outlets. My wife will be calling media outlets the day before and during the event.

c. We will be making crypto history and we will show the rest of the crypto community how determined we are to make BlackCoin #1.

What is needed to make this a success?

Casting studio rental for day (Cast girls for rvent)
50 Girls for 2 hours
50 T-Shirts
Water For Girls
1000 Cards + Retail Packaging
1000 Sell Sheets
Misc expenses: transportation..snacks...etc..etc

Total budget: $9540
Approximately 73,000 BC at the current exchange rate.


Note: I am not profiting off the cards we get made for this event, these will be community made cards at the wholesale factory price. I set 1000 cards as the minimum, but if we can raise more than $9540 I will get as many cards made as the donations allow.

Note: If we can raise $12,000 or more I will be able to hire a professional camera crew to follow the girls around. We can use that video to plaster all over the web and go viral!

This community has wanted something huge and I strongly believe this is what we need. Our recent partnerships with various companies have been great to make BC stronger, but it has done very little to get the  "BlackCoin brand out to the mainstream. We can have all the partnerships in the world, but if no one knows about us then partnerships mean very little. I think this event will give us the most ROI, and this will be the tipping point for BlackCoin.

To make this happen we need to raise the money by May 17th, and my wife and  I would like to do the event either the 29th or the 30th of May. If you have any questions please feel free to ask, and all comments and suggestions are welcome since it will take this entire community to make this happen.


Below is the donation addresses (Please make sure you use the addresses from this original post or my signature only. Previously scammers have attempted to replace donation addresses with their own addresses when replying to the post.


Donation addresses:

BC: BQQsUdYaqCGUDhdXPADto1gKwvEA2a92TP
BTC: 12jhNVMj5kk7akem2wxDwnpQvGdro3NzJ4
LTC: LT4hiypMuPLYQT2gu3gdMjvAMqhC1w12yJ
DOGE: DRJnZVTP64phDfdoWu5VnKUUSM7p8Tf4MT




We have raised approximately $3233
We have at least $6307 more to go.

I want to thank everyone who has contributed and every donation helps!!!

I already gave 5000BC... And you?

[coinpredator(return)]

Anyone here have any experience in coding for mounting an exchange as mintpal? How much it would cost for a project for 3 - 5 different currencies?

I'm from Brazil and would like to open my own exchange, the market in Brazil is still an embryo, we have about 5 nice Brazilian exchanges but the people is a little slow, they only focuses on BTC and LTC. I want to focus on the future "Blackcoin".

If you have someone interested in working on it, please let me know to discuss values​​.

[mrmate]

BlackCoin Community Plan


As promised I came up with a basic plan that we all can build upon over time. I think as a community need to be on the same page to achieve our common goal to make BlackCoin  #1.
Before starting I was going to put this into a PDF and I decided to post it here so everyone can add whatever suggestions and comments to the plan. This is very long so please take a few minutes to read it.

Introduction:
Over the past few weeks this community has accomplished some amazing things in the name of BlackCoin, but lately we have lost focus on our main goal of making BlackCoin #1. Some of us have been conducting ourselves like juveniles on this forum, including myself. The first thing that needs to change around here is our decorum. We cannot continue to act the way we have been acting. There are some very talented and intelligent individuals here , and we do not have to attack each other to get our point across. We can have intense debates and still be respectful of each other. If and when trolls do enter our thread, we have to adopt a no tolerance policy. Do not quote them and kindly ask them to refrain from posting FUD. Do not aggressively engage or argue with them. This thread is key to attracting new talent and investors, and it needs to remain open but it also needs to remain fairly professional.

Mission:
Everyone keeps making the mistake of suggesting we can be the next Bitcoin. I do not want to be the next Bitcoin. In the eyes of the world Bitcoin doesn't exist. Yes we know about Bitcoin, and maybe 1 or 2 million people know about Bitcoin. However, if you ask 20 random people on the street if they know what Bitcoin is, I am willing to bet at least 19 of them would not have a clue what Bitcoin is. So although Bitcoin was the first, there is a very good opportunity to become the standard crypto-currency everyone knows and uses. There have been many examples in recent history when the first product to market is overshadowed by the newcomer because the newcomer had better marketing and branding.

Our mission is to strive to be the most recognized and used crypto-currency in the world.

Structure:
This is a hard one. BlackCoin is not a corporation and it will never be a corporation. It is a community funded project with many moving parts. However, it seems to have turned into a central organization with a community that has limited say. There are major issues with this approach but I will not address that now. Moving forward I propose we decentralize BlackCoin and turn it back into a community controlled project.

1. The development team focuses on development and the technical aspect of BlackCoin

2. The BlackCoin foundation focuses on supporting projects and whatever else they feel passionate about.

3. The community focuses on building the brand and handling the business side of BlackCoin. No one person or small group should decide the fate of BlackCoin.

I own the domain GoBlackCoin.com and we can turn that into a community hub for discussions, new ideas, projects, events,  and everything else related to BlackCoin. We can have tutorials, market info,...etc..etc. Senior members of the BlackCoin community can be admins and mods. it will be a complete social network for the BlackCoin community. I can have that up and running by mid June.

Technology:
The current BlackCoin client is based off the original Bitcoin client. We should begin to move forward with a more unique design that is tailored more for BlackCoin. Every wallet client is pretty much a carbon copy of the previous client with little differences here and there. It is hard to portray unique and innovative when the software for the wallet is similar in design to every other wallet.

Using BlackCoin at retail locations will be made easier using CoinKite, but I must admit I think cypto is going backwards with this approach. Using cards and terminals to make purchases is 20th century technology, and I have no idea why the currency of the future needs to use redesigned 20th century technology. Google has it right with their technology using an ordinary smart phone to make purchases.

We need to make it easier and cost effective for any merchant to accept BlackCoins without the hassle of extra terminals and cards. There are tons of locations that already support Google's technology, and maybe we need to tie into that network somehow.

Marketing & Brand Awareness:
We have already  proven that press releases have a positive effect on getting investors excited and garnering the attention of the crypto-community. But there is so much more we can be doing
a) Social media should be a top priority. We have members who have graciously offered to Tweet regularly and upload photos to Instagram. We must utilize every aspect of social media.

b) Events will be crucial to building brand awareness. The Wall Street event is just one example of how we need to be creative and think out the box. We need to sponsor small concerts, raise money for charities,  and sponsor high profile non-crypto related events

c) Traditional print ads in magazines is an option we will need to explore. Bitcoin placed an ad in Wired Magazine. That was a good idea but I would have opted for one of the financial magazines first. We need to go where the money is, and financial magazines is where we need to be.

d) Times Square billboard! Yes we need to go big! At this time it is not feasible to buy a billboard in Times Square, but as the marketcap of BlackCoin increases we can have a BlackCoin billboard in the middle of Times Square.

e) Radio is also an option we need to pursue. Radio is not expensive at all and can be effective with the right ad and audience.

f) Celebrity endorsements. A-list celebrities are expensive, but there are very popular celebrities that are not exactly A-list but have a huge following. Their fees are significantly less than an A-list celebrity but can be just as effective at making BlackCoin popular.

g) Sponsor poker tournaments and have the players paid in BlackCoin.

Infrastructure & Partnerships:
We have been very lucky to have been added to some of the top exchanges and services in such a short span of time. I think as a community we have been very effective in this area and we just need to keep contacting services and keep requesting they add us.

Coinbase is a Bitcoin only service but I think they are rethinking their position on that. If we can show how powerful and innovate BlackCoin is, maybe in the future we can convince them to add us.
Every time I send BTC to an exchange it takes a lifetime to  confirm. However, when you compare that to BlackCoin it seems almost instant. This is a major advantage and we need Bitcoin only services to understand Bitcoin is yesterdays technology.

Recruitment:
We need the most talented people onboard to help with this project. Talented and knowledgeable people are priceless, and we need to establish an environment that welcomes and nurtures talented people.
BlackCoin will succeed or fail based on the efforts of the community. Without a passionate and active community BlackCoin will slowly die like many coins before it.

"If you do what you have always done you will get what you have always gotten".....

How about just use blackcointalk?

[IconicExpert]

Anyone here have any experience in coding for mounting an exchange as mintpal? How much it would cost for a project for 3 - 5 different currencies?

I'm from Brazil and would like to open my own exchange, the market in Brazil is still an embryo, we have about 5 nice Brazilian exchanges but the people is a little slow, they only focuses on BTC and LTC. I want to focus on the future "Blackcoin".

If you have someone interested in working on it, please let me know to discuss values​​.

Determine a reasonable budget for the project and then post the project on Freelancer.com or Guru.com.

[ScoobyDood]

@Blackcoinofficial

+1

I like this and have changed our Instagram to this.  Far better than my @BlackCoinCrypto.  Thank you EDU

Hey, thanks for the suggestions. However, Pinterest only allows 3 to 15 characters for a username. Since blackcoin was already taken and blackcoinofficial was too long, I opted for:

meetblackcoin

So, following days, weeks, months, I will also be updating our official Pinterest page. Please give me suggestions for some board names, like "fan art", "t-shirts", ... I will link to the website where these images reside. Backlinks and exposure remember  

Thanks all!
ps: don't panic yet, I still gotta upload some contents  

For fan art I was partial to the Blackcoin Yacht  
or the 1 blackcoin = 1 Lambo

[dcm987]

Heeeeey community!
Alright guys,it was a crazy week last week,we saw price droppings, a bunch of opposition coins come out, that whole WC fiasco, a lot of FUD being spread back and forth especially on the BTCtalk channel. Yet guys here we are,all still here, still holding on to what we have;in fact building upon what we have here.despite all the negativity, positive ideas and positive vibes are still flowing.So I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I hope you are all here to stay as I am. Let's keep this morale up,let's keep looking up. "As long as you're looking down,you can't see something that's above you."

[MuffinMaster]

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How about just use blackcointalk?

I have to agree. Now is not the time to split up our community. It just not big enough.

Why not use blackcointalk or /r/blackcoin?

I know I don't want to have to check 3 or 4 websites to get all the latest blackcoin news.

to be honest though I mostly just review /r/blackcoin as everything gets posted there sooner or later.

[IconicExpert]

BlackCoin Community Plan


As promised I came up with a basic plan that we all can build upon over time. I think as a community need to be on the same page to achieve our common goal to make BlackCoin  #1.
Before starting I was going to put this into a PDF and I decided to post it here so everyone can add whatever suggestions and comments to the plan. This is very long so please take a few minutes to read it.

Introduction:
Over the past few weeks this community has accomplished some amazing things in the name of BlackCoin, but lately we have lost focus on our main goal of making BlackCoin #1. Some of us have been conducting ourselves like juveniles on this forum, including myself. The first thing that needs to change around here is our decorum. We cannot continue to act the way we have been acting. There are some very talented and intelligent individuals here , and we do not have to attack each other to get our point across. We can have intense debates and still be respectful of each other. If and when trolls do enter our thread, we have to adopt a no tolerance policy. Do not quote them and kindly ask them to refrain from posting FUD. Do not aggressively engage or argue with them. This thread is key to attracting new talent and investors, and it needs to remain open but it also needs to remain fairly professional.

Mission:
Everyone keeps making the mistake of suggesting we can be the next Bitcoin. I do not want to be the next Bitcoin. In the eyes of the world Bitcoin doesn't exist. Yes we know about Bitcoin, and maybe 1 or 2 million people know about Bitcoin. However, if you ask 20 random people on the street if they know what Bitcoin is, I am willing to bet at least 19 of them would not have a clue what Bitcoin is. So although Bitcoin was the first, there is a very good opportunity to become the standard crypto-currency everyone knows and uses. There have been many examples in recent history when the first product to market is overshadowed by the newcomer because the newcomer had better marketing and branding.

Our mission is to strive to be the most recognized and used crypto-currency in the world.

Structure:
This is a hard one. BlackCoin is not a corporation and it will never be a corporation. It is a community funded project with many moving parts. However, it seems to have turned into a central organization with a community that has limited say. There are major issues with this approach but I will not address that now. Moving forward I propose we decentralize BlackCoin and turn it back into a community controlled project.

1. The development team focuses on development and the technical aspect of BlackCoin

2. The BlackCoin foundation focuses on supporting projects and whatever else they feel passionate about.

3. The community focuses on building the brand and handling the business side of BlackCoin. No one person or small group should decide the fate of BlackCoin.

I own the domain GoBlackCoin.com and we can turn that into a community hub for discussions, new ideas, projects, events,  and everything else related to BlackCoin. We can have tutorials, market info,...etc..etc. Senior members of the BlackCoin community can be admins and mods. it will be a complete social network for the BlackCoin community. I can have that up and running by mid June.

Technology:
The current BlackCoin client is based off the original Bitcoin client. We should begin to move forward with a more unique design that is tailored more for BlackCoin. Every wallet client is pretty much a carbon copy of the previous client with little differences here and there. It is hard to portray unique and innovative when the software for the wallet is similar in design to every other wallet.

Using BlackCoin at retail locations will be made easier using CoinKite, but I must admit I think cypto is going backwards with this approach. Using cards and terminals to make purchases is 20th century technology, and I have no idea why the currency of the future needs to use redesigned 20th century technology. Google has it right with their technology using an ordinary smart phone to make purchases.

We need to make it easier and cost effective for any merchant to accept BlackCoins without the hassle of extra terminals and cards. There are tons of locations that already support Google's technology, and maybe we need to tie into that network somehow.

Marketing & Brand Awareness:
We have already  proven that press releases have a positive effect on getting investors excited and garnering the attention of the crypto-community. But there is so much more we can be doing
a) Social media should be a top priority. We have members who have graciously offered to Tweet regularly and upload photos to Instagram. We must utilize every aspect of social media.

b) Events will be crucial to building brand awareness. The Wall Street event is just one example of how we need to be creative and think out the box. We need to sponsor small concerts, raise money for charities,  and sponsor high profile non-crypto related events

c) Traditional print ads in magazines is an option we will need to explore. Bitcoin placed an ad in Wired Magazine. That was a good idea but I would have opted for one of the financial magazines first. We need to go where the money is, and financial magazines is where we need to be.

d) Times Square billboard! Yes we need to go big! At this time it is not feasible to buy a billboard in Times Square, but as the marketcap of BlackCoin increases we can have a BlackCoin billboard in the middle of Times Square.

e) Radio is also an option we need to pursue. Radio is not expensive at all and can be effective with the right ad and audience.

f) Celebrity endorsements. A-list celebrities are expensive, but there are very popular celebrities that are not exactly A-list but have a huge following. Their fees are significantly less than an A-list celebrity but can be just as effective at making BlackCoin popular.

g) Sponsor poker tournaments and have the players paid in BlackCoin.

Infrastructure & Partnerships:
We have been very lucky to have been added to some of the top exchanges and services in such a short span of time. I think as a community we have been very effective in this area and we just need to keep contacting services and keep requesting they add us.

Coinbase is a Bitcoin only service but I think they are rethinking their position on that. If we can show how powerful and innovate BlackCoin is, maybe in the future we can convince them to add us.
Every time I send BTC to an exchange it takes a lifetime to  confirm. However, when you compare that to BlackCoin it seems almost instant. This is a major advantage and we need Bitcoin only services to understand Bitcoin is yesterdays technology.

Recruitment:
We need the most talented people onboard to help with this project. Talented and knowledgeable people are priceless, and we need to establish an environment that welcomes and nurtures talented people.
BlackCoin will succeed or fail based on the efforts of the community. Without a passionate and active community BlackCoin will slowly die like many coins before it.

"If you do what you have always done you will get what you have always gotten".....

In my haste to post I forgot to mention two other initiatives.

1. BlackCoin is a global currency and it needs to cater to our Non-English friends abroad.

2. One of the best ways to promote products is by word of mouth. Most people will use a product if someone close suggested it. I propose a day when we buy a small amount of BC each (This is not a pump) and give the BC away to friends and family. I was thinking mothers day, but it could be any day.

[ArpFlush]

For fan art I was partial to the Blackcoin Yacht  
or the 1 blackcoin = 1 Lambo

The Blackcoin Yacht has been pinned Scooby  
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/546835579727423423/