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Re: ★★DigiByte|极特币★★[DGB]✔ $250k Investment, EasyMiner, iOS Wallet, MultiSig, TipBot
by
Jumbley
on 09/04/2015, 11:01:11 UTC
OK. I've had it up to here with the talks of getting on exchanges and market speculating and whatever. (not just DGB folks, the whole crypto community in general and sometimes even me) There's a billion flippin' coins fighting over a tiny segment of the population over and over and over and over and over again. Enough!  Angry

The team did something very clever by making Digibytetip work on LinkedIn. I don't know any other coins that have a flag in that space and it's arguably the most professional (English-speaking, I suppose) social network out there. Anything that works over LinkedIn can ride on the site's respectability. If you're really interested in making DGB fly, here's my suggestion.

Get yourself around $30-$50 worth of DGB and pick 6-10 people who have endorsed you for a skill. Send each one $5 (or Euro or whatever) worth of DGB - enough to get an Amazon card from eGifter - with a thank-you note for their endorsement. Of course also include that you can help them redeem the DGB (via Shapeshift) if they want. These are people who know who you are, trust you and will likely to be happy to get a $5 gift card. More importantly, they're people no one else is likely talking to. We can fight over exchanges and prices and such all day or we can step out of this little cryptobubble we all live in and find a much bigger world to introduce to DGB.

This is a wonderful idea. Can you talk a bit more about the specifics regarding how easy it is (or isn't) to buy an Amazon card right on LinkedIn and how you can go about getting a Shapeshift redemption? I'm sure that would be useful information for everyone thinking about doing this

I like this idea very much but I'm wondering if we asking a little too much just yet, because firstly it appears that you have to convert your DGB to BTC using some other third party before you can buy a gift card. I am a little concerned that this would put people off,  too much effort involved and people may think it would just be easier to deal directly with bitcoin or even easier to use fiat via paypal.