Quote from: toldy on April 11, 2015, 05:39:49 AM

Quote from: RCan06 on April 10, 2015, 10:16:46 AM

I agree, I think any posting helps bring attention and keeps us active,

Exactly.

So that includes my hard criticisms, and the explanations that disqualify any issues I raise.

Controversy keeps the thread alive, and more postings, which means better recognition on Bitcointalk.

So indirectly, I'm helping. A healthy debate on where Opal is going, just leads to more posts, more recognition, and more new people catching the wave.

Based on what I said, I think I should keep posting my thoughts because I'm actually helping here.

Can't argue here, debate is equally good, and creates discussion.

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Quote from: Voidlord on April 10, 2015, 11:09:41 PM

Opal today announced a system of revenue generating sites, the first one being bitsofnews.net, that
will have all revenue generated go back to Opal users through dividend payments. This serves as
both an incentive for users to hold Opal, as well as holding them in their local wallets and cold
storage.

How is this better than holding and staking the normal way?

I went to bitsofnews.net and it is a complicated site. I wasn't sure as an Opal holder how I could earn more Opals via that site?

I think a good explanation of the technicality's of how this works will come soon. I think it will add more insentive to stake, as you receive extra income besides that from staking, but I would like to know more as well!

Such as how exactly revenue is generated? Advertisements would be one way, views, taking payments for publishing articles. If advertisements are one way, then clicking them and giving them views would help generate revenue and thus greater dividends. Another way would simply be spreading the word for the sites themselves, as the larger/higher profile they become (by views) the more revenue I'd can amuse we as opal holders would get.

I'd also be interested to know how often coin wallet snapshots are taken, randomly, daily, weekly? Randomly would keep people on there toes and provide more incentive to keep coins staking so they don't miss out. Daily would be fine as well, but perhaps if it was a fixed longer term interval people would catch on and move coins to wallet on those interval times.

It looks like there will be more sites to come http://bitsofnews.net/opal-announces-second-revenue-stream-for-dividends/ (still pass protected), which is fantastic. The idea is great, and looks to have great potential. Look forward to hearing more.