Quote from: EBK1000 on January 23, 2017, 05:23:19 PM

Hi, nice to see that you are still pushing this forward. What KOBO needs is utility and a plan to be useful in some way. It's not enough these days to just have a crypto without some use. I'm still holding some KOBO and believe that you can do something with this.

Thanks. The plan is to be the multi-denominational digital currency of choice for mobile devices in the largest mobile fintech market on the planet (Sub-Saharan Africa). It always has been right from announcement. The coin parameters were chosen to facilitate this. It's also X15 PoS which new entrants to the industry are saying makes them green. We were green (even check the logo!) before they were even a figment in someone else's imagination.

At the moment there's no real technical development that I can see taking things forward (remember that kobo is on an IoT platform already - ROKOS). If there's a definite benefit to introducing new features on the blockchain then I'll definitely look into it. I also don't want to fork the coin with no real reason for doing so. There's nothing wrong with what kobo is right now. It could be in a better place when it comes to trading and I won't be happy until I see some real volume.

I think external features would be more useful right now. IOS wallet, possibly a 'secure' online wallet, and partnerships with the right companies. These would be very good starts. Introducing tech without a true purpose is not something I want to do right now. The people I've been talking to (programmers, business people, African fintech entrepreneurs) are talking about matching names to addresses for identity verification.

On this forum there's a cold war going on for anonymity. No-one I'm talking to is talking about anonymity like we do here in the forum. I'm not sure anonymity brings anything to kobo right now other than keeping up with trends (which might be the right thing to do - but at the moment I don't see it).

I do agree that just being a 'coin' may not be enough but kobo has a few things already built into the original coin parameters that still serve it's needs (at this time). As people start to use it these small features will become apparent. I've seen coins put out a constant stream of developments just to keep community members happy. Once the developments stop coming in, the coins are dropped like hot cakes and the price crashes. Makes me wonder if it was worth the devs time doing all that work just for a pump/dump opportunity.

My dream/goal/milestone for this year is to get us onto a Chinese exchange. China is making massive investments in Africa right now. A Chinese exchange would be a great fit (as long as we start getting better trading volumes!).

I'd rather use my energy to push kobo's visibility beyond BCT to the people who could make the dream of gaining adoption a reality rather than appeasing people who might only be looking for the next pump/dump opportunity. Progress on that front is slow but we are getting there!

Excuse the essay!
Cheesy