Hey all, I've been quiet in this thread thus far (I haven't a very technical skilset), but donated at the start of the project and have been thrilled watching all the progress and updates to the project over the past several months. There was some talk earlier in the thread about getting added to trading exchanges, which I think is an important aspect of building a strong community, as it facilitates new interested parties getting involved in the project.
While I would love for XEL to get on Poloniex.com (widely viewed as the most prominent altcoin exchange), they are pretty random with they aren't very clear on what they look for in their coin additions, so I wouldn't count on it, at least not at launch. But it cannot hurt for us to submit coin addition requests:
https://temp.poloniex.com/coinRequestI think our best bet would be to get added on Bittrex.com. Unfortunately they are pretty stringent with requesting information from the developers of a coin before adding it, namely due to the fact that they want a point of contact if they have any issues with the chain, et cetera. Here is more information on the Bittrex.com addition requirements:
https://bittrex.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/202583854-Submitting-a-Coin-to-Bittrex.
https://novaexchange.com, and
https://www.cryptopia.co.nz are two other exchanges that might expose us to a wider userbase, though they are not as established as the two listed above.
Cheers to the devs doing all the great work on the project!
Pushing to get XEL on nova or cryptopia might actually be counterproductive. XEL is a big coin with big potential, and to push for listing on a bottom tier exchange shows an air of desperation and lack of legitimacy which certainly shouldn't be the attitude towards Elastic. Bittrex would be good, although it's pretty largely known that a bribe is required to get listed there. Poloniex might be the best and only good bet, although yobit is also an option.