Before listing on something like GDAX - I would strongly advise the team at BiblePay to re-vamp the coin's image. Recently, users on this thread have come out of nowhere and said BiblePay looks like a scam. While presenting it to others in my sphere - I also received the same feedback. Those are two completely unrelated sources telling you the same thing... there is a serious issue of public trust here.
In 2016, the present roadmap would be sufficient for huuuge coin performance. Unfortunately it is 2018, and with everyone and their family creating a blockchain "product", being listed on exchanges should be about more than raising funds. It should be able presenting an idea that the public can noticeably "feel". The marketing efforts slated to kick off (according to BBP roadmap) starts on 02/15. I sure hope there is artwork & media coming down into the pipeline. If not, hire someone IMMEDIATELY and PAY THEM to do it (PLEASE no volunteer positions for critical blockchain tasks in 2018, the current C++ want ad reads like a missing child poster- it is sad)
I hope you see the sarcasm mixed with the "constructive" criticism here. While I would love for BBP to succeed, there is more than just being listed. In fact, being listed where the project is currently sitting is probably setting the project back. Instead, the funds should be used to hire critical staff to complete the tasks Rob is presently buried under. Nothing can be more important than getting more people -- even if you have to pay them.
In 2016, the present roadmap would be sufficient for huuuge coin performance. Unfortunately it is 2018, and with everyone and their family creating a blockchain "product", being listed on exchanges should be about more than raising funds. It should be able presenting an idea that the public can noticeably "feel". The marketing efforts slated to kick off (according to BBP roadmap) starts on 02/15. I sure hope there is artwork & media coming down into the pipeline. If not, hire someone IMMEDIATELY and PAY THEM to do it (PLEASE no volunteer positions for critical blockchain tasks in 2018, the current C++ want ad reads like a missing child poster- it is sad)
I hope you see the sarcasm mixed with the "constructive" criticism here. While I would love for BBP to succeed, there is more than just being listed. In fact, being listed where the project is currently sitting is probably setting the project back. Instead, the funds should be used to hire critical staff to complete the tasks Rob is presently buried under. Nothing can be more important than getting more people -- even if you have to pay them.
1. What ideas do you have to revamp the image?
2. On the topic of being a scam, there are a couple users who are sadly specifically targeting the project wanting it to fail adrianbits, coinpimp321, and they created scam threads, and then there is slovakia who constantly badmouths the coin and throws the word scam around but yet keeps mining it with his 100+ machines
3. What things in particular make BiblePay look like a scam?
Anyone can call Compassion to confirm sponsored Orphans: https://www.reddit.com/r/BiblePay/comments/7dtwx8/compassion_charity_accountability/
The code and pool code are open-source
Proposal system is live and anyone can propose work and be funded
4. Marketing/Artwork/Media
What ideas do you have for this?
5. What feedback do you have on the C++ Blockchain Developer Ad?
https://www.reddit.com/r/BiblePay/comments/7ph4k8/hiring_c_developer/
6. We dont have much money to pay for work, yet, We've only had 1 budget cycle so far and the next one ends in 2 weeks,
about 5.7 million BiblePay in this cycle and probably 3.8 million will go to Charity, we were rejected by one good dev who wanted $70/hour, we only have enough budget to support a dev at $35/hour, non-dev wise there also arent many people proposing work either
7. Are you interested to propose work?
Proposals: http://forum.biblepay.org/index.php?board=5.0
How to Submit a Proposal: http://wiki.biblepay.org/Create_Sanctuary_2#SUBMIT_PROPOSAL
Unofficial TODO List: https://www.reddit.com/r/BiblePay/comments/7v0pxz/todo_list/
We could use all the help we can get!
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Excellent thoughts, merited. This is exactly what I think is the missing puzzle piece for BiblePay to grow to the next level. I couldn't have expressed it better myself.
Even though this may sound illogical, I firmly believe that design is more important than tech, especially so if the target audience are Christians who are not very tech-savvy. Making the wallet look aesthetically pleasing and easy to use via GUI, without ever having to go something like the "debug console", will do wonders. It's been ages (in crypto time) when there's been some discussion about hiring a Qt wallet designer, which I understand has been deprioritized because of the plans to go with the Stratis platform, which would bring a new look on the table, but since that's been pushed to almost a year from now, maybe we should go back to the idea of redesigning the current Qt wallet? Because I can't really see this current wallet design make a breakthrough in the year to come.
Even though this may sound illogical, I firmly believe that design is more important than tech, especially so if the target audience are Christians who are not very tech-savvy. Making the wallet look aesthetically pleasing and easy to use via GUI, without ever having to go something like the "debug console", will do wonders. It's been ages (in crypto time) when there's been some discussion about hiring a Qt wallet designer, which I understand has been deprioritized because of the plans to go with the Stratis platform, which would bring a new look on the table, but since that's been pushed to almost a year from now, maybe we should go back to the idea of redesigning the current Qt wallet? Because I can't really see this current wallet design make a breakthrough in the year to come.
If anyone would like to jump on finding a Wallet Designer please do!
https://www.reddit.com/r/BiblePay/comments/75hkkw/looking_for_wallet_designer/
616west ran the logo contest
https://www.reddit.com/r/BiblePay/comments/7asnaa/new_coin_logo_zip_of_images/
https://www.freelancer.com/contest/Biblepay-Cryptocurrency-New-Logo-1157004.html
He only got donated back half of what he paid for it
616westwarmoth Donation Address: BGtF8NTiUF3cTMJ62Ps7G1wtYU7sD5nkvG
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The problem with this original assessment is that a pretty facade, like an apple iphone, or a pig with makeup is something that should be sold to valuable investors without any intrinsic value is flawed. The iPhone I argue actually *has* a lot of intrinsic value because they were the first to make it easy to perform certain functions, like typing on glass, voice texts all that.
The distributed computing cancer research system *changes* the core, adds moving parts, and adds intrinsic value.
The proper thing to do with Biblepay is focus on making it run well under the hood first and then we will fix the cosmetic issues and sell it to the investors.
We are not in the PR phase yet. We are fixing the engine right now and we just cut the muffler off the bottom of the car.
The distributed computing cancer research system *changes* the core, adds moving parts, and adds intrinsic value.
The proper thing to do with Biblepay is focus on making it run well under the hood first and then we will fix the cosmetic issues and sell it to the investors.
We are not in the PR phase yet. We are fixing the engine right now and we just cut the muffler off the bottom of the car.
This x100, BiblePay may not look sleek, but it has great features and new features in development:
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- 10% of coins go to Charity - Already sponsoring 180+ Orphans Monthly
- Proof of BibleHash (PoBH) - ASIC-Resistant, CPU Mining only, All Nodes are Full Nodes
- Orphan Letter Writing
- Gospel Link Rewards
- Ecommerce Store
- Decentralized Masternode Governance, 10% IT/PR/P2P budget, InstantSend, PrivateSend
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In Development:
- Proof of Loyalty - Staking
- Proof of Distributed Computing - Cancer Research
- Retirement Coins
- BiblePay University
- New Website - http://forum.biblepay.org/index.php?topic=101.0