First, thanks for interest and support of Guncoin.  Second, while yes, we could really use more donations to do things faster, charging for advertising is not something we choose to do at this time - even that we pay for advertising on partner sites for now.  We want to encourage our merchants to accept GUN and list them in our directory - when we have pages of merchants, at that time, we may offer premium banner space on the website - but we are not there yet.  That being said, promotion/advertising of GUN should be a community thing.  In other words, I do not see BTC/LTC/ETH owners spending their money on advertising.  We are for now in certain places that make sense.  But Guncoin is designed to be a decentralized cryptocurrency - that means with community support it will succeed.  One can check the donations address below and see we get very few - primarily from two members and no others. More is always appreciated and as you have seen - well spent.  Enough said on that.

In regards to your other comments on what lies ahead for GUN, I would say that all that you mentioned is on the table and being considered for various GUN alternatives.  I will point out that first and foremost, Guncoin was originally designed to be a virtual currency for every day firearms transactions - that has not and will not change.  That is the direction it is headed right now.  It will be a technologically stable, secure and safe means to transact any and forearms related transaction - it is right now.  After the next upgrade, it will be a state of the art coin with enormous capabilities exceeding many other coins.  We intend to finish what we started and committed to before doing anything else and we are almost there.

So there are many wonderful ideas out there for all sorts of things that Guncoin could or should do comparable to many other coins with great features (Smart contracts, POS, Masternodes, etc, etc).  Those are all great ideas, but you simply cannot do all of that in one coin.  That brings us to your references to GUN-Gold, GUN-Silver, etc. etc.  Yes, there are long term plans to address other technology features possibly in other tokens/coins, under the Guncoin family.  That plan has NOT been formalized or published and I have no set date to do that.  Right now, we are still reviewing technologies, options, budgets and as always trying to figure out how to pay for it all - again donations help us do all that we have done to this point and have planned in the future.  I do NOT want to hype or pump the coin - just trying to honestly answer your questions.  As always, we appreciate input from the community......

That was a great set of questions and we hope our answers gave you close to what you wanted to hear.  Guncoin has a great and prosperous future we think.  Thank you so much for your support!