Quote from: daoneway on November 21, 2013, 12:42:46 AM

i dont get mastercoin AT ALL, can someone enlighten me? Huh

I suggest you tune in to the webinar we're doing today (5:30 PM GMT).
It will also be posted on Youtube after if you can't make it.

Quote from: Patel on November 21, 2013, 01:23:01 AM

Hi,

I think it would be useful to start a thread, or even a post on this forum, of what regular non-tech savvy users can do to help support the development of Mastercoin

I don't know how to code, but I do want to help. I have been looking into Mastercoin for quite some time and finally took the plunge and invested in it.

How about you start or join a local chapter?

http://wiki.mastercoin.org/index.php/How_to_start_a_local_Mastercoin_chapter

Quote from: rbdrbd on November 21, 2013, 03:09:20 AM

Guys, has there been any thought to setting up a dedicated forum for Mastercoins? I'd be happy to set up and host a forum site if desired, powered around SMF or any other forum software. I have about 15 years experience administering Linux systems and development and run a company that develops custom software products for large enterprises. It would run on a Linode VPS, and forum.mastercoin.org could be made to point at the host (or mastercointalk.org, but I'm not sure who owns that domain -- mastercointalk.com is available).

I ask because I think it would really help the Mastercoin community evolve. For an example, Peercoin is another project that I follow. JustABitOfTime has done an amazing job so far in such a short period of time mobilizing community-driven PR. Just this past week, they have Peercoin being mentioned in CNBC, Forbes and the WSJ (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=341509.0).

If you look at the peercoin forums (http://peercointalk.org/), they have an entire group setup for Peercoin activism, across multiple media channels. I think a configuration like this is much more accessible to the community at large than a few Mastercoin threads on bitcointalk, or a Trello PM board.

Several of the folks around Mastercoin make a big point around benevolently "stealing" any features that Mastercoin competitors gain that could be useful. I think we should do the same when it comes to where ever another effort (whether it be another CC, or MSC competitor) is doing really well. And Peercoin is really kicking some ass with community organization and PR. Any feedback?

There have been thoughts about setting up a dedicated forum.

1. FYI, forum.mastercoin.org redirects to this very thread right now, for convenience Wink

2. I opened a Google Group for Mastercoin that nobody except me ever used Sad

3. Right now the consensus is that it's best to remain on bitcointalk, because we want to position ourselves as part of Bitcoin, not an alt or competitor. We have asked theymos to open a dedicated sub-forum to Decentralized Applications (such as Mastercoin, Invictus, and more), and haven't gotten a response yet.

4. If we did open a new forum (I'm not completely against, but we need consensus for that), I would love to do it on Discourse. In this case we'll probablly ask Aric Fedida, our Head of IT, to install it (we haven't formally announced his position, but we should ... I'll do it within a few days).

5. For now - I propose you start a new thread on bitcointalk to discuss this. You can accompany that thread with a poll.

6. I really appreciate the initiative - thanks!