Quote from: enmaku on August 17, 2011, 08:55:51 PM

No, I'm sorry I looked it up because there is rampant stupidity on the internet. Something as simple as "maybe we should get a celebrity to endorse bitcoin" brought out some real brainiacs just because the first celeb suggested was Bieber. Personally my vote is in for Vin Diesel - he's a huge nerd, has been spotted playing D&D on set and has a tattoo of his D&D character's name. If anyone in Hollywood can grok bitcoin, I think he's a good bet.

That said, I've wandered off-topic. The StackExchange site is at 91% now! So much progress so quickly...

It's probably better to say that this thread is far more important than the i0coin and ixcoin forks that I've been poking at for a few days which have recently represented 3/5 of the "last posts" section for a few days now.

Thank you for bringing Vin Diesel to my attention. Nice choice, but as I've mentioned for it to this work properly, the celeb would have to choose to do this on their own, opposed to being drafted from the Bitcoin community. Of course, a bug in their manager's ear won't hurt at all, because the more the celeb makes, the more the manager makes. Think about that fact I just now thought of. Here's a great YouTube video of Vin Diesel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj7omP42j2k

Quote from: Chris Acheson on August 17, 2011, 11:38:53 PM

Quote from: Phinnaeus Gage on August 17, 2011, 07:52:52 PM

Bump, because this is as important as threads like "Justin Beiber & Bitcoin". I've been watching and reading this thread and everything written at http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/30763/bitcoin-crypto-currency?referrer=qst3DhfKtxHspDOgXlkhmg2 because it shows great promise. Lucky for you that a snide comment, directed towards me, doesn't negate, in my mind, what a useful service you are planning to offer the Bitcoin community. Unless, perhaps, I didn't get the memo outlining that this is an excellent business strategy and should be implemented immediately. Until I receive such a memo, I'm very careful on what, and how, I post on this, or any other, forum. Never alienate a single customer--he may tell 10 friends, then they tell...

Whoa there killer, it was meant as tongue-in-cheek.

I would say that it was a joke, but I really do believe that infrastructure needs more focus than promotion does right now. Also, realistic, immediately-attainable goals need more focus than fanciful, far-off goals (such as "pin the logo on the celebrity").

That said, thank you for your support.

Quote from: enmaku on August 17, 2011, 08:55:51 PM

It's probably better to say that this thread is far more important than the i0coin and ixcoin forks that I've been poking at for a few days which have recently represented 3/5 of the "last posts" section for a few days now.

Yeah, those too. I wish I'd never waded into them. They're fascinating to watch, but I've wasted far too much time doing so.

See how different this dialog is going oppose to me calling you a (insert any bad word here), and it all would of started because of a simple misunderstanding. I'm sure you've witnessed many back-and-forth exchanges on this board that didn't end well. I'm 51 with a lot of life experience under my belt, therefore I know how to handle ridicule (for lack of a better word). There's folks here a heck of a lot younger that simply post FU at the FIRST sign of being criticized. But enough said of that for it's Bitcoin...(needs a great Water Under the Bridge analogy--any suggestions).

You are so correct in stating that infrastructure is more important than promotion. It's somewhat akin to me wanting all of us to grow a garden, but no one has figured out how to get the land to do such. A lot of us are even making the mistake of harvesting the crops, before the seeds are planted in the ground, of which we don't have yet.

LMAO ---> Pin the Logo on the Celebrity

Your welcome ---> You have my support.

(I just reread this post after posting it and realized what I just did. First comment that Vin Diesel is a good idea, then agree with enmaku that we need infrastructure first--Pin the L on my forehead).