The Byteball Platform - Thoughts on a Rebrand
Greetings Byteball Community and Team.
My apologies for such a long post, and a re-post from our Reddit thread, but I felt some may not see it otherwise and that a full explanation was in order...
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Thank you for sharing that post which I found to be an extremely interesting point of view. In fact the 5 merits I sent don't seem to do justice.
Disappointing I thought to see the very first response and others afterwards focusing on domain name and accusing you of trying to profit from that. I didn't reach anywhere near that conclusion when I read through it. Rather I believe you have written from your heart how it is the state of the project as you see it....
Thank you afbitcoins! Your post captured my intention perfectly.
I thought long and hard how to approach this topic and realized that there is no pleasing everyone. Some will read my post with hostility and suspicion and some like you will see it for what it was - The fact is, I'm simply trying to do something positive for the project - as I have been trying to do (in my own way) ever since I first got involved.
I sincerely believe that the best possible replacement name for Blackbytes is CashByte and that a shift in focus a bit more to the privacy aspects on DAG could do the project a whole lot of good.
As someone who never got any free Bytes through full moon distributions, and who bought Byteball on the open market believing that I would receive a dividend, I think it's entirely reasonable to ask for a small payment from the community fund for my time, effort and money invested over time if the community likes the name(s) I suggested, and went to the trouble of registering to protect - it's not like I'm asking for a fortune - I'm quite sure the consultants working on a name change are getting paid at least ten times as much.
Anyways, I'm sure some will immediately jump to attack mode once again.
It's too bad that because of how things have played out for Byteball, a lot of negativity has developed on this forum. It's completely understandable, and spirited discussions are absolutely necessary, but if Byteball (or whatever it is to be called) is to thrive and prosper going forward, we must try to rebuild a community that works more harmoniously toward our common goal, instead of seizing the first opportunity to snipe at one another.
C'mon folks, let's all try to row together a bit more. A thriving community is essential if the Byteball platform is to succeed.
Obviously, you think that CashByte is the best replacement for the blackbytes because you have already squatted the domain name. I can already see at least 2 people (maybe just one, but can't tell if you have 2 usernames or not) who will be pissed off about the new name when the branding agency finds a different alternative for the privacy coin. And that has been my main concern with the name change from the beginning that there will always be somebody thinking that they had a better name for it. Even with the name change, there will be people who will still say that the new name is holding back the project because it is not what they were thinking is a best one.
I would have probably totally ignored your post if it would have not looked like a cash grab via domain squatting because it didn't add anything new to the discussion other than a nice story around the names that you squatted.
I have also squatted couple of domains and I am willing to give them away for the price of $10 each - that is the cost of trouble of registering a domain.