Quote from: clovers on February 04, 2014, 12:42:46 PM

Quote from: AnonyFox on February 04, 2014, 02:42:13 AM

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BTW What is the difference between Herd Dig and Pond Dig? My intuition would be Herd is P2P Pools and Pond is non-P2P, but aren't those two the same (Dogecoin f.e. has Herd for both)?

Per Wikipedia, a group of foxes is referred to as a skulk, leash, troop, or earth. I've personally heard them referred to as a pack as well, which seems appropriate since they are in the Canidae family. Herd is usually used for prey animals rather than hunters, and I've never heard of a "herd of foxes".

Just an observation... if we are trying to appeal to fans of foxes, having the naming more accurate would likely help at the margins.

Regarding acceptance and promotion of the coin: with the huge flood of altcoins we are experiencing, Foxcoin needs multiple Unique Selling Points (USPs) to help set it apart from others, and give people a good reason to choose mining it over other coins.

The smooth downward glide path is one, and it very nicely fixes the "reward cut in half cliff" that so many coins experience as they hit those milestones. The graphics are very nice, and the commitment that is being shown to incorporate mining information and controls directly with the wallet can serve as another, as they are fleshed out. The Kimoto Gravity Well for adjusting difficulty is also nice, but not as unique these days.

I think we need a bit more to help establish "stickyness" for the coin. That's part of why I proposed Fox Blocks for boosted rewards, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=420727.msg4846415#msg4846415.

AnonyFox has said that he'd consider implementing it if it received some solid feedback on the idea from the community, and having the possibility of bigger rewards popping up periodically would seem to make it more attractive, and thus easier to promote.

I haven't seen anyone post anything else in regard to the idea (good, bad or indifferent). I've heard a lot of chatter about getting it on exchanges, but if there's not much interest in the coin itself, it's going to be that much less likely to have it added to any significant exchange.

So the best-case path from my perspective would seem to be:

1. Make the coin and associated software as interesting/fun/attractive as we can
2. Use the distinctive USPs of the coin (what we have now, plus stuff from point 1) to promote it.
3. Show growth in the community, both mining and commentary, as well as on the official website.
4. Leverage that growth in community to get more interest from more major exchanges
5. Ride the upward spiral in interest that comes from people seeing it available on those exchanges.

Frankly, I think we're still at point 1 in the trajectory. The low difficulty has been nice personally as a low-power miner, since there are proportionately higher rewards per day. But if it falls much further, it may be in danger of simply collapsing or ending up with one or more 51% attacks giving the coin a major blemish on its reputation from early on.

I see lots of possibilities for this coin becoming nicely distinctive... but that calls for interest and participation from the community in MAKING it more distinctive.

Will you do your part? Perhaps starting with letting AnonyFox know what you think about the Fox Blocks idea for superblock rewards?

Thanks in advance!