Re: [ANN] | BlackCoin (BC/BLK) | GoBlackCoin | PoS | No premine | No IPO
I'll post this here too. This thread has a disproportionate amount of negativity since much news and discussion is in the main thread or the subreddit.
BlackCoin Week in Review
CoinKite helping promote BlackCoin:
https://twitter.com/Coinkite/status/464815252618887168
PR Firm Revealed:
http://www.reddit.com/r/blackcoin/comments/24ym20/pr_firm_name_here_you_go/
Blackcast #2 happening Monday:
http://www.reddit.com/r/blackcoin/comments/251fzg/blackcast_2_your_host_wizfarm_with_soepkip_maarx
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=599299.msg6612597#msg6612597
BlackCoinPool launching V2 Sunday (today!) at 5PM EST:
http://www.reddit.com/r/blackcoin/comments/259sv6/blackcoin_pool_scheduled_downtime_may_11_at_500pm/
KNC Miner promotion started:
http://www.blackcoin.co/mining/knc-miner-promotion-starts-today/
Red VS Blue Turns Black (TF2 Tournament with BLK prizes):
http://www.reddit.com/r/blackcoin/comments/24rwjv/red_vs_blue_turns_black_the_first_ever_community
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=599299.msg6611004#msg6611004
RJSchex and Boogie79 analyze energy consumption of BLK vs. BTC with staggering results (BLK network could take 0.33% or less of the energy that the BTC network takes to run, even with the same adoption as BTC):
http://www.reddit.com/r/blackcoin/comments/259ray/if_you_are_good_at_science_or_an_engineer_please/
http://www.reddit.com/r/blackcoin/comments/25a5rv/more_information_on_the_renewable_energy/
BlackCoin Wikipedia article creation in progress:
http://www.reddit.com/r/blackcoin/comments/254orb/if_you_know_how_to_edit_this_blackcoin_wikipedia/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/BlackCoin
BlackCoin introduction article with Chinese translation posted this morning:
http://www.reddit.com/r/blackcoin/comments/259fv0/what_is_blackcoin_%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E5%8F%AB%E9%BB%91%E5%B8%81/
News Articles:
CryptoArticles - http://www.cryptoarticles.com/crypto-news/2014/5/7/blackcoins-pr-campaign-starting-soon-agency-name-revealed
CoinDesk (Again!) - http://www.coindesk.com/all-things-alt-quarks-shaq-cess-blackcoins-pr-pivot-and-dogecoins-victory-lap
ForexMinute - http://www.forexminute.com/cryptocurrency-news/blackcoin-foundation-starts-fundraising-to-hire-pr-agency-30978
There are plenty of awesome BlackCoin projects and happenings to talk about! Don't let the drama created by a very small group of BitcoinTalk posters control the discourse and overrun the work being put into this coin. We have every reason to be positive here.
Thanks to ScytheX and MuffinMaster as I shamelessly copied links from some of their posts.
CoinKite helping promote BlackCoin:
https://twitter.com/Coinkite/status/464815252618887168
PR Firm Revealed:
http://www.reddit.com/r/blackcoin/comments/24ym20/pr_firm_name_here_you_go/
Blackcast #2 happening Monday:
http://www.reddit.com/r/blackcoin/comments/251fzg/blackcast_2_your_host_wizfarm_with_soepkip_maarx
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=599299.msg6612597#msg6612597
BlackCoinPool launching V2 Sunday (today!) at 5PM EST:
http://www.reddit.com/r/blackcoin/comments/259sv6/blackcoin_pool_scheduled_downtime_may_11_at_500pm/
KNC Miner promotion started:
http://www.blackcoin.co/mining/knc-miner-promotion-starts-today/
Red VS Blue Turns Black (TF2 Tournament with BLK prizes):
http://www.reddit.com/r/blackcoin/comments/24rwjv/red_vs_blue_turns_black_the_first_ever_community
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=599299.msg6611004#msg6611004
RJSchex and Boogie79 analyze energy consumption of BLK vs. BTC with staggering results (BLK network could take 0.33% or less of the energy that the BTC network takes to run, even with the same adoption as BTC):
http://www.reddit.com/r/blackcoin/comments/259ray/if_you_are_good_at_science_or_an_engineer_please/
http://www.reddit.com/r/blackcoin/comments/25a5rv/more_information_on_the_renewable_energy/
BlackCoin Wikipedia article creation in progress:
http://www.reddit.com/r/blackcoin/comments/254orb/if_you_know_how_to_edit_this_blackcoin_wikipedia/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/BlackCoin
BlackCoin introduction article with Chinese translation posted this morning:
http://www.reddit.com/r/blackcoin/comments/259fv0/what_is_blackcoin_%E4%BB%80%E4%B9%88%E5%8F%AB%E9%BB%91%E5%B8%81/
News Articles:
CryptoArticles - http://www.cryptoarticles.com/crypto-news/2014/5/7/blackcoins-pr-campaign-starting-soon-agency-name-revealed
CoinDesk (Again!) - http://www.coindesk.com/all-things-alt-quarks-shaq-cess-blackcoins-pr-pivot-and-dogecoins-victory-lap
ForexMinute - http://www.forexminute.com/cryptocurrency-news/blackcoin-foundation-starts-fundraising-to-hire-pr-agency-30978
There are plenty of awesome BlackCoin projects and happenings to talk about! Don't let the drama created by a very small group of BitcoinTalk posters control the discourse and overrun the work being put into this coin. We have every reason to be positive here.
Thanks to ScytheX and MuffinMaster as I shamelessly copied links from some of their posts.