Quote from: vizique on June 05, 2014, 09:52:26 AM

Quote from: StuartGT on June 05, 2014, 09:26:33 AM

http://www.coindesk.com/xapo-bitcoin-debit-card-launch-month/
https://xapo.com/in/campaign/debit/
Once released Xapo's debit card allows a user to load their account-card with Bitcoins and spend them with ANY merchant as normal, via a standard PDQ card terminal. They automatically convert the Bitcoins to the merchant's local currency, and charge the merchant a fee for the transaction (amount/percentage is undisclosed so far).

While the fees are not ideal, the service being provided looks to be an excellent stop-gap until merchants (both online & retail) begin natively accepting Bitcoin and BlackCoin.

The Foundation (Vizique would be ideal) could perhaps contact Xapo to see if there's an opportunity for them to also integrate BlackCoin into their services, thereby taking advantage of BC's superfast transaction times. Meanwhile we would gain an ENORMOUS market for BlackCoin usage. And as the BC and BTC codebases are similar, adoption should prove relatively simple. Win win.

I completely agree and have already signed up for a Xapo card myself! ~~We will be talking to these guys ASAP.~~ Done!

This also reinforces my comments about getting out there and representing BlackCoin in the wider world at conferences and seminars. These are the things that spread the word in the real world and not just through the internet. CoinSummit is coming up and we aim to have at least one person there representing BlackCoin in a business capacity. To get people like Xapo to take us on board we need things like liquidity and structure, all of which are being built in as we speak

Work to do! Buy BlackCoin, sell BlackCoin! Increase the value by getting people on board.

Coinkite adoption is just one step on our path to success. We have made a lot about Coinkite and rightly so. It's unique in its class at this time, it's a familar device for merchants to use and the ROI can be as fast or as slow as the merchant wants by virtue of setting their own fees. There are however, more devices coming online through this year and we have been building a close relationship with some of them. These guys, XBTerminal.com, are ones to watch out for and I'm looking forward to receiving some in the middle of this year. Another part of the adoption puzzle and greater fabric of use we are trying to encourage. But thats just hardware! All the time these things happen, software is racing along and we're not idle there either. But thats for another time.

So networking, talking to your local buiness community leaders and getting their help to spread the word about Digital Currency to their members, building businesses that exploit the benefits of digital payments, these are all things that make the value of a coin. Trading makes for some intersting profit line, but true value lies in what you can do with it in the real world as well as the virtual one. We aim to make BlackCoin a leader in the digital currency space.

Viz

You are right Viz, I also think that Xapo and XBTerminal could give a good boost to the spreading of our coin. For international travelers, Xapo cut all the costs and fees of currency change. Xapo is something that must be widely promoted if we get it, because it is really the link between the common FIAT world (through VISA/Mastercard) and our digital currency world.