Orinoco Womble great thoughts and I hope you stay around because I think your contribution is valuable and we need such members in the community!
Fargusson, I think you forgot to add the link for the coin mixing article at the end of your post?

I would also like to repost an idea here since not all read the reddit posts, maybe some people would like to take it up and it would help us to spread into the physical realm and to the merchants:

Project proposition to spread the use of FedoraCoin as a tipping currency in the physical world

Idea:
- have you often noticed when buying in your local shops, even in non-english speaking countries, how they have their tipping jar next to the counter and written on it "Tips"?
- We need to provide them with an additional option of accepting TiPS as a tipping currency by a very simple process that they would be willing to try out.

Goal of project:
spreading the use of TiPS in local shops around the world as an accepted currency to receive tips from customers.
How it should work:
- this is just some basic reasoning of how this could work, but I leave it to you and to those who might even make a business out of it to explore the details and realize it on your own.
- either a sticker, or a cool designed construct from paperboard etc with the official FedoraCoin symbol on it and a QR code.
- the customers need to have the FedoraCoin app on their mobile, then they would just need to scan the code and send the tip they want to.
- the shop owner can then sell those coins on exchanges for the currencies they desire, probably USD on cryptsy for example for US customers. not sure how w/FedoraCoin works, maybe they can provide services here..

Important technical details to make it possible:
- we first need a dedicated page (this can be a project worked on by programmers who want to earn money through this), the page provides the service for interested shop owners to provide them with all the info and tools they need in very simple 1,2,3 steps manner on how to start accepting TiPS.
- they would need to provide a simple and trusted tools where the shop owners can generate a paper wallet etc, and generate a QR code that they can print out.
- maybe provide a simple tool for the shop owners to check the status of their wallet, notifications every evening/week end on the status of the wallet and new income.
- you see where this is going.

if you want you might actually make a good business out of this, by providing this service you might be able to ask for a commission, like 1% of the tips received would be forwarded to your business, and for that you provide your customers with help and consulting etc.

So either those who want to make business with this, or some of you active programmers think its simple and the tools already exist (alas I'm not a programmer), you can provide the tools and links to the community, and then we start an initiative as a community, to go out in our areas print out the cool FedoraCoin "TiPS accepted" design on paper/constructs/3D prints etc and give them to our favourite shops and ask them to try it out, and then we become their first tippers and send them tips with our mobile apps whenever we shop there.

Other suggestions:
- the QR code could include info for those customers who don't have the FedoraCoin app, to be directed to a dedicated website when they scan the code, to get them educated about the currency and how to install the app.
- when somebody convinces a shop to accept/try TiPS, they can make a photo together, with the shop's name and the QR code visible, and those photos get published on a dedicated site. this will be considered a free ad for the shops, and additionally, the community can start sending tips to those new shops as encouragement since their QR code is now available.
- at a later stage, I can imagine waiters etc having a simple badge with FedoraCoin symbol and a QR code, the customers need just scan it with their phones and send TiPS.. (though I don't see why this should happen later when it is already possible today and all we need it to go out and start doing it)