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Re: [ANN] BlackCoin (BC/BLK) | PoS | Multipool | Coinkite | Mentioned on WSJ!
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vizique
on 17/06/2014, 02:39:17 UTC
I am not going to beat around the bush!, that agency so far has done sweet FA. Nothing. I did not expect anything to be honest.

I guess they is still time for something to happen.


Sweet FA ... http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/06/05/bitbeat-blackcoin-tries-to-stake-its-proof-as-legit-bitcoin-alternative?

tbh, its 2am and I cba to find more. However, you're wrong.


Last line of the WSJ post: "They might want to consider changing that name, too."

Interesting point.

Does the name itself work against this coin?

I must admit, that concept has been in the back of my mind the whole time I've observed and traded BC.

As shallow as it is, the name is always going to form the initial, visceral first impression.

I think a proportion of people will always shy away from that.  (Perhaps) It isn't a mainstream-friendly name in the same league as Bitcoin and Litecoin.  It carries inevitable connotations of separatism as it's very identity, and perhaps that separatism will always passively work against the desired end-game of universal adoption.


A fair point and well made and certainly something we have discussed at length for some time. IF, and thats a BIG IF right now, there were to be any change it would only be to drop the word coin. Black has been used for the delivery of understatement, class and exclusivity for a long time. Dark and mysterious etc etc. Theres a lot of positive you can do with Black.

We have been immensely fortunate that the particular group of which you speak is not present and never has been present within the ranks of BlackCoin or any other coin what from I've seen with one possible exception of, right at the beginning of Whitecoin there was some noise being made about race and certain anti groups. Fortunately these got squashed very quickly. This IMO is an excellent indicator of the general intellect of the many that reside in crypto. It IS a generalisation of course as there will always be one or two people that will defy that convention. C'est La Vie.

Ultimately its a marketing game. Get it right and theres no issue. Get it wrong and all hell would break loose. Fortunately for BlackCoin we have surpassed all that negativity and are heading into the chosen domain of high value, understated class. Being able to buy an Airplane with BlackCoin does help in that regard Wink