Quote from: tng811 on June 22, 2014, 08:57:12 PM

Quote from: cubevtc on June 22, 2014, 07:37:53 PM

Quote from: Vertcoin on June 22, 2014, 06:58:07 PM

We have said, we never want money, but we are thinking about PR.
As you can see, when Vertcoin release alpha testing on SX, no one knows about it. Someone is still thinking it is a coinjoin or another form of Darksend. Someone still doesn't know what is SX. Why is better than other ? Why they should care ?

I mean when Devs have done something, and other people don't know, that's kind of discourage.

We hear you and we believe you are not after money for your great work and vision for Vertcoin. The community draws many benefits from your kindness and we are thankful to you. The problem with the market and the public in general, is that they are too busy and too 'layman' to understand that. Most of us are busy with our day-to-day work and our family life that we hardly have the time to read up and follow the development in the forum threads. And on and off, some of us would have doubts about whether the Vertcoin developers are being properly paid and can substain their work without pay. It becomes a confidence issue. And as it turns up, the public's confidence takes a nose dive when they perceive that the Vertcoin team is no longer answering questions. Well, in reality it is not true as the dev team is busy with implementing Stealth Address. BUT the perception, or rather the misperception is there and it spreads like fire. We need to address this misperception and (lack of) confidence issues.

The Devs have done GREAT WORK and other people don't know. Well, it is true and I bet it will continue to be true until we address the root cause - the public are 'layman', and they are busy laymen with little time to read up and followup things. SO we need to _constantly and repeatedly communicate out_ the wonderful work of the Vertcoin team and why is SX better, more superior and more appropriate for the mainstream users. All these GREAT WORK of the Devs and communications need lots of time and efforts to make it successful. Time and efforts in this modern world unfortunately usually equate to money. (Hey we all need to pay bills and have our life don't we?)

It is really better for the Dev team to accept donations from the community. If we are to do the communication right, say getting a PR or a PR team, we need MONEY to do that too. Donations on an adhoc basis is likely not going to work. I believe we need a way that can substain for the long haul. We need to appoint someone from the community to lead this - raise money through regular fund-raising activities and get the right PR people to do the job - talking to the Devs and publishing PR articles/videos/other media in a way where a layman can understand. What do you think?

This is exactly what Vertcoin needs.

I agree with you. After release SX, I will talk about this issues with team again.
Thank you for enlighten me.