Although I disagree with no-ice-please latest incarnation regarding the importance of zerocoin, I think he makes a valid point about connecting the coin to anonymous. The political clout that follows should not be underestimated and will sett ANC apart from the rest of the privacy-bunch.
It is not just an opportunistic question of political clout etc.
What are the intentions of the people who have been supporters of anc? Is the goal to always work on a more secure algo so they can secure their money? Or is it something more useful?
that wasnt much of a summary, im still curious - what do you think should be done?
My suggestion. First decide what anc is after.
If the goal is to cash in on the privacy craze then at least be honest about it. Be explicit "we intend to whore out however much is necessary to cash in". Then focus on marketing strategies etc.
If the goal is to contribute something positive, then also be upfront "we are making a currency by our own rules, and it's purpose is to further an established value system often symbolized by the guy falkes mask" etc.
Until it is clear what direction anc is going it is hard to recommend what it should do.
The goal is to implement the best algo, fuck the logo. In ten years nobody will care if the logo is a picture of a cute dog or a guy fuax mask or a fucking gaint A or whatever. The point is build the best product. Fuck anonymous fuck the english alphabet and fuck anybody who says otherwise. Once zercoin is implemented than well all go on a pr blitz and hype the shit out of this coin. Before then lets all hold still and get ready. I dont want to hype this coin right now. It simply doesnt matter wheather the "political appeal" is radical enogh for you or anybody else. the reason the coin is so cheap is because nobody is shilling.
If you look at the other threads on this forum you see cloakcoin shills and darkcoin shills and xcoin shills but no anoncoin shills. This is because the people that support anoncoin genuinely care about building a great coin not the pump and dump. Zerocoin is an cryptographically sure to be truly anonymous. Thats the only thing that matters right now.
I'm not saying don't get the word out. I'm saying it is too soon. Once the product is done you can be sure i will personally spam every single thread on this forum. Shit, I'll spam the entire internet if that's what it takes to get the word out. Right now its simply not finished. Now if you want to start building infrastructure thats a decent game plan, if you want to write organizations to get endorsements or acceptance then go for it. but please don't go on about memes and logos and other shit like that, its not what we are about.
Here is my version of the roadmap:
1) Build a truly anonymous Coin (implement zerocoin )
2) build a darknet infrastructure to support it (hosting, commerce, exchange ect)
2) get people who genuinely care about privacy to use it for anonymous commerce
If people don't care about taking privacy seriously then using this coin is pointless. Bitcoin is going mainstream and regulated into oblivion with AML rules and invasive shit like that. Anoncoin is supposed to be for the people who actually give a fuck and I think it does a great job of giving that impression.