Some thoughts...
I wonder if associating BTCD with NXT is holding it back. As good as NXT is, it isn't popular with the crypto media (yet)
It might confuse or discourage newcomers. Not only do they have to worry about BTCD succeeding, they also have to worry about NXT.
For the average punter, teleporting, hyperspace and pirate talk can be overwhelming enough, before even explaining that BTCD runs on NXT engine.
Only parts of BTCD uses NXT! In fact the teleport only uses NXT peripherally for the tokenization, I could always use a different method, but I already have that working so I didnt see a point.
So even you got confused... Also, not sure about the dependence on NXT success. I use the NXT tech, so that is not depending on NXT market price. NXT will be used for its AE by InstantDEX, unless it is direct wallet to wallet subatomic trade.
I am not the marketing talk, I am the tech talk and so I describe the tech. I advise to create BTCD brand that has all the features and then "Nxt Inside" for some of the 2.0 crypto functions, but not sure the best approach
How did Apple deal with "Intel Inside"?
These are questions for marketers. I am just tech guy and I make big functionality from all the available components, Nxt being one of these components
James
P.S. Also the tech is actually quite a bit more complicated when you add in all the future stuff I have in pipeline. I fear for the poor average punter as I will continue to overwhelm them with more and more functionality.
The tech I'm sure will be brilliant. I understand the concept, but the tech...not so much b/c I'm not a software guy. I have faith in you guys. The secret will be simplifying it for the market. Perhaps there is no crypto equivalent to Job's "a thousand songs in your pocket" description for the iPod.
Word of mouth might be all BTCD needs.