So I guess I might as well post these here:

I previously designed a logo for Mastercoin figuring it needed one:


And now I created a vector package people can download and use:

(click the image to download the vector file)

I'm offering these images in vector format to Public Domain


And to top it all off, I made an animated intro video using the new logo:
https://vimeo.com/73592269


Tips of any sort are greatly appreciated! My address: 13x2dka6tVhjsNNNomGJjUPi2iJQCb67bw
Depending on what you guys think, I can probably help out more with explanation videos/ branding.

In case you're using blockchain.info, here's a rough sketch of how it's done best:

- Receive money
- new address - call it "Mastercoin"
- Copy address
- Send money --> quick send - to this address  - send X + 0.005
- Send money --> Custom
- From: Mastercoin
- To: 1EXoDusjGwvnjZUyKkxZ4UHEf77z6A5S4P
- BTC: X
- Miner fee: 0.005
- Review payment
- Check on 1exodus

The transaction of you sending coins to the exodus is everyone's proof you own the mastercoins. Hence the bitcoin blockchain contains the transaction record. You own them until you publish a message on the blockchain by means of sending specific transactions to 3 different bitcoin addresses, of which 2 are real and one is a fake of which contains information about the transferring of the mastercoins. At this moment transactions have to be built manually but there will be software soon that will streamline this for you.

Eventually you will have a mastercoin client which shows you your coins and you'll be able to send them freely to any bitcoin address. Along with many other things you can do with them like buy mastercoin based "coins" that represent the value of gold or USD or bottlecaps.

You may want to watch the presentation JR did for bitangels. It explains transferring mastercoins.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B2R_eSvAkuXSWXNmU2dneFlLTkk&usp=sharing

Nope - you have created MasterCoins via your transaction, and you own them until you publish a message sending them to somebody else.

You now have them. Congrats.

Does it make much sense for little fish to trade when this market is obviously the plaything of a few well to do chaps?

No FAQ yet (we should definitely make one).

1) bitcoin-qt and also blockchain.info are safe - any wallet where you control the privaet keys is ok.
2) You don't have to use a new address, it might make your internal accounting easier.
3) You will receive a bit more than 100 MSC per BTC sent. There is a 10% "early adopter bonus" per week of early sending before the deadline (continuous). You receive your MSC the instant you send them ... you can try the greasmonkey script (see above in the thread) to verify you do have them.
4) Correct, up to a small amount created at the Exodus address (10% of its content I believe). There is no "optimal number of MSC" ... just like the total number of BTC, the total number of MSC doesn't matter in itself - they're divisible enough.

this is a bullish setup IMHO...

No, still bullish regardless

Who do you trust in?  

a break of $115 (if sustained) is truly bullish (wether driven by gox crap situation or not doesn't matter)

I think it's one major player (probably a company) instigating and maintaining the uptrend to acquire an inventory of bitcoins as cheaply as possible while keeping the price as stable as possible to protect their assets.