We had someone volunteer a while back to do this, but they disappeared. Would love to get it going. If anyone does the storyboard/powerpoint and writes a script, I can record the narration (I do voiceover/narration work)

I'll figure out Morellian with or without additional coders helping. Just might take longer.

I'll do my best to organize anyone who comes forward and volunteers, but again, the tragedy of volunteerism is lack of motivation, especially in the virtual world. I had several people, who seemed willing to take on tasks, that just didn't follow through on them.

Barabbas, I'd encourage you to volunteer any skills you have (you clearly can write) towards adoption as opposed to criticism sans action. (the worst kind of criticism, really) And as I've said all along, anyone can be a "community manager". Just step up, start doing something. Isn't that the beauty of crypto? There's no board or CEO to answer to. You're all 100% autonomous with how you choose to help spread the adoption. Really think about that for a second. If you've ever worked for a company, there is always the underlying need for someone up the chain to be "ok" with it or for it to conform to company rules and standards. There is no such thing here.

If you have an actual idea (it seems like you probably do) come out with it. If I like it and can do it, I'll do it! If someone else sees it and can do it, they'll do it. No one needs to ask permission or run anything by me or drak. This isn't a business. The rules are not the same.

That said, I agree there should be some kind of budget set aside from the premine for marketing. Not even to pay me. I don't need to be compensated at all. I own plenty of VIA and if it takes off, I certainly stand to benefit. That's compensation enough. But maybe bringing in someone who has a good background in marketing would be beneficial. I mentioned this early on, Drak. "Development" of the coin isn't just code, though it's the majority of it. And it isn't like a public company, where you can just dilute and raise more funds. The premine is it. That's all you've got to work with to actively develop/promote with compensation. Peter was/is an excellent way to spend some of it, and the crypto world will reap the benefits of his work. But if you want this to be more than just a testing ground, consider a budget and a plan. Can work with you on it if you want.

Oh wow. Things get dark around here quickly. Finally done (for the most part) with what was a pretty big project for me the past few months. Drak knew this (told him several times) but decided to call me out in here? Lol srsly? Ok. I'll join the people asking where the ICO funds are. Maybe you'd prefer that?

So on to things that actually help the adoption of this thing.

Looking to piece together some simple marketing materials. Have some rough ideas, but anyone with a background in it, please reach out.

If you've got experience in video editing, infographics, or anything really, reach out. Those are just the first that come to mind.

I'm throwing myself into morellian.com next assuming no big projects come up in the next few months. The best way to spread adoption is to actually create some apps that use it in the real world. My data models are done, but I've still got some to learn re: the coding. So if you can code and want to help, reach out.

I already accept via on my own site nfpscout.com if you're looking to dump and want to learn a lot about scouting football. (it's an excellent class) Use code VIACOIN for a discount.

Be the change you want to see in the crypto.

And still with the misspellings...

"Ones that pay" wasn't meant as a slight or an implication that I should be paid. I volunteered (as anyone is welcome to) to work on stuff when I have time. I'm just short on it the past few months.

I brought a bunch of others into the loop that showed interest, but any action items I assigned just kind of fell by the wayside (apart from 1 guy I'm working w/ on Morellian.com). This is a problem in face-to-face volunteer communities, so I imagine it's worse in virtual ones. If anyone is interested, I've got a list of stuff you can help out with if you've got video creating/editing (for explainer videos) or writing skills (for quick-pitch sheets) or any other ideas you might have. That's the beauty of crypto. Nobody owns this company. You can do whatever you want to promote it. And if you are a LT holder, it's in your best interest to do so if you have the means and the time.

At least spell my name right 

No updates as I've had a bunch of other projects (ones that pay) on my plate, but I'll hope to be active in the community end in the near future.

Have been pretty absent myself lately, but here are some updates on a pretty exciting project I'm working on w/ Clearinghouse: http://fanual.com/the-morellian-project/

I can certainly appreciate the sentiment, but a lot of people get involved in different ways. You have no idea if some of those holders are building businesses based on via. As someone who is doing that now, I can tell you it will take a while.

But maybe they just don't have any desire to participate, and are just looking to be a passive investor. It takes all kinds to build something big. Everyone who owns, mines, buys a giftcard, or participates actively in this forum is a part of the equation. Your gripe is really with those who dip their toe in/actively ask when something is going to happen/do nothing to advance the coin themselves.

Moral of the story: be patient...this coin and the things being built on it aren't going anywhere

If you believe that premise, it doesn't matter how low it drops, or how little volume there is. It's all just an opportunity to buy more (if you believe in it's success long-term) Just keep doing your thing. Eventually, people will take notice

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will save you 2.5%, and will add 2.5 mh/s (2.5% of 100) to my hashpower

Great idea! here's what 5 days of 25 mh/s at Genesis has done for me so far:
http://puu.sh/d1enM/7085875c23.png

Pleased to announce the winner of "The future of ____" contest: KARMALA

The future of scientific contribution

Problem: Scientific research is becoming increasingly competitive. Research constitutes a major economic sector in terms of employment with millions of jobs at Universities and research institutes worldwide. The value in terms of future prospects of any researcher is measured in the amount and quality of peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals. It is the outmost important determinant of any careers in the sector. As it is said: “publish or vanish”. However, the peer-review process is slow and can take up to 2-3 years for a single publication (depending on the discipline). Moreover, high quality journals have a rejection rate of above 90%. Thus, a potential paper might go through several lengthy processes until publication. The final publication is then the proof that some concepts and results originated from a specific researcher. There are roughly 50 million published articles out there and the rat race for new ideas has intensified. A central building blog in the scientific discourse is the presentation of non-peer reviewed working papers on conferences and seminars prior to publication. Many scientific conferences only require handing in an extended abstract. Unfortunately, concepts and innovations presented in those forums are increasingly copied and pushed forward for peer-review by third parties. The scientific community has not introduced any useful methods to prevent this.

An attempt to prove that the initial scientific contribution belongs to a certain researcher is to upload a working paper in special online directories (e.g. http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/ for agricultural economics). However, this service is (1) centralized and (2) does allow setting the time of publication to a point in the past! Thus, there is a total lack of “proof-of-scientific contribution” before the final publication in a peer-reviewed article. Any other sector knows copy-right protection mechanisms but they are absent in science. Eroded trust in the scientific network must find new trustless solutions.
Solution: The notary service on the clearinghouse protocol is able to solve this problem. The “proof-of-scientific contribution” can be realized by the immutability of the block chain. A document containing a scientific contribution can be associated with the public address of the individual researcher. A history of immutable contributions can solve any dispute during a later peer-review process and discourages the theft of ideas in the first place. Hashes of the contribution papers can be published on the websites of institutes proving that a certain contribution has existed at a certain time. Transfer of ownership is not applicable to this problem as the originator of a scientific contribution is immutable. However, searchable content might be an advantage. That is, additional meta-data about the discipline, methodology and focus should be stored on the block chain and be searchable by a specific block explorer. Any individual or institution could thus browse in real time through the advancement of global scientific contributions. No economic or political interests can latter change or circumvent a scientific contribution. Thus, I propose a sub-section of the notary in the clearwallet with is designated for non-published contributions and a function to store additional meta-information together with the hash. Transfer of ownership should be disabled for this application.



Thanks to all those who participated! Karmala, you'll be receiving 1000 VIA and 10,000 XCH shortly! (500 from me, 500 + the 10,000 XCH from drak)

All of the submissions were excellent, and I'd love to see them pursued. If you'd like any help with working to bring them to life, reach out!

So I set up a 25 mh/s lifetime mining contract on genesis mining that I'm devoting to just mine via. I don't expect to see an ROI on it. I just want to support the network without buying hardware/running up my electric bills.

If you'd like to mine any coin in the cloud using Genesis Mining, I'd ask you use my affiliate code: JX0YpI

You'll save 2.5%, and you'll add to my mining power, which I will add to my via allocation.

Good way to support the network, not buy any hardware, while still being able to mine the most profitable coins you can (Genesis has an auto-allocate feature which will find/mine the most profitable alts at that moment)

I just added 25 mh/s to via mining. How bout now? 

Updates:

http://blog.viacoin.org/2014/11/13/petertodd-dev-update.html

Just a reminder that "The future of _____" contest ends 11/15!

http://www.reddit.com/r/viacoin/comments/2k0k81/viacoin_and_clearinghouse_present_the_future_of/

And I know it's a leap to devote your time or your professional skillset to something you aren't getting paid for, but if you hold 10000 via, you are a marketer, and spend some time developing materials that get a few businesses to adopt it, and it goes to even just .001, I'd say you've been pretty fairly compensated. You're all effectively owners of this "business" ("movement" is a much better way to say it, as the impact is far beyond monetary). It's that switch from being a passive investor, to an active part of the revolution (which crypto 100% is) that needs to happen.

Right now, this (and every crypto community) is full of people just sitting on the sidelines, hoping someone makes the money for them. Drak was trying to be nice about it, but that's laziness, and antithetical to what decentralized currency is all about.

Nailed it.

I would add though that I think the reason people have an expectation is because there was an ICO, and they think the money raised from that to be used for things like marketing, etc... (I know this is flawed, but I'm just pointing out why people think this way)

The best part about crypto as opposed to the stock markets is that you can, on a very local scale, directly impact whether the coin succeeds or fails. You should adopt a different mentality about investing in crypto. There is no secret man behind the curtain determining whether your investment fails or succeeds as there is in a Fortune 500 company. You have access to every bit of info on this coin. If you believe it's one of the better ones (I do), then you can buy some and either:

a) sit around and hope the price skyrockets one day because the creator (a dev) miraculously turned into a marketer, salesman, and all the other people involved in a coin's success all at once.

b) do something about it yourself

c) if you're not sure what you can do, contact me, tell me your skillset, and I'll find something for you to do, even if not right away

I'm nobody. I'm not paid by drak. But I know Viacoin and ClearingHouse are some of the best tech in crypto and deserve to be on the big stage w/ Lite, Dark, and Bitcoin. The sooner everyone who is holding and occasionally chiming in on this thread realizes that, the quicker this thing can take off.

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I see we're listed with coinpayments.net

Now accepting viacoin at www.nfpscout.com

Rather than speculate on who is or isn't following Drak on Twitter, funnel some of that energy into "The Future of _____" contest in which a 500 word essay or video could earn you 1000 VIA + 10000 XCH: http://www.reddit.com/r/viacoin/comments/2k0k81/viacoin_and_clearinghouse_present_the_future_of/

It closes November 15th, and there is only 1 entry so far.

10 free VIA just for a valid entry!

Announcing a new contest for via/xch. "The Future of ______"

Details/entry thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/viacoin/comments/2k0k81/viacoin_and_clearinghouse_present_the_future_of/

Open until 11/15, winner announced on 11/22. 10 Free VIA just for completing an entry. A 1000 VIA & 10000 XCH prize to the winner.

How deep will the underworld coin market go? BlackRhinoCoin? BloodDiamondCoin? SexTraffickingCoin? SlaveCoin?