[quote=“ppcman, post:20, topic:1862”][quote=“Sentinelrv, post:19, topic:1862”]Yuri, if you’re going to do a giveaway to keep the thread bumped, I suggest adding it in the title or people might miss it. I updated the title below… [PPC] Peercoin Newsletter #7: PPC Giveaway - Client 0.3.3 - Peershare $500k Fund[/quote]
I agree, but let’s really point out the dollar value for Peershare
That’s more of an eye catcher, than the client version number.
The $500K sounds like megabytes or kilobytes. Not a good reference point. 1/2 million dollars at normal market rate, funding Peershare? That’s REUTERS news.
Also, where are our official Press Releases shown? When something significant of this magnitude goes out, an official press release needs to be prepared.
All press-releases include a point of contact (or Person of contact) at the bottom. They are official and ready-to-go-to-press.
I mentioned before about the necessity of Press Kits (which are really important). We also need to have specific press-releases. 1/2 million dollars towards Peershare funding is worthy of a major press-release.
(A client upgrade isn’t. So for those of us trying to differentiate the difference… A significant milestone of great magnitude deserves a press release. You want to keep these press releases to a bare minimum so they are more likely to make it to print, radio, and TV.
The 1/2 million dollar funding for Peershare is definitely a MAJOR boom to Peercoin, more than any upgraded wallet, and needs mainstream / conventional media exposure asap). Real reporters are hungry for major swings in cryptocurrency, and I don’t know any coin lately that has 1/2 million dollars of investment towards a project like Peershare.
The only reason why Peercoin is this silly little value it is today is for lack of proper promotion. If bounties are available, we need to convert those to USD and hire a proper PR (public relations) person who has media contacts.
Let’s stop fooling around and get this going where it needs to be before someone eats our lunch for us.[/quote]
I just wanted to say I agree on the peershare funding, just the other day I saw some news on $30K doge funding … Jamaican bobsled team, how did that make it into the news???
I just wanted to say I agree on the peershare funding, just the other day I saw some news on $30K doge funding ... Jamaican bobsled team, how did that make it into the news???
I didn’t even think about that… I guess because it’s easier to understand.
I agree that one a week is too much - just do one when there is enough material, otherwise you will burn yourself out - but try for at least one a month
Just one point: I don’t like “guru” - perhaps advocate or representative might be better?
[quote=“RobertLloyd, post:24, topic:1862”]I think the newsletter is terrific - well done
I agree that one a week is too much - just do one when there is enough material, otherwise you will burn yourself out - but try for at least one a month
Just one point: I don’t like “guru” - perhaps advocate or representative might be better?[/quote]
Good work, it really has a message to potential new PPC users, and is a nice wrap-up/reference for existing users.
Might be good to send a casual email with newsletter out to our press contacts and some major bloggers. It might trigger them and contact us for a story or they might just refer to some of the material.
As ppcman said, every time Peercoin is mentioned somewhere either for the good or bad, is still good. I think he read marketing for dummies But seriously, I totally agree with that.
I think the peercoin.net website should link to this thread/newsletter. It is a treasure of information. @Yurizhai, is it something you would pass on to super3? Happy to ask and chime in but it is your thread after all.
Or maybe we can have all the newsletters published in their own subdomain? e.g. newsletter.peercointalk.org?
BTW I saw the replies are keeping the post on the first page till now. We might have all to check once in a while and see if it needs a little bump.
[quote=“Cybnate, post:28, topic:1862”]I think the peercoin.net website should link to this thread/newsletter. It is a treasure of information. @Yurizhai, is it something you would pass on to super3? Happy to ask and chime in but it is your thread after all.
Or maybe we can have all the newsletters published in their own subdomain? e.g. newsletter.peercointalk.org?
BTW I saw the replies are keeping the post on the first page till now. We might have all to check once in a while and see if it needs a little bump.[/quote]
I am absolutely happy to have this newsletter used in any way that helps promote Peercoin.
[quote=“RobertLloyd, post:30, topic:1862”]Another thought: you could copy-paste the Newsletter into Word, adjust the fonts and paragraphs as necessary, and turn it into a PDF
Then a link could be installed from peercoin.net to the PDF. That would be a good format/product for people to download[/quote]
Not a bad idea. I’ll definitely swing this by super3.
Nice newsletter, very informative. Learned a few things I didn’t know previously.
Question - there are a variety of online charts that show the proof of work block difficulty for peercoin. Is there one that tracks the block difficulty for proof of stake and how it relates to the overall difficulty? I’ve seen this question pop up lately, especially in the chatroom of the PPC pool I mine through.
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Note: The long awaited client v0.4 is in testing and near completion. However to ensure quality Sunny King has given it more time and “high priority, low risk features” have been imported into v0.3.1.
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Client v0.3.1 is out for testing.
[size=10pt]Changes include:
-Debug console added
-Improved security via bug fix, pass-phrase now required for transactions when wallet is unlocked for minting
-getblocktemplate/submitblock API
Peercointalk Administrator Fuzzybear has created several builds on top of v0.3.1
Changes include:
-New Logo icons (no white background)
-All text in client now reads Peercoin not PPCoin
-New Splash loading image
-New Send Coins, Receive Coins image icons
-Directory blockchain, wallet and conf file stored in changed to Peercoin
-Conf file default name changed to peercoin.conf
-New list of seed nodes for new users to connect to and start blockchain download from
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When Bittylicious added Peercoin, they sent out a press release, see here:
That made me think - is the Peercoin newsletter (or perhaps a shorter, punchier version of it) going to news agencies, effectively serving as a press release?
But seriously, I totally agree with that.
