The price is dropping, and the miners are moving on that big time. The race is on to accumulate as much as you can.
Maybe interesting read…
https://theflippening.github.io/open-letter-to-bitcoin-miners-from-another-miner/
we have no community
0 upvotes on r /cryptocurrency is unforgivable. unsure how to fix this… this is a huge problem…
when’s the last time you’ve seen a positive zcash post on the front page of r /CC? been a minute, right. outside of ZEC/USD infrastructure this is our largest problem.
seriously, this was a huge article. MIT did a positive piece on zcash, and NOBODY read it… this is free marketing that we wasted.
it’s dumb to bitch about marketing from zcash co, when we cannot be bothered to help ourselves.
we need a site/forum where we can speak freely… imo, the forum is okay, but too stuffy… it’s very difficult for the community to speak openly, and coordinate. i’d’ve already built something if i had the skills.
coordination within the community is important. that way when there’s a positive news story, we all know when it’ll be posted, and when to upvote, etc… also, trolls… coordination between our trolls is of top importance. after a news post we’ll have multiple trolls of our own to tackle other trolls that may attempt to crap on our news.
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ZCash needs simple to understand messages directed at the crypto-consumer. Obscure corners on the internet are not the places to hide them. The masses are not so internet savvy. It’s not a stretch to think that many people avoid reddit since it is or is perceived as having high levels of toxicity.
An MIT article about ZCash on a subforum on reddit isn’t going to get read. Putting it in a press release and getting Forbes, Financial Times and the Economist to publish a summary of it will get the positive press we need…even getting it on CNBC is a good thing.
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“An MIT article about ZCash on a subforum on reddit isn’t going to get read.”
wrong… this is where new investors go to find other alt networks to speculate on. r /CC is so important it should litterally become a ZEC playden.
Mainstream financial publications cover much more ground than any reddit forum can hope to cover. Surely the battle of the nerds needs to be fought on reddit/c/cc, but those who can influence vast sums of wealth in the direction oc ZCash’s future won’t occupy their time debating who has the biggest forum penis.
As it stands, cryptos are still in their infancy stage, but investors are now tuning into what they have to offer. Winning the war for their hearts and minds is fought on Wall Street. ZCash must put its message onto places where those eyes look. It takes a concerted marketing effort from ZCash to do that. We can champion it all we want, but our voices are not going to be heard by those who can open the cash pipe like we want.
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I agree on going mainstream. Though for the moment I think we need to keep things calm. I would prefer to acquire a little bit more before the big boys get in and make it impossible to acquire.
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To be fair, I did direct you towards Wordpress which is seriously ridiculously easy to set up. I don’t disagree with the need for a community run site or forum, but everyone and their mother keeps spouting this but nobody wants to do anything about it. I’m well versed in setting up hosting, domains, VPS, Wordpress and a slew of other tools but I just don’t have the time to devote to doing so. I do however have time to help point people in the right direction and a bit of the setup process. I’m currently in the middle of working towards a serious promotion at work so my time even here on these forums has been cut by more than half.
Anyway, let me know if you need some help.
Where’s the link to the MIT article and where’s the post on reddit?
Should we use this platform more often to create more awareness.
https://www.investfeed.com/currency/ZEC
You are misunderstanding what Zooko is talking about here. Zcash’s z to z transactions are fully private - indeed, as I understand, they contain no useful information that could ever be leaked even on the compromise of the ceremony or the breaking of the crypto due to the zero-knowledge proofs in action.
Zooko here is discussing selective disclosure. There is a similar property in Monero with viewing keys. Noone is forcing you to selectively disclose anything any more than they are forcing you to give up your private keys. Take the most practical example which is I send you some ZEC for a purchase and you claim you never received it. I can prove to you that it was sent without revealing anything about my finances other than this single ZEC transaction.
Being able to selectively disclose transactions without giving up any other details (such as your ZEC balance or other transactions) is a real benefit. Spinning this to say that zcash isn’t private or that it has been weakened is flat our incorrect.
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setting-up sites isn’t my forte… believe i’ve been very open about this. i don’t even have the interest to learn how to set-it-up. it needs to happen, tho.
side note - good luck with your promotion!
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Here’s the link to the article: http://mailchi.mp/technologyreview/chain-letter-4-understanding-the-bitcoin-religion-758677
It’s still on the first page of the /r/zec subreddit as of now.
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i know how it works 
no need to explain but from the talk i got the impression that zoko has some nasty game changing update in mind
Fair enough but why what led you to that conclusion as again there is nothing to support it. Sadly stuff like Zcash is building in back doors and the like is repeated ad nauseam without basis so it’s always useful to clarify.
Zooko is discussing how a private, untraceable digital currency can work within the confines of existing law enforcement.
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How do you get the media outlets you mentioned to publish about Zcash?
well its a habit of mine when someone start to talk about privileged government access i start to get suspicious become that is exactly what they want to control it
Edit : you know iam just a simple guy i just accept 0 or 1
everyone or no one
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That takes a CMO of ZCash and his or her team of marking professionals to do it.
Its starting to climb again. Hopefully see 300 soon
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265 ATM, guys wake up!
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