@ghostlander @Cookieboy @AcidD Friday at 2PM EST work for you guys?

@cookieboy great!

@AcidD @ghostlander Excellent-- a Google Hangout is great. want to aim for the end of the week/weekend? Anyone else we should add in?

@ghostlander I’m very new to the project and (admittedly) have a lot more research to do before I put anything concrete down. But for starters, key differentiators (i.e., why feathercoin?) will be important for the rational investor to buy-in to the project. Since FTC was a fork of LTC, which was a fork of BTC, we have to overcome the hurdle of “Why buy FTC when I can buy BTC or LTC?” for the new crypto investor. Further research into the coin leads you to the ASIC resistance component (which appears to be trending). That puts us in a new category, with competitors like GRS and VTC. So the question becomes why FTC over VTC/GRS ?

At that point, the answer isn’t as clear.I have seen some different comparison tables making the rounds. They’re fine, but personally, I don’t believe they do enough to overcome the FTC vs VTC/GRS hurdle. Since FTC offers superior value to GRS and VTC (since both have recently shot up way up in terms of MC), FTC has arguably greater ROI potential. However, I don’t believe that’s compelling enough since it can be argued that VTC and GRS have made greater tech advances in the last few years.

So, in order to cross this chasm, I believe FTC needs to present a crystal clear, future-centric vision (with founder on board), highlighting innovative features that are competitive or superior to its competitors; an aggressive roadmap/operational strategy to get there; and a comprehensive marketing strategy to raise awareness and drive adoption.

This is easier said than done, but execute well on the above and I strongly believe FTC has top 30 potential.

I’m a management consultant at BCG (https://www.bcg.com/en-us/default.aspx) and also hold a considerable amount of FTC. I would like to do my part to help take this coin from its current position to the top 30. Right now I have about two months between consulting engagements and would be willing to contribute to this project on the business/strategy/marketing side of things.

If the devs see this please reach out to me and we can discuss a path forward.

@ghostlander @AcidD @Cookieboy lets push our call to Monday/Tuesday next week. I’m meeting with a friend who is an iOS dev this afternoon — hoping he can help us with the wallet implementation

@wrapper Wow, chill man. I’m not saying these are facts, nor am i arguing they are. These are not my opinions, these are the perceptions in the market. If it’s conjecture that’s easily overcome with facts, then it should be relatively easy to position FTC ahead of both coins.

Further, if these ARE indeed the perceptions in the market, then it’s paramount for the dev team and community to make sure the message is tightened up so nobody can FUD FTC or prop up VTC/GRS. Know what I mean?

@wrapper do you have any sort of org chart for this project? I understand it’s an open source, volunteer environment, but is anyone driving the train forward so to speak?

@ghostlander @AcidD @Cookieboy lets push our call to Monday/Tuesday next week. I’m meeting with a friend who is an iOS dev this afternoon — hoping he can help us with the wallet implementation

@ghostlander @Cookieboy @AcidD Friday at 2PM EST work for you guys?

@cookieboy great!

@AcidD @ghostlander Excellent-- a Google Hangout is great. want to aim for the end of the week/weekend? Anyone else we should add in?

@acidd Thanks for offering AcidD-- i think the easiest way would be to get everyone together instead of communicating via proxy. You’re welcome to join the call if we can set one up though. Btw, what projects do you generally work on ?

@ghostlander @wrapper this was the link I was referring to in my post. Not sure why it was redacted https://www.reddit.com/r/FeatherCOin/comments/7bxgbd/stagnant/

@wrapper @ghostlander These are the opinions I’m talking about. Some people think it’s a derivative coin and that stigma needs to be overcome. Are we just going to argue with these people in one-off reddit threads? No, b/c that’s completely untenable. We need to tighten up this operation/messaging and get our ducks in a row so that these baseless opinions don’t sway potential FTC entrants.

Since this is a volunteer project, and people are short on time, I am 100% willing to organize everything for the next couple of months while I’m “on the beach” between projects. I can build out our collateral, which can be pinned to the top of the subreddit, which will answer a lot of questions a potential FTC investor would have. We can’t expect a person curious about FTC to comb through forum threads. Also, not tenable. This needs to be public facing and incredibly easy to access. I also think we need to put together a 6 month operational plan and get some community funding for projects that move the ball up the field.

Would the two (and any other key devs) be willing to do a call/skype with me to discuss a path forward?

@wrapper Wow, chill man. I’m not saying these are facts, nor am i arguing they are. These are not my opinions, these are the perceptions in the market. If it’s conjecture that’s easily overcome with facts, then it should be relatively easy to position FTC ahead of both coins.

Further, if these ARE indeed the perceptions in the market, then it’s paramount for the dev team and community to make sure the message is tightened up so nobody can FUD FTC or prop up VTC/GRS. Know what I mean?

@ghostlander I’m very new to the project and (admittedly) have a lot more research to do before I put anything concrete down. But for starters, key differentiators (i.e., why feathercoin?) will be important for the rational investor to buy-in to the project. Since FTC was a fork of LTC, which was a fork of BTC, we have to overcome the hurdle of “Why buy FTC when I can buy BTC or LTC?” for the new crypto investor. Further research into the coin leads you to the ASIC resistance component (which appears to be trending). That puts us in a new category, with competitors like GRS and VTC. So the question becomes why FTC over VTC/GRS ?

At that point, the answer isn’t as clear.I have seen some different comparison tables making the rounds. They’re fine, but personally, I don’t believe they do enough to overcome the FTC vs VTC/GRS hurdle. Since FTC offers superior value to GRS and VTC (since both have recently shot up way up in terms of MC), FTC has arguably greater ROI potential. However, I don’t believe that’s compelling enough since it can be argued that VTC and GRS have made greater tech advances in the last few years.

So, in order to cross this chasm, I believe FTC needs to present a crystal clear, future-centric vision (with founder on board), highlighting innovative features that are competitive or superior to its competitors; an aggressive roadmap/operational strategy to get there; and a comprehensive marketing strategy to raise awareness and drive adoption.

This is easier said than done, but execute well on the above and I strongly believe FTC has top 30 potential.

@wrapper do you have any sort of org chart for this project? I understand it’s an open source, volunteer environment, but is anyone driving the train forward so to speak?