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      chrisj Regular Member last edited by

      [quote name=“fendlestick” post=“29228” timestamp=“1380200629”]
      The easiest way for any merchant to accept FTC would be to have a working market place for them to list stuff and get used to the currency before taking in on for an entire shop or whatever…

      They get feel out how exchanges work, how to handle price variations, can list small items and reduce their risk, get a better understanding of how the wallets and transactions work.

      Taking the coin is only a small step in using FTC, they will need use exchanges, convert it to Bitcoin find trusted buyers to cash out, just putting FTC on a site is not all there is to the story and takes practice, which using the marketplace for would be ideal.
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      That’s good feedback, has been logged to my evernote as has the comment from @aysyr

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        chrisj Regular Member last edited by

        Success! I have a meeting with the [url=http://www.coindesk.com/old-shoreditch-station-coffee-bar-in-londons-silicon-roundabout-now-accepts-bitcoin/]Old Shoreditch Station[/url] about accepting Feathercoin and being part in the SMS Wallet Homeless pilot UKMark and I want to do.

        I bought a latte and tried to pay with Bitcoin but their internet connection wasn’t working so that was a fail, had to pay in crappy old fiat instead :-[ But I told them that Feathercoin works over the SMS network the guy was really chuffed and he said I should come in tomorrow midmorning to see the manager.

        [center][img]http://www.feathercoin.com/image/Shoreditch_Cafe.jpg[/img]
        [i][url=https://plus.google.com/117109214174668329645/about?gl=uk&hl=en]Popular Cafe in Shoreditch[/url] where we plan to try out our Feathercoin for Homeless trial using UKMark’s SMS Wallet[/center]

        This will all be subject to getting the service up and running smoothly which is why we have been testing it out over the last few weeks. We don’t want to disappoint anyone so we are going to be slow in making commitments and aim for under promise over deliver. For example we have notice that people on cheaper phone tariffs can’t text landline numbers which is what SMS Wallet uses so this might put a spanner in the works but that won’t stop us trying.

        I also approached this place, a nice old school cafe and art gallery off of
        [url=https://plus.google.com/108571669326751151335/about?gl=uk&hl=en]Kingsland Road[/url]. I don’t think they are right for us just yet because they are pretty old school just using an old fashioned till and cash only. But I did leave my name and said I would come back in once they had had a chance to google Bitcoin and Feathercoin.
        [center][img]http://www.feathercoin.com/image/Hundred_Years_Cafe.jpg[/img]
        [i]These guys were interested but don’t even own smart phones so had no idea what I was talking about.[/center]

        A lot of their customers are tech savvy so might setup one of my UX Labs in there one day as an excuse to talk to their customers ;)

        I also approached a workers Cafe next door but I faced a bit of a language barrier as they are Turkish, so I thought I thought I would leave that for now and move on to the low hanging fruit.

        Would it help if I put this on the Feathercoin map under its own layer and we can all collaborate on merchants in our area to compare feedback?

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          Entimp Regular Member last edited by

          Ace job Chris! Really it boils down to us all getting on with Feathercoin and taking it to the world step by step. There is some amazing solidarity here and it is all paying off. I’m proud to be part of all this.

          Again, thanks for all the hard work boss!

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            aysyr Regular Member last edited by

            [quote name=“chrisj” post=“29244” timestamp=“1380208846”]
            Would it help if I put this on the Feathercoin map under its own layer and we can all collaborate on merchants in our area to compare feedback?
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            First, love the job you’re doing Chris and it’s great to see all the progress you’ve been doing, so kudos to that! And yea, I think that definitely help putting them along our user map, but with a different pointer, probably a blue one or so we can distinguish the stores from users :)

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              svennand Regular Member last edited by

              [quote name=“fendlestick” post=“29230” timestamp=“1380200998”]
              In truth Litecoin is 2nd most popular, even PPC and CAP is beating FTC in my stores. But! a big but, is my products may not be what the community wants but the others do, also I am on a few spend LTC and spend BTC sites, can’t find a spend FTC site to get listed on.

              Oh also when a community is mostly miners getting them to spend and not exchange is a battle not worth fighting, BTC and LTC seems to have more people with coins who don’t mine, perhaps, but my insights are limited.
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              Lol your saying LTC people are more “dirty” than others ;D
              Will have a look and see if i find anything for the misses with my ftc ;)

              EDIT:
              Sent the adress to the misses with my “ftc” visa card ;D

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                Nutnut Regular Member last edited by

                [quote name=“svennand” post=“29251” timestamp=“1380218315”]
                [quote author=fendlestick link=topic=3789.msg29230#msg29230 date=1380200998]
                In truth Litecoin is 2nd most popular, even PPC and CAP is beating FTC in my stores. But! a big but, is my products may not be what the community wants but the others do, also I am on a few spend LTC and spend BTC sites, can’t find a spend FTC site to get listed on.

                Oh also when a community is mostly miners getting them to spend and not exchange is a battle not worth fighting, BTC and LTC seems to have more people with coins who don’t mine, perhaps, but my insights are limited.
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                Lol your saying LTC people are more “dirty” than others ;D
                Will have a look and see if i find anything for the misses with my ftc ;)

                EDIT:
                Sent the adress to the misses with my “ftc” visa card ;D
                [/quote]

                Your missus just made a purchase…

                [url=http://www.cryptosextoys.com/gents/pumps?product_id=155]Svenn’s B’day pressie[/url]

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                  svennand Regular Member last edited by

                  [quote name=“Nutnut” post=“29252” timestamp=“1380219147”]
                  [quote author=svennand link=topic=3789.msg29251#msg29251 date=1380218315]
                  [quote author=fendlestick link=topic=3789.msg29230#msg29230 date=1380200998]
                  In truth Litecoin is 2nd most popular, even PPC and CAP is beating FTC in my stores. But! a big but, is my products may not be what the community wants but the others do, also I am on a few spend LTC and spend BTC sites, can’t find a spend FTC site to get listed on.

                  Oh also when a community is mostly miners getting them to spend and not exchange is a battle not worth fighting, BTC and LTC seems to have more people with coins who don’t mine, perhaps, but my insights are limited.
                  [/quote]

                  Lol your saying LTC people are more “dirty” than others ;D
                  Will have a look and see if i find anything for the misses with my ftc ;)

                  EDIT:
                  Sent the adress to the misses with my “ftc” visa card ;D
                  [/quote]

                  Your missus just made a purchase…

                  [url=http://www.cryptosextoys.com/gents/pumps?product_id=155]Svenn’s B’day pressie[/url]
                  [/quote]

                  Haha you had to go there ;D lets keep it ON topic ;)

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                    Nutnut Regular Member last edited by

                    I’ll get my coat. :-[

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                      svennand Regular Member last edited by

                      [quote name=“fendlestick” post=“29230” timestamp=“1380200998”]
                      In truth Litecoin is 2nd most popular, even PPC and CAP is beating FTC in my stores. But! a big but, is my products may not be what the community wants but the others do, also I am on a few spend LTC and spend BTC sites, can’t find a spend FTC site to get listed on.

                      Oh also when a community is mostly miners getting them to spend and not exchange is a battle not worth fighting, BTC and LTC seems to have more people with coins who don’t mine, perhaps, but my insights are limited.
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                      Just blasted away 2500ftc in your store =) Hope more people will reach out and support merchants like this that supports crypto :D

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                        chrisj Regular Member last edited by

                        [quote name=“svennand” post=“29258” timestamp=“1380221109”]
                        [quote author=fendlestick link=topic=3789.msg29230#msg29230 date=1380200998]
                        In truth Litecoin is 2nd most popular, even PPC and CAP is beating FTC in my stores. But! a big but, is my products may not be what the community wants but the others do, also I am on a few spend LTC and spend BTC sites, can’t find a spend FTC site to get listed on.

                        Oh also when a community is mostly miners getting them to spend and not exchange is a battle not worth fighting, BTC and LTC seems to have more people with coins who don’t mine, perhaps, but my insights are limited.
                        [/quote]

                        Just blasted away 2500ftc in your store =) Hope more people will reach out and support merchants like this that supports crypto :D
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                        Anyone gonna ask what he bought?

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                          Nutnut Regular Member last edited by

                          See 4 posts back… :P

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                            svennand Regular Member last edited by

                            Lol,
                            if the package in my local post office is labeled cybersextoys.com im gonna be pissed :P
                            and send the misses to get it ;D

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                              svennand Regular Member last edited by

                              [quote name=“Nutnut” post=“29260” timestamp=“1380222770”]
                              See 4 posts back… :P
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                              Your just spreading FUD ;D

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                                chrisj Regular Member last edited by

                                So as today draws to a close I have some good news, my Mobile Crypto Exchange saw some trading tonight as I got about 4 new Feathercoin adopters at one of the events I run in East London.

                                [center][img]http://www.feathercoin.com/image/BVHhobXCQAA5pWl.jpg[/img]
                                [i]Sev on the left (already in to FTC) and Gavin on the right were 2 people who bought FTC today
                                [url=https://twitter.com/Feathercoin/status/383335528092811264/photo/1]Link to Tweet[/url][/i][/center]

                                The plan is to get a good number of people with Feathercoin SMS Wallets such that any merchant or homeless person would encounter at least one payment per week. We may need to incentivise people but actually people are pretty impressed when they hear me talk about Feathercoin and they like the site and always come back to me with positive vibes after they have gone off and Googled us :)

                                Right bed then more campaigning tomorrow. Let me know if you want me to shut up or change what I am doing.

                                Thanks.

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                                  Ruthie last edited by

                                  Good going Chris :)

                                  I’m planning to walk Oxford in the next week :) - Monday so long as all is well, just get the word out there.

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                                    chrisj Regular Member last edited by

                                    Ok. Meeting with Coffee shop is postponed until Monday because I think we can prepare a proper demo over the weekend to that could really clinch the deal. Going to get some more users of the SMS Wallet today.

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                                      svennand Regular Member last edited by

                                      [quote name=“fendlestick” post=“29317” timestamp=“1380287834”]
                                      [quote author=svennand link=topic=3789.msg29262#msg29262 date=1380223220]
                                      Lol,
                                      if the package in my local post office is labeled cybersextoys.com im gonna be pissed :P
                                      and send the misses to get it ;D
                                      [/quote]

                                      Thanks for your support! Down for maintenance today, but coming back very soon with something awesome(ish). [url=http://www.coingas.com]www.coingas.com[/url] also takes FTC if you want to show an anonymous site which does not have adult products as they are not every bodies cup of tea.
                                      [/quote]

                                      im not much of a gamer any more.
                                      but will direct the link to my gaming cousin that also mine ftc :D

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