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NewbieActivity: 41Merit: 0 Re: [ANN][XRB]Cryptocurrency's killer app: RaiBlocks micropayments November 05, 2017, 01:29:54 PM #8399 RaiBlocks Newsletter 5th November 2017 (Issue: 6)



Welcome to the sixth issue of the RaiBlocks newsletter, its great to have made it to 6 issues, we continue to get great feedback regarding the newsletter



News



New Exchange (BitFlip)

The RaiBlocks Dev team are proud to announce that RaiBlocks is being listed on

The addition of bitflip is just the first exchange that the exchange team are working with to add RaiBlocks, we plan to stick to the published roadmap with another exchange in December. By working with exchanges we can build volume which in this competitive environment is key to moving up the chain!



Marketing and Branding

The Dev team have also been focusing in the last few weeks in developing partnerships to build up the brand and marketing of RaiBlocks. We are in the process of building a whole new website which will become the hub of the RaiBlocks information. We are also planning to commission some professionally produced videos to explain and promote RaiBlocks - these will be published on our youtube channel.



QR Codes

The Dev team have standardised the QR codes for RaiBlocks (



Community Competitions

The community team has been hard at work promoting RaiBlocks on social media. Louis Nobleman (@Mrlutavo on twitter) hosted a very successful banner competition. The results were announced yesterday on twitter



User Interview (@sdoubrav on Discord)



1) How did you find out about RaiBlocks?

Was browsing 4chan /biz/ board back in like June or July and some guy who recently went to a crypto conference came back and made a post where listed the coins he liked. One of those was xrb and I've been holding ever since.



2) What do you use RaiBlocks for?

Honestly speculative bet that it will have mass adoption.



3) What sort of services do you think RaiBlocks would suit?

No economic expert but any frequent small transaction mainly



4) What is the coolest feature of RaiBlocks

No fees. I can live without instant transactions for the most part. But the fact that raiblocks is instant and feeless, it undercuts literally every payment processor on the market without the need for wasteful energy use like Bitcoin



Third Party Services



New Services Development Grant

We are keen to get people to use RaiBlocks and encourage people to create ways of actually using RaiBlocks in their everyday lives. To support this I have put aside funds to support two projects with a Development Grant - I will provide funding to pay for hosting for 3 months (on a digital ocean droplet (2CPU, 2GB Memory, 40GB SSD and 3TB Transfer)) for a project that is built around RaiBlocks. By providing the hosting this just leaves the programming/coding and development to you. I will consider any projects that will contribute to the RaiBlocks ecosystem - examples could be a game, online shop, online wallet, kickstarter/patreon system, fivr style job site paid in XRB. Please contact me directly on Discord (@jaycox), I will ask for details so it would be worth having a formulated plan in advance! Also to receive funds for each month of hosting will require evidence of progress!



Developer Profile (@harvw on Discord)



1) How did you find RaiBlocks?

I found out about Raiblocks in March 2017 when I started actively looking for an alternative cryptocurrency which I felt could genuinely solve the problems of high fees and scaling issues that Bitcoin was experiencing at the time. I also began watching Marc de Mesel's youtube channel and he was a major proponent of DAG (tangle) and given that he is a bit of a visionary in the space, this also encouraged me to take a bit of a deep dive in to analysing the tech further as well as Raiblocks more specifically.



2) What is your role currently?

I guess you could call me an Exchange Development Manager for Raiblocks at the moment as I'm coordinating a lot of the exchange negotiations for listings in conjunction with the core development team.



3) What have your learnt during this time

I've learned a lot about the importance of working collaboratively within a team to ensure that decisions are made which not only benefit the Raiblocks community but also the entire cryptocurrency ecosystem as a whole.



4) Whats next for RaiBlocks (personal prediction)

I strongly believe that Raiblocks has THE brightest future within the cryptosphere which is the reason why I am dedicating so much of my time to the project. As far as what's next, I would say that the visibility of the project will increase significantly over the next 6 months which will ultimately result in wider Raiblocks adoption and actual usage.



Next Newsletter

Still keen for submissions, reviews and news, happy to donate xrb for your time.

Welcome to the sixth issue of the RaiBlocks newsletter, its great to have made it to 6 issues, we continue to get great feedback regarding the newsletterThe RaiBlocks Dev team are proud to announce that RaiBlocks is being listed on https://bitflip.li/ . BitFlip are a young but dynamic exchange with interesting pairs as well as being multilingual, they are keen to innovate and RaiBlocks fits them well. We are working closely with their technical team to integrate RaiBlocks and this addition will bring lots of new markets including the ability to trade RaiBlocks(XRB) with a number of fiat currencies.The addition of bitflip is just the first exchange that the exchange team are working with to add RaiBlocks, we plan to stick to the published roadmap with another exchange in December. By working with exchanges we can build volume which in this competitive environment is key to moving up the chain!The Dev team have also been focusing in the last few weeks in developing partnerships to build up the brand and marketing of RaiBlocks. We are in the process of building a whole new website which will become the hub of the RaiBlocks information. We are also planning to commission some professionally produced videos to explain and promote RaiBlocks - these will be published on our youtube channel.The Dev team have standardised the QR codes for RaiBlocks ( https://github.com/clemahieu/raiblocks/wiki/URI-and-QR-Code-Standard ) - these will be implemented into the various wallets and apps in development. QR codes are ideal for the long xrb addresses so we are really keen to get them fully integrated. (Also another thing to tick off the roadmap!)The community team has been hard at work promoting RaiBlocks on social media. Louis Nobleman (@Mrlutavo on twitter) hosted a very successful banner competition. The results were announced yesterday on twitter https://twitter.com/Mrlutavo/status/926979302268264448 Was browsing 4chan /biz/ board back in like June or July and some guy who recently went to a crypto conference came back and made a post where listed the coins he liked. One of those was xrb and I've been holding ever since.Honestly speculative bet that it will have mass adoption.No economic expert but any frequent small transaction mainlyNo fees. I can live without instant transactions for the most part. But the fact that raiblocks is instant and feeless, it undercuts literally every payment processor on the market without the need for wasteful energy use like BitcoinWe are keen to get people to use RaiBlocks and encourage people to create ways of actually using RaiBlocks in their everyday lives. To support this I have put aside funds to support two projects with a Development Grant - I will provide funding to pay for hosting for 3 months (on a digital ocean droplet (2CPU, 2GB Memory, 40GB SSD and 3TB Transfer)) for a project that is built around RaiBlocks. By providing the hosting this just leaves the programming/coding and development to you. I will consider any projects that will contribute to the RaiBlocks ecosystem - examples could be a game, online shop, online wallet, kickstarter/patreon system, fivr style job site paid in XRB. Please contact me directly on Discord (@jaycox), I will ask for details so it would be worth having a formulated plan in advance! Also to receive funds for each month of hosting will require evidence of progress!I found out about Raiblocks in March 2017 when I started actively looking for an alternative cryptocurrency which I felt could genuinely solve the problems of high fees and scaling issues that Bitcoin was experiencing at the time. I also began watching Marc de Mesel's youtube channel and he was a major proponent of DAG (tangle) and given that he is a bit of a visionary in the space, this also encouraged me to take a bit of a deep dive in to analysing the tech further as well as Raiblocks more specifically.I guess you could call me an Exchange Development Manager for Raiblocks at the moment as I'm coordinating a lot of the exchange negotiations for listings in conjunction with the core development team.I've learned a lot about the importance of working collaboratively within a team to ensure that decisions are made which not only benefit the Raiblocks community but also the entire cryptocurrency ecosystem as a whole.I strongly believe that Raiblocks has THE brightest future within the cryptosphere which is the reason why I am dedicating so much of my time to the project. As far as what's next, I would say that the visibility of the project will increase significantly over the next 6 months which will ultimately result in wider Raiblocks adoption and actual usage.Still keen for submissions, reviews and news, happy to donate xrb for your time.