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Sr. MemberActivity: 252Merit: 250 The new face of Catcoin contest January 24, 2014, 08:34:00 AM

Last edit: January 24, 2014, 11:31:51 AM by johnny_non #1

Our cat is growing and with it changes have happened.

We are now looking for your submissions as to what may become the face of catcoin.

All ideas are welcome and will be taken into consideration...

it would be easy for the developers and marketing to take their own ideas and run.

But Catcoin is about the community and everyone's voice matters.

So please present your ideas and input, and know you are part of something special...

Thank you to all who have supported us

and may the cat be with you send your strays CAT: 9W4aXggw9bgraD88j77fZg7aT8Lnb4mkTw Everyone has a Dream: DKDB1yj2ohbakpQQvUZsCEWow6K2CDDggD

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NewbieActivity: 9Merit: 0 Re: The new face of Catcoin contest January 24, 2014, 06:28:20 PM

Last edit: January 25, 2014, 04:22:24 AM by tmp68 #2



https://i.imgur.com/RmLJnD5.gif





EDIT

I realized today I didn't like the C that much and edited my file. Please keep in mind that I was thinking of the pawprint with this unique C would make a good symbol for CatCoin, not necessarily the entire coin I made.



I don't think that CatCoin needs to be that serious in design... If it was supposed to be a very serious coin then it wouldn't be called CatCoin and I think it'd be a mistake to try to make it too serious now.



I do think the important features for the design are something appealing, simple (for adaptation for many purposes), easily recognizable (Hence my choice to change the C), and containing some sort of cat essence.



https://i.imgur.com/w07gDZI.jpg I still like my suggestion for this overall design although this specific rendition could use a few more subtle details.EDITI realized today I didn't like the C that much and edited my file. Please keep in mind that I was thinking of the pawprint with this unique C would make a good symbol for CatCoin, not necessarily the entire coin I made.I don't think that CatCoin needs to be that serious in design... If it was supposed to be a very serious coin then it wouldn't be called CatCoin and I think it'd be a mistake to try to make it too serious now.I do think the important features for the design are something appealing, simple (for adaptation for many purposes), easily recognizable (Hence my choice to change the C), and containing some sort of cat essence.

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NewbieActivity: 4Merit: 0 Re: The new face of Catcoin contest January 25, 2014, 01:37:30 AM #3

the day, a successful coin is one which can be spent. It is good to create a bond of affection with the denomination

you use as currency, but it is not good to form such a bond that it becomes painful to release them. You should

feel affection for them, find comfort in their presence when you have them, but ultimately be able to spend time

apart from them. Like cats.



https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/31o7innys2fnani/catcoin_logo.png?dl=1&token_hash=AAHY1y0ScidxcqQs-bzLBPt21OZ2USQuNqbiKx2D3Ts_zw



The catcoin is not like dogecoin. Doges scream for attention. They are ridiculous looking fluffy creatures who have

had their hyperactive excitability turned into a meme. Their coin is high-volume, borderline ridiculous, and

eminently dogeish. A cat will not be in your face 24/7, and neither should its logo be ridiculous. The current

logo is a mistake. It is a 4chan logo, plucked from some purgatory between eastern and western cultural influences.

It is ambiguously oversexualized, juvenile furvert fluff. Catcoin needs a serious logo, not an anime trope. It does

not need to play up the lolcat meme, because lolcats express only a small part of a cat's true nature - the playful

side that emerges after 9 hours of serious hunting and sleeping. Lolcats celebrate the essence of the kitten, which

recedes as the cat matures, and conserves more of its strength for true combat.



I have no interest in a kittencoin, a kittehcoin, a meowcoin, or a juvenile catcoin. I am interested in stability,

predictability, and utility as a currency. These are traits of my cat. It is why I own a cat, and why I am not

a dog owner. I do not want to walk him every day. When I make love to my wife, I want him to fuck off. I do not

need something that needs me so badly. I want to give away catcoins like I sometimes want to give away my cat.



I want something serious, because I take cryptocurrency increasingly seriously. I don't want bitcoin, for the same

reasons we're all into altcoins - its boring, its out of reach, and its probably already totally taken over by

The Man. But I want something that takes itself as seriously as Bitcoin, tries to solve the increasingly obvious

flaws of Bitcoin, but stands on its own as an independent creature. Catcoin has all the makings for this; it has

the right mix of ingredients. The groundswell of internet catlovers, a positioning in the crypto-ecosystem that

puts it at end of the spectrum for sane economic growth, with a budding community of developers committed to

discovering solutions for real problems facing decentralized currencies in 2014. The developers take themselves

seriously.



We should be showing off our seriousness. There is no additional marketing effort required for the lolcat spirit of

cats - that is already in everybody's mind, as subtext. And it should remain subtext for us and our crypto, while we

position ourselves as a serious player in the market. It can add depth to our delivery, but we should never be so crass

as to point it out directly. A cat wouldn't. A doge would.



My logo is clean. It is recognizable at a distance. The essential shape of a coin is preserved, the body a perfect

sphere, but the design is playful enough to add ornaments (the head and tail), which take it outside a traditional

coin shape. It is Bitcoin orange, as it is intended to be reminiscent of the King of the castle we play in. The ç symbol

is UNICODE, typable on a keyboard in every major Operating System (thus usable in forum posts, IRC messages, etc).



Lets take ourselves seriously.



I have begun working on a re-skin of the catcoin-qt wallet GUI, that conforms to both the style of this logo, as well

as attempting to capture the ideas of "wallet overview", "send something", "receive something" in a non-parodical

but species-accurate idiom. So I hope you vote for it.



Let's abandon the pre-coital maneki-neko logo, and go with something serious. If you want to make ludicrous images

to promote us, go ahead. Make your posters of lolcats to promote the coin: there's honestly no better advertising

mechanism on the Internet. Doges are trumped by lolcats, if it comes to it. But the logo itself should be singularly

reputable, projecting stability, seriousness, and self-identification as a currency.



Vote for this. Coins cannot take center stage. They are meant to be expendable. They are meant to be spendable. At the end ofthe day, a successful coin is one which can be spent. It is good to create a bond of affection with the denominationyou use as currency, but it is not good to form such a bond that it becomes painful to release them. You shouldfeel affection for them, find comfort in their presence when you have them, but ultimately be able to spend timeapart from them. Like cats.The catcoin is not like dogecoin. Doges scream for attention. They are ridiculous looking fluffy creatures who havehad their hyperactive excitability turned into a meme. Their coin is high-volume, borderline ridiculous, andeminently dogeish. A cat will not be in your face 24/7, and neither should its logo be ridiculous. The currentlogo is a mistake. It is a 4chan logo, plucked from some purgatory between eastern and western cultural influences.It is ambiguously oversexualized, juvenile furvert fluff. Catcoin needs a serious logo, not an anime trope. It doesnot need to play up the lolcat meme, because lolcats express only a small part of a cat's true nature - the playfulside that emerges after 9 hours of serious hunting and sleeping. Lolcats celebrate the essence of the kitten, whichrecedes as the cat matures, and conserves more of its strength for true combat.I have no interest in a kittencoin, a kittehcoin, a meowcoin, or a juvenile catcoin. I am interested in stability,predictability, and utility as a currency. These are traits of my cat. It is why I own a cat, and why I am nota dog owner. I do not want to walk him every day. When I make love to my wife, I want him to fuck off. I do notneed something that needs me so badly. I want to give away catcoins like I sometimes want to give away my cat.I want something serious, because I take cryptocurrency increasingly seriously. I don't want bitcoin, for the samereasons we're all into altcoins - its boring, its out of reach, and its probably already totally taken over byThe Man. But I want something that takes itself as seriously as Bitcoin, tries to solve the increasingly obviousflaws of Bitcoin, but stands on its own as an independent creature. Catcoin has all the makings for this; it hasthe right mix of ingredients. The groundswell of internet catlovers, a positioning in the crypto-ecosystem thatputs it at end of the spectrum for sane economic growth, with a budding community of developers committed todiscovering solutions for real problems facing decentralized currencies in 2014. The developers take themselvesseriously.We should be showing off our seriousness. There is no additional marketing effort required for the lolcat spirit ofcats - that is already in everybody's mind, as subtext. And it should remain subtext for us and our crypto, while weposition ourselves as a serious player in the market. It can add depth to our delivery, but we should never be so crassas to point it out directly. A cat wouldn't. A doge would.My logo is clean. It is recognizable at a distance. The essential shape of a coin is preserved, the body a perfectsphere, but the design is playful enough to add ornaments (the head and tail), which take it outside a traditionalcoin shape. It is Bitcoin orange, as it is intended to be reminiscent of the King of the castle we play in. The ç symbolis UNICODE, typable on a keyboard in every major Operating System (thus usable in forum posts, IRC messages, etc).Lets take ourselves seriously.I have begun working on a re-skin of the catcoin-qt wallet GUI, that conforms to both the style of this logo, as wellas attempting to capture the ideas of "wallet overview", "send something", "receive something" in a non-parodicalbut species-accurate idiom. So I hope you vote for it.Let's abandon the pre-coital maneki-neko logo, and go with something serious. If you want to make ludicrous imagesto promote us, go ahead. Make your posters of lolcats to promote the coin: there's honestly no better advertisingmechanism on the Internet. Doges are trumped by lolcats, if it comes to it. But the logo itself should be singularlyreputable, projecting stability, seriousness, and self-identification as a currency.Vote for this.

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Sr. MemberActivity: 364Merit: 250 Re: The new face of Catcoin contest January 25, 2014, 05:54:53 PM #4 Seriousness is the product of panic.

Adaptability is the product of agility.

Seriousness is what happens to the sphincters of people who trade on BTC-e.

Adaptability is what happens to a market when a living community replaces the unmotivated.

1 M herpcoin @ 001 derptoshi = 0.01 derpcoin, 1 M herpcoin @ 100 derptoshi = 1.00 derpcoin

Post Scarcity Economics thread EASY CALCULATION FOR TRADES: 1 Million is 1x10e6. 1 Satoshi is 1x10e-8. 1 M sat is 1x10e-2. 100 M sat is 1. If 1 herpcoin = 100 derptoshi then1 M herpcoin @ 001 derptoshi = 0.01 derpcoin, 1 M herpcoin @ 100 derptoshi = 1.00 derpcoinPost Scarcity Economics thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3773185

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Sr. MemberActivity: 252Merit: 250 Re: The new face of Catcoin contest January 26, 2014, 02:44:57 AM #8 there are no bounties given for this as there are plenty of members of the community that are more than willingly to donate their time send your strays CAT: 9W4aXggw9bgraD88j77fZg7aT8Lnb4mkTw Everyone has a Dream: DKDB1yj2ohbakpQQvUZsCEWow6K2CDDggD

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NewbieActivity: 43Merit: 0 Re: The new face of Catcoin contest January 27, 2014, 10:48:58 PM #13 Quote from: nebajoth on January 25, 2014, 01:37:30 AM

the day, a successful coin is one which can be spent. It is good to create a bond of affection with the denomination

you use as currency, but it is not good to form such a bond that it becomes painful to release them. You should

feel affection for them, find comfort in their presence when you have them, but ultimately be able to spend time

apart from them. Like cats.



https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/31o7innys2fnani/catcoin_logo.png?dl=1&token_hash=AAHY1y0ScidxcqQs-bzLBPt21OZ2USQuNqbiKx2D3Ts_zw



The catcoin is not like dogecoin. Doges scream for attention. They are ridiculous looking fluffy creatures who have

had their hyperactive excitability turned into a meme. Their coin is high-volume, borderline ridiculous, and

eminently dogeish. A cat will not be in your face 24/7, and neither should its logo be ridiculous. The current

logo is a mistake. It is a 4chan logo, plucked from some purgatory between eastern and western cultural influences.

It is ambiguously oversexualized, juvenile furvert fluff. Catcoin needs a serious logo, not an anime trope. It does

not need to play up the lolcat meme, because lolcats express only a small part of a cat's true nature - the playful

side that emerges after 9 hours of serious hunting and sleeping. Lolcats celebrate the essence of the kitten, which

recedes as the cat matures, and conserves more of its strength for true combat.



I have no interest in a kittencoin, a kittehcoin, a meowcoin, or a juvenile catcoin. I am interested in stability,

predictability, and utility as a currency. These are traits of my cat. It is why I own a cat, and why I am not

a dog owner. I do not want to walk him every day. When I make love to my wife, I want him to fuck off. I do not

need something that needs me so badly. I want to give away catcoins like I sometimes want to give away my cat.



I want something serious, because I take cryptocurrency increasingly seriously. I don't want bitcoin, for the same

reasons we're all into altcoins - its boring, its out of reach, and its probably already totally taken over by

The Man. But I want something that takes itself as seriously as Bitcoin, tries to solve the increasingly obvious

flaws of Bitcoin, but stands on its own as an independent creature. Catcoin has all the makings for this; it has

the right mix of ingredients. The groundswell of internet catlovers, a positioning in the crypto-ecosystem that

puts it at end of the spectrum for sane economic growth, with a budding community of developers committed to

discovering solutions for real problems facing decentralized currencies in 2014. The developers take themselves

seriously.



We should be showing off our seriousness. There is no additional marketing effort required for the lolcat spirit of

cats - that is already in everybody's mind, as subtext. And it should remain subtext for us and our crypto, while we

position ourselves as a serious player in the market. It can add depth to our delivery, but we should never be so crass

as to point it out directly. A cat wouldn't. A doge would.



My logo is clean. It is recognizable at a distance. The essential shape of a coin is preserved, the body a perfect

sphere, but the design is playful enough to add ornaments (the head and tail), which take it outside a traditional

coin shape. It is Bitcoin orange, as it is intended to be reminiscent of the King of the castle we play in. The ç symbol

is UNICODE, typable on a keyboard in every major Operating System (thus usable in forum posts, IRC messages, etc).



Lets take ourselves seriously.



I have begun working on a re-skin of the catcoin-qt wallet GUI, that conforms to both the style of this logo, as well

as attempting to capture the ideas of "wallet overview", "send something", "receive something" in a non-parodical

but species-accurate idiom. So I hope you vote for it.



Let's abandon the pre-coital maneki-neko logo, and go with something serious. If you want to make ludicrous images

to promote us, go ahead. Make your posters of lolcats to promote the coin: there's honestly no better advertising

mechanism on the Internet. Doges are trumped by lolcats, if it comes to it. But the logo itself should be singularly

reputable, projecting stability, seriousness, and self-identification as a currency.



Vote for this.

Coins cannot take center stage. They are meant to be expendable. They are meant to be spendable. At the end ofthe day, a successful coin is one which can be spent. It is good to create a bond of affection with the denominationyou use as currency, but it is not good to form such a bond that it becomes painful to release them. You shouldfeel affection for them, find comfort in their presence when you have them, but ultimately be able to spend timeapart from them. Like cats.The catcoin is not like dogecoin. Doges scream for attention. They are ridiculous looking fluffy creatures who havehad their hyperactive excitability turned into a meme. Their coin is high-volume, borderline ridiculous, andeminently dogeish. A cat will not be in your face 24/7, and neither should its logo be ridiculous. The currentlogo is a mistake. It is a 4chan logo, plucked from some purgatory between eastern and western cultural influences.It is ambiguously oversexualized, juvenile furvert fluff. Catcoin needs a serious logo, not an anime trope. It doesnot need to play up the lolcat meme, because lolcats express only a small part of a cat's true nature - the playfulside that emerges after 9 hours of serious hunting and sleeping. Lolcats celebrate the essence of the kitten, whichrecedes as the cat matures, and conserves more of its strength for true combat.I have no interest in a kittencoin, a kittehcoin, a meowcoin, or a juvenile catcoin. I am interested in stability,predictability, and utility as a currency. These are traits of my cat. It is why I own a cat, and why I am nota dog owner. I do not want to walk him every day. When I make love to my wife, I want him to fuck off. I do notneed something that needs me so badly. I want to give away catcoins like I sometimes want to give away my cat.I want something serious, because I take cryptocurrency increasingly seriously. I don't want bitcoin, for the samereasons we're all into altcoins - its boring, its out of reach, and its probably already totally taken over byThe Man. But I want something that takes itself as seriously as Bitcoin, tries to solve the increasingly obviousflaws of Bitcoin, but stands on its own as an independent creature. Catcoin has all the makings for this; it hasthe right mix of ingredients. The groundswell of internet catlovers, a positioning in the crypto-ecosystem thatputs it at end of the spectrum for sane economic growth, with a budding community of developers committed todiscovering solutions for real problems facing decentralized currencies in 2014. The developers take themselvesseriously.We should be showing off our seriousness. There is no additional marketing effort required for the lolcat spirit ofcats - that is already in everybody's mind, as subtext. And it should remain subtext for us and our crypto, while weposition ourselves as a serious player in the market. It can add depth to our delivery, but we should never be so crassas to point it out directly. A cat wouldn't. A doge would.My logo is clean. It is recognizable at a distance. The essential shape of a coin is preserved, the body a perfectsphere, but the design is playful enough to add ornaments (the head and tail), which take it outside a traditionalcoin shape. It is Bitcoin orange, as it is intended to be reminiscent of the King of the castle we play in. The ç symbolis UNICODE, typable on a keyboard in every major Operating System (thus usable in forum posts, IRC messages, etc).Lets take ourselves seriously.I have begun working on a re-skin of the catcoin-qt wallet GUI, that conforms to both the style of this logo, as wellas attempting to capture the ideas of "wallet overview", "send something", "receive something" in a non-parodicalbut species-accurate idiom. So I hope you vote for it.Let's abandon the pre-coital maneki-neko logo, and go with something serious. If you want to make ludicrous imagesto promote us, go ahead. Make your posters of lolcats to promote the coin: there's honestly no better advertisingmechanism on the Internet. Doges are trumped by lolcats, if it comes to it. But the logo itself should be singularlyreputable, projecting stability, seriousness, and self-identification as a currency.Vote for this.

Reddit mock-up with this logo

https://i.imgur.com/RJWh6qV.png

with simplified logo

https://i.imgur.com/fy7Xw56.png Reddit mock-up with this logowith simplified logo