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I got frustrated on Twitter because CryptoCoinNews & Coindesk blatantly refuse to publish anything about NobleCoin and do not even respond, ever, to my requests for a media story or what it would take to get a story (I go so far as hinting at what their 'fee' is). WDC announces an intent to raise $10,000 (with the first round never getting delivered) - CCN story. DOGE announces an intent to raise $50,000 now (read intent) - CoinDesk story.

NobleCoin is the first to do so successfully (raises $5,000 at 0.003% market cap of DOGE) and gets mentioned on the article itself that in some ways set off the Water donation boom with the January publication of the NobleCoin Movement & The Water Project (https://thewaterproject.org/welcome-cryptos.php) - zero coverage, zero response, implied we have to pay because we are unworthy. What's worse is the Water Project article is never mentioned either, despite us attempting to explain in our email that this is just as important. The fact that a major charitable organization is publicly recognizing crypto donations (rather than just accepting regular fiat donations raised and exchanged by crypto communities) and intends to go beyond accepting just BTC is not relevant to them it seems (unless perhaps they pay too?).

I am extremely biased towards crytpocurrency media, and if you think our lack of media promotion is due to lack of trying that simply is not the case. I personally believe the owners of CCN own a lot of DOGE, WDC, BTC & LTC only and only care about lining their pockets and pumping those coins rather than actual 'cryptocurrency news'. I don't mind calling that out at this point. I've been nice and professional and tried to get a dialogue going with them about the Water Project and what it would 'cost' to get a story for months - and they simply refuse to respond.

Sooner or later, we will get recognized because we sure aren't going to stop.

That's not something I like to comment on too strongly yet. Because we are publicly known and personally contactable, as well as attempting to act in as professional manner as possible during a period when crypto may become slightly regulated and accepted mainstream, we're getting contacted by a number of people/parties. Being publicly known and publicly available for discussion gives us a lot of strength that hasn't been widely recognized in this scene yet. We've already been invited to a number of think thanks, investment and advice boards. To be honest we hope this raises the legitimacy of Noble longer term but it's not something we'd like to have appear as a conflict of interest.

I wouldn't want anyone to assume anything that doesn't pan out or get burnt or even imply that tweet is any more than 'advertising' at this point. There are promising avenues we continue to explore however and some early discussions. I'd advise doing your own research on the potential of particular cryptocurrencies and where things may or may not go in 2014 and beyond.

To be honest I'm not an investment type of guy, I don't like the current system and believe crypto. can act as a solid global & digital replacement (hopefully without the dystopian/control future element). However I believe regulation will come but ideally only at exit points/banks when it is converted to regional fiat (primarily for fiat tax and laundering management), but will allow for an easy & almost instantaneous flow of transactions/wealth on an international scale free from multiple points of transaction/exchange fees. Underneath the more 'public' crypto will be a second layer of Tor/anonymous/dark cryptocurrencies similar to how BTC was with silk road - which may or may not be illegal. These are all my personal opinions however and I really wouldn't assume to know how any of this will pan out this year.

Edit: The last thing I want is to f*** anyone over and have karma bite me in the ass further down in life.

I sincerely hope they are not gone. I had 5 Mill Noble on there I have yet been able to withdraw. Please baby jesus don't let it be true.