Done and done. Why are they not adding it yet?

So let me get this straight. A group of people work to improve something from a reference implementation to a point where it actually has utility and value. Along the way they garner attention from people of all sorts with all levels of intelligence, education, and background. Those people express - sometimes quite vocally - their enthusiasm for the work that the budding group are doing.

You label their enthusiasm "shilling" and "a cult".

Don't you think that's a bit disrespectful to those people genuinely trapped in religious cults today? Don't you think your overly liberal use of terms that are clearly not applicable does nothing to prove your point, and only serves to reduce your own credibility?

If you want to tackle Monero, tackle us on a technical level. Point out where we are abjectly and unequivocally wrong on some technical approach. Show us the fundamental errors we've made with regards to implementation or cryptographic primitives or user threat modes or attack surfaces. Beyond that? Let the cryptocurrency live or die on its own merit if it is not fundamentally technically broken.

You're still not demonstrating even the slightest understanding of Monero's technical underpinnings. If you want to have a discussion, tell us about our technical shortcomings, not the actions of users. That sort of butthurt strategy hasn't stopped Apple from being successful (in spite of anyone who uses an Apple product being labelled a "fanboi"), and it won't stop Monero from being useful and useable.

Has there been any organized effort to contact BTC-e?

I think they should be added to the list

@btcecom

From the Monero OP on Bitcointalk - the core team is (in no particular order) - tacotime, eizh, smooth, fluffypony, othe, davidlatapie, NoodleDoodle.

If anyone else decides to embark on an initiative relating to Monero we are certainly not able to stop them, nor would we want to impinge on their freedom to pursue whatever goal they choose. If you read the Monero Missives and watch our Developer Fireside Chat from the other day it should be apparent and clear that the core team is focused on usability and other fundamental Monero issues, but thank you for re-enforcing that we are on the right path in doing so.

It would be nice to monetize this so I will pledge 3 XMR towards this campaign.

Each Monero tweeter will get 0.1 XMR until I run out (limited to 1 tx per person)


RULES:

1. TAG AT LEAST 2 - @cryptsy, @btcecom, @coindesk , @maxkeiser IN A TWEET MENTIONING MONERO (XMR)

2. HASHTAG #MTC (Monero Twitter Campaign) TO VERIFY

3. SCREENSHOT YOUR TWEET AND PM ME THE PICTURE AND YOUR XMR ADDRESS



If you would like to donate to this cause just PM me (maybe the reward could be raised or could fund a longer campaign)

aaand go!

I don't believe there is a need for its technical underpinnings, or if there is, then it is not worth drawing an analogy with Apple, which plays the CSR card all the time. You can't really do that with Monero.

I'm not saying it's not clever technology, just that it's not a fit for the vast majority of people.

So what is the point of it?

You can answer that question without referring to the rest of the altcoin world and its shortcomings.

*Edit

"jucarpau: venture, my friend is running the campaign, Free XMR for tweeting. $.50 per tweet lol its more profitable than mining."

(BTC-e Trollbox)

" FREE XMR campaign - https://bt.irlbtc.com/view/731365.msg8285827#msg8285827"

(BTC-e Trollbox)

I doubt any oligarchs are going to bother much with XMR. I think they're too busy making money.

But I agree, understanding the technology is hard. I don't understand it. But I don't need the product.

Everyone knows I am a full Monero supporter and I applaud your initiative.

I will add another 5 XMR to the campaign budget.

(please PM me with your monero address)

edit: I don't think Coindesk is outright censoring Monero, rather I think they are not yet taking it seriously. Either that or they are keeping quiet while they accumulate. Monero is not currently at that user friendly stage where I think it would be able to maximize benefit from a PR campaign, but it will come.

Also I think we should target some of the b-list crypto twitter influentials...

Perhaps others can identify the top names but people like Crypto Cobain and the like.