This project gets more promising each time I visit it. Has the community moved somewhere?
Why is this thread so dead? The other alts I'm following threads are becoming active again. I'm surprised this community is not regrouping right now. Does anyone know if the bay stores or locked on cryptopia were moved?
Or is there still hope for their safe return?

I like your enthusiasm but the community does seem dead.
The product deserves a lot more recognition. It also needs to have a reliable exchange and a functioning web marketplace.
Even more importantly it needs a community behind it that is useful and helps build awareness.
It does not help at all that there is an exchange called Bitbay that appears on Google at the top when you search for Bitbay.

If there were even 10 determined bit bay enthusiasts on this forum it could work wonders if they organised and did something effective. I feel sorry for the dev who has produced something quite brilliant only for nobody of consequence to notice it  

A reliable easily accessible exchange is essential. There is little point in marketing something that nobody can purchase.

This would be a good idea for Bitbay also

https://bt.irlbtc.com/view/829576.msg55673599#msg55673599

I think the marketplace is brilliant. However for real adoption you will need a web based and android ios version.
The ordinary person wanting to buy things or even more sellers are going to want to use it that way rather than download Bitbay market place. Although it is great and super innovative.
It would be nice to see a solid core in the community here. Some communities have a core of very dedicated and organised people that work together to help the project advance and they appear very active and alive.
That encourages new members here to become involved.
Bitbay really lacks this. It appears to be a part time project and that doesn't install confidence compared to decimated fulltime teams.
I say it appears because the work done here exceeds most other projects so the dev teams must be active but the community doesn't hear much from them so will die away.
How many hard core active community members does Bitbay have?

I agree with your post. I didnt mean my post to come across as negative at all.  What I mean is that it would be a terrible shame doe all of this hard work go to waste simply because exchanges are reluctant to integrate the pegging mechanism.
I still believe for strong adoption of the market place a web and phone based site must be completed.
No developer can do everything without help for specialists in certain areas. Well someone like David Zimbeck probably could but it may be a very inefficient waste of his time that could be better spent on other tasks.

Here are a few things that I would suggest that we as a community can do to help
These are merely suggestions.

The dev pot fund is needed more now than it will be in the future, the exchange and web marketplace are priority

1. Take a vote to increase dev fund contribution to 50% of pos stake (mandatory)
2.  Consider personal loan of Bitbay to dev contribution fund ( you get it back from future dev contribution pot later) lumps of 100k, whales could lend more.
3. Consider also donating 100% of pos stake.

The aim would be to accrue at least 25M to 50M Bitbay in a development fund as quickly as possible.
This would have a myriad of uses. Converting to BTC via manual OTC sales to members that cant buy or dont want to buy on token. Or could be put into a pool for a bay defi swap token. The lottery element from the defi side could be very enticing as they may get some liquid.

Meanwhile it would be sensible to form a group of real Bitbay enthusiasts that organise to start forming strategies to increase awareness. I really believe this project is something quite special. It is shocking to me this is hidden away out of the top 300 and hardly mentioned on crypto news sites.

If people could see the clear potential of this I'm sure it would be trivial to employ them to donate time and effort in return for Bitbay.

I think lowering the default target for the peg to 10C would generate more volume and get this going for now it can gradually be increased.

Just as important is that all Bitbay members should be active on this thread for discussion as well as other mediums.

I would also be interested to hear what people thought of maybe some return on investment projects assisting bay achieving its goals. I mean would it be possible for btc donors to purchase a share on the exchange so that part of the micro fees went back to them or similar such ideas?

Yes we can certainly work on building volume to bolster buy support. OTC trades will be great for US investors wishing to purchase. I mean even a web page with a live helper chat for 100k plus purchases would work nicely

I hear you but a dev with a good share of the project is the sort of dev you want.
I guess the dev can't be expected to do the work and pay for everything out of his own stake ?
The dev fund tax should have been higher and mandatory like dash

If we increase exposure and interest then volume and price will follow.
Bitbay is very advanced and very active project but it can appear sleeping because it doesn't publish its micro updates like other projects that do very little but dress it up to impress investors.
Activity on the forum is very important and a good community could build on here for Bitbay.

This project offers more than 99.9% I have looked at but sadly the majority of members here have not heard or looked at Bitbay.

One last question is how up to date is this feature wall?
https://bt.irlbtc.com/view/890531.msg9817451#msg9817451
Could more be added and all the amazing videos that people have provided in the past?

I like what you wrote, if you need any help for ideas to get Bitbay going, you can count on me to help out if I can.

Joe-Bloggs - "This is bringing honest awareness and fair comparison to a completed and functional product that is clearly underrated and under appreciated work of art from a ultra talented developer and a great team. ...Bitbay appear(s) to not require anything other than a fair comparison to shine."

I LOVE YOU!!! - Yes, you've nailed it.
We all feel like that.

I'm sure Lucky, myself and others who are interested will get on Telegram asap.
I will get things set up later this evening after today's work.

Looking forward to meeting and discussing on Telegram later.

I will also keep posting here, as this is one of the 1st places newbee's might see BAY for the 1st time - coming to it through the Coin Market Cap website.

That's good news. Did you join the bit bay channel?
If you go to the first post in this thread the telegram link is there. I tried to copy the link but my phone is messing up.

Hi Doc, I joined the Bitbay telegram a couple of days ago.

Anyway. There are other better Bitbay channels but only the Bitbay team can add you to there.
They will hopefully do that when they come online. The channel you initially appear on seems a general channel that isn't too productive. Good you joined. There are quite a few more serious bay fans on there.