PIVX Slush Fund August 2022

@flow11 Not sure what language(s) you are translating them to - but hopefully they help you build a larger organic following on Social media over time. This will help with increasing decentralization and spreading the PIVX message much further. Perhaps others will do the same. Ideally, each Ambassador does this too.

@flow11:
ok thanks :) that are some valid arguments, still, it wold be nice to see all of the 30images your mentioned

A couple of years ago I put images out a few days prior to the promotion date so everyone could help and promote them, but then some got over-eager. We had a wallet launch and someone rushed the image out before we were ready, another time they posted an article and graphic via their own private account and we ended up having to answer comments as to why weren't we publishing the news from PIVX official. We looked unprofessional.
When I have some time, I will grab some graphics that you can use randomly with your own copy if you wish.

If you look over my past proposals throughout the years you will see that I have changed a few ways in which we promote. I have learnt along the way what works and what doesn't. My job here is to make sure things run smoothly, on time, easy flow (excuse the pun.) ;) so that the social team members have everything ready at their fingertips to promote. My job is to keep the images private until promotion day. If you ask around I am sure you will learn that any project, exchange or business does the same thing. :)

@LeacyMcK:
A couple of years ago I put images out a few days prior to the promotion date so everyone could help and promote them, but then some got over-eager. We had a wallet launch and someone rushed the image out before we were ready, another time they posted an article and graphic via their own private account and we ended up having to answer comments as to why weren't we publishing the news from PIVX official. We looked unprofessional.
When I have some time, I will grab some graphics that you can use randomly with your own copy if you wish.

If you look over my past proposals throughout the years you will see that I have changed a few ways in which we promote. I have learnt along the way what works and what doesn't. My job here is to make sure things run smoothly, on time, easy flow (excuse the pun.) ;) so that the social team members have everything ready at their fingertips to promote. My job is to keep the images private until promotion day. If you ask around I am sure you will learn that any project, exchange or business does the same thing. :)

Hi, thanks for your answer, I understand your points and I can understand exactly what happened to what you've described. I'm, not the most active Twitter user, my intention was rather to help with the images and translations and not to be a Twitter publisher myself, but as this has started now I will continue with it. So to be able to prepare them for the release date it would be good to have them in advance, but we can discuss more details on discord. Let me first prove that I'm reliable :)

@Eric_Stanek:
@flow11 Not sure what language(s) you are translating them to - but hopefully they help you build a larger organic following on Social media over time. This will help with increasing decentralization and spreading the PIVX message much further. Perhaps others will do the same. Ideally, each Ambassador does this too.

I'm not the typical social media guy. I deleted Facebook and Instagram and WhatsApp in 2018. and replaced it with a telegram. Twitter I did not use regularly but will do now. Also, it will be awesome if I can support PIVX and meanwhile get more followers The other channels I have are my websites, where I have ~1000 active users per day at the moment, So I would also publish them there, but therefore I would need some standard banner sizes. those Twitter banners are too big for that but the message can also be transported with the standard banners. As so as I'm concentrated enough I will write the proposal for it, But here I will need some more input for the message that shall be transported via the banners

UPDATE:

I added an email account for [email protected].

NOTE:

Current price for PIVX = $0.281 USD.
Current CDN/USD exchange = 1.383

COSTS ITEMIZED:

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UPDATE:

There was another 'Slush Fund' that was being held to pay the new Development Team doing the v5.5.0 changes. They were just paid, and there was a balance of PIV left over. In that proposal post, I made reference to moving the balance to this 'Slush Fund' so that the future spends can all be in one place.

/archived-proposals/pivx-cash-grab-march-2022-t644

NOTE:

So, this is not a 'spend' but a balance being moved from the March Slush Fund to this August Slush Fund, which increases the balance here by 3,941 PIV.

TRANSACTION(S) ITEMIZED:

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UPDATE:

I sent 1,000 PIV to @flow11 to pay for this proposal:
/archived-pre-proposals/start-a-ptc-paid-to-click-promotion-campaign-on-the-most-know-crypto-ptc-sites-t678

TRANSACTION(S) ITEMIZED:

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UPDATE:

I paid @Shorn for creating 3 different images, each in 3 different social formats, related to Hans Koning joining PIVX, and the up-coming Fireside chat etc.

NOTE:

Current price for PIVX = $0.41 USD.
Shorn asked for 4 hrs at 35 Euros per hour.
We rounded a bit and agreed on 350 PIV.

COSTS ITEMIZED:

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UPDATE:

I paid @sh_rn for creating social images, to support the BasicSwap DEX announcement.

NOTE:

Current price for PIVX = $0.33 USD.
Shorn asked for 1.5 hrs at 35 Euros per hour.
We rounded a bit and agreed on 217 PIV.

COSTS ITEMIZED:

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UPDATE:

I paid @sh_rn for creating social images, and an image for the article, to support the article written by @yenachar titled; "Building, Running, and Debugging PIVX Under Linux on a Windows Computer".

NOTE:

Current price for PIVX = $0.32 USD.
Shorn asked for 1.25 hrs at 35 Euros per hour.
We rounded a bit and agreed on 140 PIV.

COSTS ITEMIZED:

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UPDATE:

After a Community Discussion and further chats with Core and JSKitty, PIVX Labs agreed to take on the task of getting PIVX added to ShapeShift, which is a DEX.

The estimate/guess is that this will require a 6K PIV to complete. PIVX Labs can cover 1K PIV of that, and the balance of 5K PIV will be held in the Slush Fund, but reserved for that purpose.

Time will tell if the 6K PIV Bounty is sufficient to attract a Developer.

NOTE:

Current price for PIVX = $0.23 USD.
Estimate/Guess is 6K PIV, which is currently worth $1,380 USD.

COSTS ITEMIZED:

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UPDATE:

After a quick consult with the Community, I sent a 100 PIV tip to our long time supporter Benjamin.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1599403721280040960

https://imgur.com/a/WmjtJud

NOTE:

Current price for PIVX = $0.30 USD.
So, 100 PIV = $30 USD.

COSTS ITEMIZED:

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@sh_rn who does the official @_PIVX has requested this Slush Fund pay for an annual subscription to a Stock Photo service. There are free image libraries out there, but you get what you pay for, and end up spending more time on labor, then what would have been spent on creating the graphics. Plus, the free services typically result with an inferior outcome.

Plans come with a limit to the number of images per month, and @sh_rn expects to hit that limit each month, but others can request image downloads if he has spare credits for that month. To do that, the user can simply provide a link to the watermarked version to @sh_rn and he will then get the one without a watermark. Having said that - these requests should be random. Anyone who needs multiple images, should really apply for their own Stock Photo account.

Another reason for not sharing access to such an account, is that it breaks privacy, since anyone with access can find out the account owner's real name and home address in the Billing Details section.

@sh_rn is still selecting which service to go with, but cost is expected to be approx $250 USD for the year. Once he selects a service, he will go with their 'Free Trial' to confirm it is what he wants, and to buy time for discussion here in case someone wants to comment.

So, if you agree or disagree with this spend ... please let us know here!

Thanks

@Eric_Stanek:
@sh_rn who does the official @_PIVX has requested this Slush Fund pay for an annual subscription to a Stock Photo service. There are free image libraries out there, but you get what you pay for, and end up spending more time on labor, then what would have been spent on creating the graphics. Plus, the free services typically result with an inferior outcome.

Plans come with a limit to the number of images per month, and @sh_rn expects to hit that limit each month, but others can request image downloads if he has spare credits for that month. To do that, the user can simply provide a link to the watermarked version to @sh_rn and he will then get the one without a watermark. Having said that - these requests should be random. Anyone who needs multiple images, should really apply for their own Stock Photo account.

Another reason for not sharing access to such an account, is that it breaks privacy, since anyone with access can find out the account owner's real name and home address in the Billing Details section.

@sh_rn is still selecting which service to go with, but cost is expected to be approx $250 USD for the year. Once he selects a service, he will go with their 'Free Trial' to confirm it is what he wants, and to buy time for discussion here in case someone wants to comment.

So, if you agree or disagree with this spend ... please let us know here!

Thanks

Stock photos are needed especially when creating great marketing materials. So yes this is a much needed spend. Shorn is also highly reputable and contributes to PIVX! so assisting him with this seems fair.

Gonna pay this out to @sh_rn tomorrow, unless someone else has legit feedback and a better solution.

UPDATE:

Per the above posts, the Slush Fund is now paying out the equivalent of $250 USD to @sh_rn for a stock photo subscription.

NOTE:

Current price for PIVX = $0.28 USD.
So, $250 USD = 893 PIV.

COSTS ITEMIZED:

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UPDATE:

Added a new email account for @johnnylaw.

NOTE:

Current price for PIVX = $0.37 USD.
So, $18.52 USD = 50 PIV.

COSTS ITEMIZED:

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Just a head's up, that a new expense is coming out of the Slush Fund soon. Dan Hawtchkiss has the software license and talent required to edit the PIVX Economics Whitepaper. He has been making changes to it per the direction of the team in the attached image. The changes have been focused on the new rewards. Some other wording has been changed too, for clarity while we had the opportunity. A draft has already been provided. The final version will be ready soon and loaded to the PIVX.org website.

UPDATE:

Added a new email account for Jeffrey.

NOTE:

Current price for PIVX = $0.42 USD.
So, $16.83 USD = 40 PIV.

FYI: The USD price fluctuates slightly each time I create an email account. I believe that is because they pro-rate the amount to align with the first of the month.

For more info on the 'Reserved' amount, please see here.

COSTS ITEMIZED:

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UPDATE:

Compensated @sh_rn for time spent updating the PIVX.org site. This involved a significant learning curve, as he had to learn a bit about the Symfony Framework. Changes made were mostly just to support the new rewards schedule. These changes will be online very soon, but are only on staging at the moment, waiting for review.

NOTE:

Current price for PIVX = $0.386 USD.
So, $50/hr USD x 4.25 hrs = 550 PIV.

For more info on the 'Reserved' amount below, please see here.

COSTS ITEMIZED:

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