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      justabitoftime last edited by

      I’m glad this is being brought up! I started a meetup project when I first got over here… it didn’t gain traction so it became a back-burner item. I would host one here in the US-Midwest.

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        DeadZebra Regular Member last edited by

        I would think that team Skype sessions would be more realistic. Invite me on Skype my username is Fresh-rest, we will setup Skype meetings for various teams at various times.

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          zerodrama Regular Member last edited by

          I’ll talk to some friends about this. There’s people I know who know how to organize efficiently for something like this.

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            Clearcrystal15 last edited by

            Nice, skype also seems like a nice idea, but how do you manage 50+ persons talking? :P

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              chrisj Regular Member last edited by

              Could have IRC chat with breakout sessions of small groups.

              Could turn in to Feathercoin Speed dating lol… now there’s an idea!

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                DapperDon last edited by

                Wow this is an awesome idea! If I lived anywhere near london id show up.

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                  Ruthie last edited by

                  I think for now Skype would be a great idea, that way our friends from across the pond could join in :) IRC sounds good ChrisJ

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                    chrisj Regular Member last edited by

                    I am organising one, it’s been decided lol. We can host them simultaneously and do a live webcast with big screens :)

                    I am thinking of branding it as Bitcoin/Crypto or Bitcoin/Feathercoin/Litecoin meetup so that it attracts more people. This should be about promoting the idea itself and I notice I got a bit of interest from the Trollbox last night when I put the idea forward.

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                      Juggernog last edited by

                      [quote name=“justabitoftime” post=“6981” timestamp=“1369634879”]
                      I’m glad this is being brought up! I started a meetup project when I first got over here… it didn’t gain traction so it became a back-burner item. I would host one here in the US-Midwest.
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                      I’m game.

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                        Tsunami last edited by

                        I would help if anyone interested in upstate NY area lets get something together

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                          proxybop last edited by

                          Guys, I think Google Hangouts in Google+ is designed to handle a lot more people than skype is.

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                            Atlas last edited by

                            I think this is a pretty awesome idea. Why wait for BTC-e to set up a FTC/USD when you can just take things into your own hands. Power to the people!

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                              chrisj Regular Member last edited by

                              [quote name=“Chaoskampf” post=“16072” timestamp=“1371525610”]
                              I think this is a pretty awesome idea. Why wait for BTC-e to set up a FTC/USD when you can just take things into your own hands. Power to the people!
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                              I have since found out it’s called open outcry but apparently it’s not that easy to do because you just get a lot of noise and if you want to be a market maker you are taking a big risk and still have to deal with all the settlement.

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                                Atlas last edited by

                                [quote name=“chrisj” post=“16142” timestamp=“1371559327”]
                                [quote author=Chaoskampf link=topic=858.msg16072#msg16072 date=1371525610]
                                I think this is a pretty awesome idea. Why wait for BTC-e to set up a FTC/USD when you can just take things into your own hands. Power to the people!
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                                I have since found out it’s called open outcry but apparently it’s not that easy to do because you just get a lot of noise and if you want to be a market maker you are taking a big risk and still have to deal with all the settlement.
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                                Could you curtail the noise/confusion by having multiple people working for the exchange? If it’s one or two people trying to run it then I see how it would get unmanageable very quickly (assuming there’s enough interest in the first place). If there’s 5 or 6 exchange workers and you set up some formalized system for placing orders then maybe it would be more under control? Also, distributing the market-making responsibility among a group of people might help ease the burden.

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                                  Entimp Regular Member last edited by

                                  Any tentative dates sorted? I’m keen whilst over from Australia and in the UK.

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