Hello, everybody.
I got invited to read this thread and to give my opinion about what is being proposed here.
First of all, let me be honest about something. I was a little upset about the tone and the words used by some of the participants of this thread to respond to one another. One of the things I like the most about DASH is its community, because I find it to be a good place to bring new ideas and opinions and always be respected for everyone else, even if there is no agreement. So, my invitation is to keep that spirit up, lets not be mean to each other, that does not make us more right about something. So, please, no name-calling or bullying one another.
Now, about the proposal.
I think this is essencially a good proposal, and I agree it would work great for Venezuela. Did you know the minimum wage in my country equals less than 15 USD TODAY? and that next week it would probably be less than that? So actually, 1 USD is equivalent to 2 days of work, it may not seem as much, but for us it is quite substantial.
You can see how eagerly Venezuelans participate in DASH giveaways checking out @BlakeChamness campaigs in both Twitter and Facebook. He is @bchamz in Dashnation slack, not sure if here too.
Now, I think this would have to be linked to further information that leads this new adopters to get curious and informed (preferably in Spanish) about how to earn more DASH, and how to actually use it for gettings their everyday needs fulfilled, because if it does not, then people will not know what to do with that new app in their phones.
And, finally, about the proof of individuality.
I am REALLY interested in learning if this problem of the proof of individuality Vs. privacy can be resolved. I have some ideas for proposals, but they need this problem solved for them to work.
I am not a dev, and have no idea of how to do this, but if I did not want anyone to link my phone number to an active wallet, all I would do is transfer the 1 USD to another wallet that is not linked to any of my personal information after participating in this campaign. Maybe you can teach people to do that, along with other basic security rules.
About giving their phone numbers, I believe lots of people would be ok with it, but people more concerned about security will not be willing to do it.
And if phone numbers are so controversial, what about Twitter? Would it not work? (sorry about my tech ignorance).
If you would like to know how DASH is doing in Venezuela so far, I invite you to follow us (Twitter + Facebook + Instagram + YouTube: @dashcaracas)
Also, you can see my original pre-proposal and its evolution in this thread:
https://www.dash.org/forum/threads/pre-proposal-dash-conference-venezuela.15285/