Jumbucks Does Something a Little Different

Jumbucks, formerly CoinmarketsCoin was originally intended to be an educational tool for altcoin trading. The word “Jumbuck” is an Australian heritage term for sheep, which is appropriate considering the Australian roots of the companies Lead Developer Julian Yap.  Since the rebrand the alt coin has taken on a new personality.

Julian Yap, Lead Developer of Jumbucks, told Brave New Coin the inspiration for his new take on alternative currency:

“The crytocurrency community is still in a very young stage, and like any new technology it has gone through a series of growing pains. I think that sometimes people get so caught up looking at all these negative aspects of crypto (con artists, cash grabs, and empty promises), that they forget about all the exciting and good things in crypto. It was with this in mind that I created Jumbucks: to stand as an example of everything good in the cryptocurrency community, and point the way towards a brighter future,”

While defining their new approach the team at Jumbucks began to discuss the idea of trading cards that represented the Crypto Community. Yap was an avid card collector when he was younger, and believes that the fun of collecting sports and novelty cards can make crypto relatable.

“As a kid growing up in Melbourne, Australia in the 80’s, footy cards were a big thing.  The cards I had back then are now selling online for between $5 and $25 a card.  I also collected movie cards such as Batman cards and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle cards.”
— – Yap

In early September 2014 the idea was set in motion for the Crypto Community Cards. Jumbucks wanted a wide range of prominent people represented, CEO’s, Venture Capitalists, developers, visionaries, and traders, have been shortlisted to 100 people. A great deal of thought was put into whether the cards should be of a serious or comedic nature.

“While we cannot deny that crypto provides a lot of opportunity for comedic cards, we decided upon going a more serious route and using the cards to feature snapshots of influential characters in the crytocurrency community,” Yap explained. He went on to describe the decision they made regarding the cards crypto personality theme, saying:

“This enables the cards to not only work as collectors’ items for crypto-enthusiaists, but also provide an introduction to newcomers to crypto. Each of the individuals featured on our first printing of cards will have their detractors and their supporters, I’m sure, but overall we did our best to provide a fair picture of their respective roles and influence upon the cryptocurrency industry.”

The cards are the product of two artists’ combined efforts. One who is anonymous, but goes by the name “Ivan” and the other @sasankansony, who can be found via twitter. Their collaboration has produced a product that is dynamic, allowing for a broad target audience.

Currently the cards are available in packs of five. Down the road there may be opportunities to trade the cards on the likes of eBay and OpenBazaar, Yap advised “Future series may contain larger amounts of packs with a variation of cards.  At that time collectors may find they need to purchase multiple packs to complete their collection or get the specific card they would like.”

Cryptochips.net has assisted in the Jumbucks project. The first release includes global shipping, and it appears that this new venture is already receiving a lot of attention.

“The cards were only just released but already we are seeing a lot of chatter on twitter and IRC, in some cases from the subjects themselves.  Additionally, sales began soon after the initial announcement,” – Yap

B.Holmes, author of The Range of Illusion and The Private Key installments, is currently located in Thailand, researching and writing about crypto. You can follow B.Holmes on twitter @BanteringB, or contact via email: [email protected]