COUNTDOWN TO ANN RUMOURS!

[Tuck Fheman]

$1 per BTS

[rgcrypto]

$1 per BTS

[BunkerChainLabs-DataSecurityNode]

Sooo looking at all the inputs.. I would say nobody had it right. :) In the end we were all surprised.. and in a good way!

The trading capability on the same day is like an omen of serendipity of great things to come.

[canucklehead]

Wow! Just wow!  :)

[oldman]

What a coincidence that you can trade NASDAQ and NIKKEI in BitShares starting from today :D

http://bitsharesblocks.com/asset/info?asset=NASDAQ

Ok, NOW I'm stoked, this is frign AWESOME!!
Dear Core Devs, I love you.

Good lord, shit just got real.

[kenCode]

What a coincidence that you can trade NASDAQ and NIKKEI in BitShares starting from today :D

http://bitsharesblocks.com/asset/info?asset=NASDAQ

Ok, NOW I'm stoked, this is frign AWESOME!!
Dear Core Devs, I love you.

[xeroc]

This announcement describes a HUGE technical upgrade.  It lays the foundation for what bitshares can be, the platform that future partnerships can be built on top of.

I'm excited!

OverstockNasdaqApple Pay can come in the future. :P 
(Except that it will be something other than those three most likely). 

Lets make sure the guy who dumped 200k BTS right after the announcement came out feels silly.

What a coincidence that you can trade NASDAQ and NIKKEI in BitShares starting from today :D

[oldman]

Reddit upvotes needed:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3929x3/bitshares_now_handles_more_tps_than_visa_and/

[Ander]

This announcement describes a HUGE technical upgrade.  It lays the foundation for what bitshares can be, the platform that future partnerships can be built on top of.

I'm excited!

OverstockNasdaqApple Pay can come in the future. :P 
(Except that it will be something other than those three most likely). 

Lets make sure the guy who dumped 200k BTS right after the announcement came out feels silly. 

[nomoreheroes7]

And now the dumping can begin, since they didn't announce a partnership with apple pay, overstock, and the NASDAQ all at once, so someone is going to be disappointed. :P

According to Stan's summer announcement thread:

https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php/topic,16447

Accouncement 2 is around the corner. And from the sounds of it there's even more to announce throughout the summer. Don't give up hope for an Apple Pay/OverStock/Nasdaq mega-DAC-partnership announcement just yet.  :)

[Ander]

And now the dumping can begin, since they didn't announce a partnership with apple pay, overstock, and the NASDAQ all at once, so someone is going to be disappointed. :P

[BunkerChainLabs-DataSecurityNode]

These kind of threads, specially with the capslock and big letters and all the hype, will only make things worse if somehow, people get disappointed or things don't work as they should or if they take time. In case it backfires (hypothetically), it will only make things worse. It makes it seem like there are no room for mistakes (even though this time, there isn't, but I'm speaking in general), which we know they can happen and it's something perfectly normal.

In fact I would go so far as to say it's a guarantee. Even if it's the most awesome announcement that could possibly be, and everything rolls out swimmingly, somebody's going to figure out a reason to spread FUD about it. I promise. In somebody's mind, it will backfire.

Yes, people have way overhyped their expectations now.

I Disagree!!! Did you see it?!?!?!?!!?!? Beyond Awesome!!!!!!

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[Ander]

These kind of threads, specially with the capslock and big letters and all the hype, will only make things worse if somehow, people get disappointed or things don't work as they should or if they take time. In case it backfires (hypothetically), it will only make things worse. It makes it seem like there are no room for mistakes (even though this time, there isn't, but I'm speaking in general), which we know they can happen and it's something perfectly normal.

In fact I would go so far as to say it's a guarantee. Even if it's the most awesome announcement that could possibly be, and everything rolls out swimmingly, somebody's going to figure out a reason to spread FUD about it. I promise. In somebody's mind, it will backfire.

Yes, people have way overhyped their expectations now.

[merockstar]

These kind of threads, specially with the capslock and big letters and all the hype, will only make things worse if somehow, people get disappointed or things don't work as they should or if they take time. In case it backfires (hypothetically), it will only make things worse. It makes it seem like there are no room for mistakes (even though this time, there isn't, but I'm speaking in general), which we know they can happen and it's something perfectly normal.

In fact I would go so far as to say it's a guarantee. Even if it's the most awesome announcement that could possibly be, and everything rolls out swimmingly, somebody's going to figure out a reason to spread FUD about it. I promise. In somebody's mind, it will backfire.

[CLains]

I'm guessing whitepapers for dpos and bitassets 2.0, new partner, and an outline of the next announcements that they will make.

[Akado]

These kind of threads, specially with the capslock and big letters and all the hype, will only make things worse if somehow, people get disappointed or things don't work as they should or if they take time. In case it backfires (hypothetically), it will only make things worse. It makes it seem like there are no room for mistakes (even though this time, there isn't, but I'm speaking in general), which we know they can happen and it's something perfectly normal.

[Ander]

Its hilarious how light the sell side of the orderbooks is right now.  No one wants to have BTS available for sale, because they are afraid the announcement will make it shoot up.  Only 500k BTS to .05 CNY on btc38, only 200k BTS to 4500 sats on bter.

[merockstar]

I've been clicking on "show unread posts," for like the past 2 hours steady xD

[onceuponatime]

So was this announcement suppose to be at noon eastern US time?  Almost 2 hrs late if it was.

No specific time was given. "After lunch" was the statement.

[lil_jay890]

So was this announcement suppose to be at noon eastern US time?  Almost 2 hrs late if it was.

[Gentso1]

Since it's taking place during WWDC ...i think its going to be bitusd integrated into apple pay!

Ah dreams...

:)

Your dreams would be my nightmares.

[BunkerChainLabs-DataSecurityNode]

Don't get too overhyped, such that any reasonable thing would end up being a letdown.

It's the 11th hour.. go nuts! :)

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[Ander]

Don't get too overhyped, such that any reasonable thing would end up being a letdown.

[jaran]

Since it's taking place during WWDC ...i think its going to be bitusd integrated into apple pay!

Ah dreams...

:)

[BunkerChainLabs-DataSecurityNode]

We are moving as quickly as possible on getting all of the ducks in a row.   

Hahaha  +5%

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[triox]

We are moving as quickly as possible on getting all of the ducks in a row.   

[bitacer]

GOTTO BE WEB WALLET !

[bytemaster]

We are moving as quickly as possible on getting all of the ducks in a row.     

[Gentso1]

Some kind of partner that will provide bitUSD liquidity or utility

This

[yellowecho]

My guess is a partnership deal with CCEDK along with debit cards.  :P

[Riverhead]

didn't they say they're going to post the announcement prior to the hangout? time's running out

Still got 5 hours  8)

Mumble is at 4pm, announcement post will be shortly after noon. BM mentioned he wanted to give the community a few hours to digest before the call.

[MrJeans]

didn't they say they're going to post the announcement prior to the hangout? time's running out

Still got 5 hours  8)

[MrJeans]

Some kind of partner that will provide bitUSD liquidity or utility

[fav]

didn't they say they're going to post the announcement prior to the hangout? time's running out

[Ben Mason]

Possible Official Puppy of BitShares

This guy is adorable.  Is he Powered by Bitshares?

[Ben Mason]

The core team have heard the message over and over how in the past, announcements have been underwhelming and/or there has been a failure to deliver.  I've always felt that despite some issues, they have always achieved the opposite.  Nevertheless, my money is on a mind-boggling array of technical improvements that have been scheduled for launch over the next couple of months, alongside several branches of technical innovation being explored, together with a run-down of new collaborations/partnerships made and being sought.  There will be a road map for release of what they know/have now, coupled with a road map for release of pipe-line.  There will be suggestions for how best to move forward as a community given the opportunities these developments will afford. 

The tide has pulled right back to the horizon, get ready for the tsunami  ;D

[Riverhead]

Anyone's guess of course however my hope is that the protocol has been tweaked over the last couple months to support the business needs of an unknown, until today, VC.

My hope, more like WISHes as well...

My expectations - plans plans and more plans for great new features. Those new features are, as BM likes to say, 'are already supported on blockchain level' and/or 'almost done'.

Those 2 terms my experience show to translate roughly to:
'already supported on blockchain level'  = 'existing in BM's head only' 
'almost done' = 'will never be implemented for various reasons after 6 mo. of deep thinking about them'

Every silver lining has a cloud hahah. I thought it was exactly due to that perception that this new format was implemented.

[tonyk]

Anyone's guess of course however my hope is that the protocol has been tweaked over the last couple months to support the business needs of an unknown, until today, VC.

My hope, more like WISHes as well...

My expectations - plans plans and more plans for great new features. Those new features are, as BM likes to say, 'are already supported on blockchain level' and/or 'almost done'.

Those 2 terms my experience show to translate roughly to:
'already supported on blockchain level'  = 'existing in BM's head only' 
'almost done' = 'will never be implemented for various reasons after 6 mo. of deep thinking about them'

[infovortice2013]

anouncement that the anouncement will be end of month    :o

[Samupaha]

Gavin Andresen announces that he will be moving to Bitshares core development team.

[Thom]

I have heard zilch from other delegates or anywhere else that a new version of code is being rolled out today.

So my best guess is it will take place gradually. I also tend to agree with DSN that we'll not see any roll out of DPoS 2.0 very quickly, for most of the same reasons.

What will the deployment look like? Aside from it not happening quickly (which is probably a good thing, as it gives the community time to discuss the changes before they are thrown into the wild) it also leads me to believe all this build up without a hint about hard forks or a plan for delegates to update their nodes, is part of a comprehensive marketing drive, and that will be the primary delivery today, plus perhaps the work that's gone into press releases and documentation of various types.

Right now BitShares software is at version 0.9.2. What will version 1.0 contain and when will it be available to the delegates and community at large? Will 1.0 be radically different requiring all to upgrade or backwards compatible with 0.9.2 to allow for a gradual changeover?

Soon we will find out. IMO it will be a gradual change taking place not in a day like today but rather much longer. How much longer? I believe that will be answered today.

[Permie]

Anyone's guess of course however my hope is that the protocol has been tweaked over the last couple months to support the business needs of an unknown, until today, VC.

I've thought about this and it's what I'd like to happen but I think today's announcement will be 100% technical. A road map too.

With the CCDEK announcement a few days ago BM was upfront with announcing this new information as quickly as possible. Possibly to avoid accusations of insider trading, which has now morhped into a meme BitShares Insider Trading Network - Visit https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php/topic,16622.0.html for all your bts sekruts.

So I think a VC partnership or something "big" that isn't a technical improvement would have been announced in a similarly immediate way.

I'm hoping for a referral program and detailed and easy to read information that shareholders can present to existing companies to on-board them as BitShares customers.

[mint chocolate chip]

Using this coachspeak


But obv

[Riverhead]

Anyone's guess of course however my hope is that the protocol has been tweaked over the last couple months to support the business needs of an unknown, until today, VC.

[BunkerChainLabs-DataSecurityNode]

FIRST!

I think we are going to get more details on the refer program.. and get a better roadmap of things to come.

I think we are still FAR from the DPOS 2.0 stuff.. like maybe later this year far.

I think BitAssets 2.0 might be closer though.. we may see that coming sooner.

These are all opinions I have expressed in different places about this whole big announcement stuff.

I also suspect we might actually have a REAL PUPPY.. Since Stan has been so vocal about our love of them in bitcointalk. :) What shall we name him? I say we call him mini-Stan. :)

Possible Official Puppy of BitShares


Your turn.. what do you think it will be?

[BunkerChainLabs-DataSecurityNode]

We got just a few hours now from THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!

SPILL YOUR GUTS AND SPECULATE on what YOU think it's going to be.

Lets see how close you get!!!

GO GO GO!