Quote from: Ander on March 23, 2015, 04:56:14 pm

I'm not sure how I screwed you...

By giving away my master plan! 
I have been solely whaling this BTS drop with my 500+ million BTS!

If it weren't for that pesky Ander, it would have succeeded too...

Quote from: kenCode on March 23, 2015, 08:27:18 pm

How Ripple Rips you: "The founders of Ripple Labs created 100 billion XRP at Ripple's inception. No more can be created according to the rules of the Ripple protocol. Of the 100 billion created, 20 billion XRP were retained by the creators, seeders, venture capital companies and other founders. The remaining 80 billion were given to Ripple Labs. Ripple Labs intends to distribute and sell 55 of that 80 billion XRP to users and strategic partners. Ripple Labs also had a giveaway of under 200 million XRP (0.002% of all XRP) via World Community Grid that was later discontinued.[29] Ripple Labs will retain the remaining 25 billion"
 - gizmoh (bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=87919)

The very very sad thing about all this is how many people I constantly watch in cryptocurrency focusing so much on the price that they forget why we got into crypto in the first place.  Instead of changing the paradigm to one that empowers everyone, they are willing to lie to others to make a quick buck---and damn those they lie to. 

I was actually kicked from the Cryptocurrency Collectors Club for talking about the Ponzi nature of Nubits/Nushares while the admin pushed "the last thing we should be doing is calling out other cryptocurrencies.  We are all in this together!"  bs.  So sad. 

I personally am so pumped.  Let me explain why:

-MetaExchange
-3D Printing Alliance growing
-Open Source Hardware
-DataSecurity Shares
-MoonStone
-CryptoFresh
-LimeWallet
-Nathans Wallet
-MineBitShares
-PLAY
-MUSIC
-BitSharesTV
-NullStreet Marketers
-Other DACs some are considering working on that I am not at liberty to talk about
-...and many others I am not thinking of atm.

Not so very long ago we didn't have any of these....now we are making progress.  Now if only we can stop shooting ourselves in the foot by trying to be something we are not...

When I see all those initiatives coming together I really get the feeling Bitshares is going to be HUGE, and I'm not talking market cap-wise, but feature-wise. When I look at market cap, the only thing it tells me is that several whales have lost faith and that some traders are riding the down trend. Is it market manipulation or a general sentiment that Bitshares isn't going anywhere? I honestly don't know.

The danger we face is if the market cap stays this low long enough, all the 100% delegates won't be able to put in as much time as they use to in Bitshares, because they'll have to work full time on other projects to pay their bills and feed their family.

If the market cap could get back up to at least $75M in a reasonable amount of time, it will at least secure a relatively decent salary to all those 100% delegates, and limit the risk of having those delegates leave their jobs for other more profitable projects. I'm sure all of them are truly dedicated to Bitshares, but everybody needs to pay their bills.

From there, I wouldn't mind if the market cap stays at the same level for a couple of years, I'm in here for the long run.

When investing, your best friend is time.

We are attending the Texas Bitcoin Conference in Austin on the 27 -29th of March.

Notes will be liquid by then (on the BTS blockchain) Expect news then, last week of march.

Thanks to everyone for your patience (:

I don't expect you to release any specifics that may give the competition an edge, but have you started serious discussions or did you get any big names on board yet? That's pretty much what will give the whole project value. Popular artists will drive demand for their coins and increase awareness for the whole project.

afaik it 'rides' the feed price.

Yep, they create a wall at feed price

Some business investment and decisions are good, others are bad. Every entrepreneur at some point has to live with a couple of bad decisions. What deal has been struck between BM and the marketing team can't just be voided, as there was probably nothing related to "if you do not deliver, than this will happen". What has been done is done, and the millions of BTS and the 100k$+ in salary paid can't be "unspent".

As some have said, let them to their job, as they don't get paid a salary by I3 anymore and they have all the incentives in the world to deliver. If they get the market cap equal to Bitcoin market cap they'll all be millionaires. If they don't, then they will lose a hell of an opportunity, as all they have to do is market an awesome product.

I understand Brian to stay away from the forum right now, as he's going to get rocks thrown at him the minute he comes here. He may not have struck any public deals, but he has made business contacts, and I wouldn't be suprised he was involved in getting the deals with some of the on/off-ramps we heard about, but that are still being set-up.

His mistake has been the lack of communication with the community and also the lack of small accomplishments that get the community reassured. What could be done though, for a start, would be for him to come over on this forum with his team and start interacting and stop being so secretive.

I don't give a damn about his deal with BM as it is what it is, but I sure want to know what is current plan is, and what are the next steps (except waiting for the 1.0 version). And knowing that, it wouldn't hurt if he got in touch with the community marketing team to work with them in order to have a better coordination between the different marketing teams. All those things would help a lot IMO, and people might stop asking for his head on a spike.

And he needs to manage his PR badly, like right now.

Thoroughly bummed. Never received any newsletter updates. Never had the chance to get in on the pre-sale. I'm heartbroken.

  It has been advertised here in the forum as well as on CMC and several interviews were done with Eddie and Cob. You didn't hear about it in time?

Quote from: Chuckone on December 03, 2014, 01:51:34 am

I'm curious to know the logic linking lowering difficulty and end of the bear market?

If bitcoins are overvalued, it is better to sell bitcoins (or hold off on buying them), and instead buy mining equipment.  The result is that investment money flows into mining, not bitcoin.  This contributes to the end of the bull/start of the bear.

If bitcoins are undervalued, it is better to buy bitcoins directly, rather than buy mining equipment that will be unprofitable.  The result is that investment money flows into directly buying bitcoins, helping to end the bear/start the bull.

Got it!

thanks for the clear and concise answer, it really makes sense.

ah thats old fashioned shark style to steal someones idea and to profit on first move, but oldschools dont know that new generation is not gonna fight with copycats, we are the community, and have our own right to give names whatever we like to our money
if we start to dig into trademark war it will bury project because all funds will be spent on lawyers, accountants, counsels etc

Anyway, I would like to see how a centralized entity can sue a blockchain.

Its amazing what a difference a month makes.

A month ago these boards were nothing but people being upset about the changes and fighting each other.

Now it is all these cool projects being started and positive developments.

In a few years it's going to be full of early adopters bragging about the cool mansions they bought with their new found riches.