Posted earlier in this thread https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php/topic,17354.msg221131.html#msg221131 and was hoping I was overlooked as I have not received any brownies, I made some edits to the original post to include a few other things I have been apart of over the past 20 months.

But I have to emphasize that I started doing this....

Quote from: bytemaster on August 01, 2014, 09:09:42 pm

We need to really take over google and to do that we need a lot of blog articles talking about what is going on.   Content needs to stay FRESH and be updated daily to maximize rankings.    More instructions will follow as we hear from our partners, but I would like to look for people who feel they can write something brief... perhaps 3 or 4 paragraphs per day about something related to this industry and include links to us. 

This will serve two purposes... SEO and helping those who want to follow us stay up to speed.

before you even asked on my bitsharesmarket.com site with links and information for BTSX, VOTE, DNS, PLAY and all the other ideas...

and really took it to another level at bitsharesblog.com with updates on topics and links to partners that include: bitshares.org, the client download, delegate toast being hired by blockchain, BitShares Blocks, marketing including John Underwood, BTC38, Sparkle, CoinGecko, BitSharesTV, Bytemaster's Blog, DevShares, DPOS, I3, BitShares development objectives, AboutBTS, Daniel Larimer interviews on BitSharesTV and Let's Talk Bitcoin, BitShares Login, Yield, competitors, Delegates of the Month, Cryptofresh, Shape Shift, r/BitShares, Mine BitShares, Bter, light wallet release, web wallet release, Beyond Bitcoin Show, Tri-Fold brochure, NOTE, Moonstone crowdfunding,  NullStreet Journals, DacX, Infographics, Getting started, market cap, BitShares 2.0 announcement, CCEDK, Banx Capital, NanoCard, Max Keiser, Lime Wallet and more.

I have never received a single donation or any delegate pay for any of these efforts, and hope that my contributions warrant some brownies. Thanks bts: bitsharesblog

Quote from: Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner! on August 18, 2015, 03:08:39 am

Quote from: luckybit on August 18, 2015, 01:59:12 am

Quote from: Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner! on August 18, 2015, 01:57:33 am

Is Augur crowd sale a good investment you think?

That is a question to ask on the Ethereum forums. Shouldn't we be talking about the Bitshares 2.0 prediction market?

That is a potential future feature I believe, don't think it is part of the 2.0 release so I would think asking the community's opinion on a competing prediction market when you mention it in the OP is alright.

It is part of 2.0 from my understanding, although it might not be a sophisticated as Augur.

Quote from: Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner! on August 18, 2015, 01:57:33 am

Is Augur crowd sale a good investment you think?

That is a question to ask on the Ethereum forums. Shouldn't we be talking about the Bitshares 2.0 prediction market?

Quote from: Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner! on August 12, 2015, 08:47:01 am

Looking at the http://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitshares/ chart, the announcement https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php/topic,7245.0/all.html on August 20 that I3 was using AGS bitcoins to buy BTS was a major factor that took the market cap from around 20 million and nearly tripled it in the next couple days. This created quite a buzz right before BitUSD launched on August 25, and the BitUSD excitement got us to the all time high of 86 million on August 26.

It's possible but personally my view as an investor is that while I interpreted the news that they were betting on the success of their own product vs. BTC with AGS funds as positive, it was an insignificant amount relative to the average volume BTSX was doing at that stage. While BItUSD and BitAssets were the core product we had all invested and saw enormous potential in. So, had they...

1. Said we're buying some BTSX with AGS funds but BitUSD will take another two months - I believe the price would have fallen.
2. Released BitUSD and not/mentioned buying some BTSX with AGS - I believe the price would have reacted pretty much the same.

Just my opinion though, we obviously disagree on that one.

On the subject of Ethereum, I have to admit being able to attract developers to add value for free is a pretty big competitive edge.

Quote from: Empirical1.2 on August 12, 2015, 10:21:32 am

Quote from: toast on August 11, 2015, 02:45:40 pm

It is harder to develop a BTS fork than to write a dapp for ethereum. Ethereum very clearly places developers first and cares only about providing a good toolchain for building dapps.

One the most precious and expensive resources for blockchains is talented developers like yourself. So I have to admit the fact that Ethereum is able to attract talented developers to add value to their blockchain without needing to pay them directly is pretty huge.