Here's my primary problem. PoS is fundamentally controlled by people who own the tokens of the system. If one has developed a non-monetary system such as distributive computation, storage, or hosting services for example, then the vast majority of users likely will not hold a substantial stake in the system's tokens rather a small oligarchy of speculators, early adopters and perhaps infrastructure providers would. Thus you have a system where the people who use the network must accept the demands of a small group  as we currently do with the centralized web.

Sorry but in bitcoin also the early adopters, the geeks have mined enormous amounts in the early days. In a sense isn't it the exact same thing? The small oligarchy of speculators who understood bitcoin hold a substantial stake...
All POW coins are controlled now in reality by mining pools and very few people.

POS coins also may be available cheaply in reality. Who knows if in 5 yeras 1NXT = 1BTSX=$1,000. Everyone has the choice to speculate on that price and 5 years from now people may say the same things that they say about early adopters as in bitcoin...

All in all I believe that none is fair. One is energy efficient the other not. That is the only difference in my head..

mf-tzo it sounds like the account is not associated with your wallet.  Are you sure you've claimed it with the wallet_import_keyhotee?  You won't see a balance and it won't show up in your account list until it is associated

I did claim it with the wallet_import_kehotee. Not sure if I have done it correctly but I assume I did that correctly since I can see that
"balances" is zero. If this wasn't my account or I have done something wrong I shouldn't be able to see at all "balances". Correct?

Also I get a message all the time "RPC server error. Wallet_list_account assert exception (10)

I am running on a buggy version? Should I re install the client? on console it says it is 7 days old. Is there a newer version after that? Do I just make a copy of the whole wallet default folder in case of re install or is there something else I should copy in case of back up?

ooouuufff....so many problems...so many questions...sorry guys but i need some help..

to me it doesn't make any difference since I was all in in AGS and didn't want to bother anymore about PTS volatility  since I am for the looooonggggg run...

But PTS price will not increase prior to snapshots if the exact allocation is not known in advance..so people holding PTS wanting to get out and others thinking of getting in will not have any opportunity to do so..The uncertainty about the exact allocation prior to the snapshots is reflected on PTS price.

Other than that I agree with you.

also if i type wallet_delegate_block production mf-tzo false i get a message that unable to find private key for mf-tzo...

why? does this mean that mf-tzo is not under my control? on the other hand I can see the balance (currently zero) so I assume that this is under my control..

why when i do wallet_list_my_accounts i do not see mf-tzo? i see all the accounts i have registered but not that one...

Anyone can advise on that?

why when i do wallet_list_my_accounts i do not see mf-tzo? i see all the accounts i have registered but not that one...

Has anyone noticed that bitstamp is using another bank? they used to work with a respective bank and now they use a bank that i have never heard before...I do not want to create any FUD and I haven't used it to judge .

Has anyone used to withdraw recently from bitstamp?

If  a 2nd gox is coming, and bitcoin drops to $100 will bitshares X go to the moon or it will also follow the shadow of bitcoin?

which other would you recommend as i don't think bitstamp will be safe for long?

This is just to let people know that I will change my forum name to my kehotee ID "mf-tzo".

"zeus" was squatted on bitshres X and is used in some other forums by other people not myself.

People in here should forget completely the name "zeus".

Not sure if someone has already mentioned this but an idea is to tackle Universities, students and professors across the world.

from unis websites, derive the email address of professors and students, make a list and send them the teasers..

In order to quickly derive all these emails and complete the list, make bounties so forum members can help...