Iv read his book. He thinks he is on a mission from god.......the guy wants to get rid of the individual and create a spiritual collective Utopia. As has been pointed out, its all very fluffy.The guy no doubt means well however Bitshares can do better than getting fronted by a recovering heroin addict with a messiah complex. Just my opinion

Hi I updated to 0.4.10 today. Im on windows. The new software wouldn't sync so I saved Bitsharesx roaming file and deleted all software and roaming files. I did a fresh install with a new password, I got fully synced, I attempted to import config.json file as I have successfully with previous updates and I receive the following error message:

failed to restore wallet backup your original wallet has been restored Error: Bad cast (7) Invalid cast from object type to Array

I cannot import my wallet into the latest software any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Hi i'm a new poster on the forum and i'm not a tech guy so please bare with me. I maybe completely wrong with some of my thoughts so please excuse my ignorance and put me right. The way i'v read bitUSD is-

People want exposure to the USD because they figure it is less volatile than even the most stable cryptocurrancy.
BitUSD is decentralised on the block chain the government cant touch it or tax it, and bitUSD guarantees a 5% interest rate return. Most high street rates are around 0% so its a great store of value. Sounds very promising

The market dictates whether bitUSD is worth 1:1 for a dollar, its not set by any institution (NXT/XRP) its a question of decentralised concensus.

'Toast'
''It works because everyone else thinks it works. If you don't think it will work, you will lose money by trading the wrong way, because you disagree with the majority. So the only people that stay in and make money are those that agree''

Are we talking game theory here along the lines of the ''prisoner's dilemma''

rational cooperative bitUSD           

vs


unrational uncoperative bitUSD

Maybe we could have separate markets?

Is it the greedy ''pump and dump'' blag artists who are going to wreck this experiment?
Greedy people looking for a quick return?

Nash equilibrium.............pardon the pun but maybe most people don't have such a ''Beautiful Mind''?

Iv studied logic and bizarrely i'm tempted to bet it will fail, even though it will cost me money??? will short term greed & pessimism kill bitUSD?

Your thoughts please, i'm new posting on the forum even though i have followed it for a number of months. I'm really enjoying watching the Bitshares project pan out.