Dear Sir or Ma'am,

 I am currently running v0.4.27.2 for my Bitshares client (appears to be the most current) and for well over 3 days the blockchain hasn't fully synchronized. Currently on the status bar it is showing "Catching up... processing 1575644 of 161588. The 1575644 has stayed like that continuously but the total blockchain amount is incrementing. The yield amounts in my wallet has stayed the same as well. Is there anything I can do? Should I roll back the version of client? I tried to reset the database but that hasn't helped either. Any information or assistnace you can provide would be great. Thanks

Hello everyone.  I am just curious to know would it be better to hold BitBTC over just holding on to bitcoin? I would think if you can earn a yield of purchasing BitBTC in theory if you decide to convert your BitBTC back to bitcoin you could earn more bitcoin than what you originally started off from correct?  Second, since bitcoin is more volatile, should that be another reason to keep it in the form of  BitBTC since it doesn't suffer from the same amount of volatility? I am just weighing the option of keeping a portion of my bitcoin as bitcoin, or would make more sense to convert all of  them into BitBTC for the reasons I mentioned?  I just want to make sure I fully understand the pros and cons of doing that. Any advice or information you could give would be great. Thanks.

Hello everyone,

 I am totally new to using Bitshares and I am trying to get accustomed to using this platform. I  am interested in purchasing the BitGold & BitSilver assets that track those particular metal prices through Bitshares but I am unable to find those particular items on bter.com trading platform. Is there something I am missing or do they not exist anymore? Or perhaps they are listed on a different exchange?   Second, I downloaded the wallet from bitshares.org website but on bter I noticed each DAC that is listed also shows a "download wallet". Do you need a separate wallet for each DAC you decide to purchase shares from?  Or is the wallet from bitshares.org  all I need to make purchases? Forgive my level of knowledge on this just want to make sure I understand.  Any assistance or advice you could give would be great. Thanks