Is there a reason to believe cagara? I mean it's a pretty suicidal move and he is saying all this on a trollbox right? What am I missing? Seems pretty likely he's exaggerating his moves and pretending to be a whale, no?

I mean if this is true, then everyone should just pull their sell orders and it will moon.

Publicly shorting is a viable strategy, ala Bill Ackman. But you better have the goods.
Shorting BTS at these levels and with the news flow these days... get your popcorn ready.

Just do the exact opposite of what Blazin8888 says he's doing, and you should be alright.

1. I'm contributing with the following amount of BTS: 2500
2. I'm contributing with the following resources (for testers only): n/a
3. I'm aiming to contribute following amount of transactions per second (for testers only): n/a

I didn't want to hijack delulo's thread but I have to say this. I'm not a crypto person. I'm a equities and commodities trader. I have accumulated millions of Bts over time but have never voted. Part of the reason why is because Bts is not easy for me to understand. It's not my world. I do listen to Beyond Bitcoin and the discussion there is always informative and professional. And I always leave feeling quite inspired. But searching for basic information here on the forum is a pain. And the people here are toxic. I actually never realized that some delegates were receiving 10 million Bts per annum. That's a ton of dilution. As a matter of fact that's more than I have. Is that a simple calculation? Yes. But instead of bitching about it you should be asking yourselves why is it that forum members don't know this basic info and how it can be more readily available and easy to access. My mistake for thinking that this forum was designed to answer questions.

This thread is about voter apathy right? To be honest I'm pretty sick and tired of this place. When the price recovers a bit I'll be selling.

That was actually a really good interview. I enjoyed it. Thanks guys.
 

Quote from: Princelucky on April 13, 2015, 09:57:47 pm

emulating Bitfinex would be a good place to start IMO

The concept is quite simple really.  Copy the user experience of centralized exchanges.  The difference being a backend controlled by the bitshares blockchain instead of a centrally managed database. 

I like to think of it as similar to http vs https.  Users are trained to look for the 's' at the end to know they are on a secure website.  They have no idea what is going on behind the scenes.  They see no difference when interacting with the secure vs non-secure site.  They just know that general consensus is that the 's' means it is secure. 

Users should see no difference between interacting with a centralized exchange vs a decentralized exchange.  Perhaps they see something that says 'Powered by Bitshares' to confirm security, just as they see an 's' to confirm security.  They have no idea what is going on behind the scenes, they just know that 'Powered by Bitshares' means they are in a secure environment, and that secure environment utilizes the bitshares blockchain as the backend instead of a centrally managed database

Brilliant. I like the way you think.

Quote from: xeroc on December 11, 2014, 02:36:39 pm

Counterparty risk vs. risk for systematic failure

its the taks of the investor to pick a side

Not only the investor, but also (and more importantly), the user.

One thing I've had trouble reconciling in regard to Bitshares and other decentralized tech is the lack of real Customer Support for the everyday user.  It might seem trivial but if you tell potential users that there is no single entity to call or email if they have issues; that's a major turn off. 

Customer support will need to be provided by the services utilizing Bitshares and until they are up and running (online wallet providers, gateways, etc.) I think it's very dangerous to market Bitshares to anyone with a limited understanding of decentralized tech.

Yeah the user experience with bitshares is a major issue imo. The majority of users do not want to have to learn anything new. It really has to be made simple and beautiful and idiot proof.