I came across this article on cointelegraph

http://cointelegraph.com/news/114285/decentralization-is-a-market-force-inside-the-corona-dapp-network

Basically they provide funding for DAPP developers and they say the support the bitshares platform.  Seems like an interesting idea, but I can't figure out how they will make any money or even how to invest in the first place.

Anyone ever heard of these guys?

I have short that is set to expire in a few days.  I don't want to close it as a loss and would prefer to roll it over.  Every other short I have done I had let expire and have realized I get killed by that 10% buying envelope.  What is the easiest way to roll over a short?

Anyone else notice how slow this forum has gotten?  We are now down to like 10 English posters... It's too bad because this used to be a hotbed for bitshares conversation...

I've been a seller on most of our rallies in the past, but I think this is the real deal.  Why???  Because on all of our previous rallies, the superbulls were out in full force saying "this is the one" and "to the moon!".

Look at many long time forum members... they don't believe this is a lasting rally because there is no news to accompany it.  P.S.  Markets are predictors of future events, not reactors.

I've harped on how BTS was going to unload as many bulls as it could at the bottom before entering a new bull market... It's doing that right now and a lot of people are going to look back and scratch there heads wondering why they sold in Feb 2015.  Now is the time to HODL.

I would like to vote with Xeroc's delegate slate... Is there a way to do this in the wallet yet?

As many of you know, this forum is almost impossible to keep up with.  Be it from duplicate threads to posts that are just too damn long...

My proposal is this

-Allow responses/replies up to 200 characters to be free; don't allow back to back posting
-If the response is over 200 characters then charge a BTS fee of 5 bts
-A new thread costs 10 BTS to open
-Threads/Posts that are in incorrect sub-forums can be moved by mods to there correct forums for a 2 BTS Reward
-The remaining collected bts after every 30 day period is burned

I don't know how to run a delegate, but this seems like a job that would be a perfect fit

This would really cut down on the unnecessarily long posts and flame wars that pop up on here and get in the way of the productive threads

I love how people blame any downside moves as pump and dumps...

I've traded for the last 8 years and I'll tell you what is most likely happening.

Typically in mergers and aquistions the buying company (BTSX) shares are sold off while the aquired company (PTS AGS) shares rally because a premium is usually paid over the current market price in order to gain full control of the company.  The former is happening in BTSX since it will be diluting in order to acquire PTS and AGS.  PTS and AGS are not rallying because there shares are not being bought at a premium in order to gain a controlling stake.  Hence you only get matching downward actions in all the different share types.

There are some cases where the acquiring company shares will rally when they take over a competitor.  This usually only happens if the market thinks the acquiring company is getting the acquired companies shares at a discount.

The reason why BTSX hasn't rallied is because BTSX was priced for perfection prior to the merger and buying PTS/AGS doesn't help it achieve any unexpected growth.  I mean did any of you think that Dan had the possibility of leaving and focusing on other stuff before he announced the merger?  I highly doubt 90% of the community did...

The announcement showed small cracks in the BTSX foundation that investors (NOT pump and dumpers) didn't see before...

In short: Bitshares is what most of us all thought BTSX would be, but with more outstanding shares... hence the selloff