Not least in a long long line of things worth selling about BitShares and this network is the vision, perhaps the most important objective. A world with secured digital information, reaching and sustaining systemic integrity. We should be proclaiming this vision everywhere and connecting with people who share that vision or desperately need a world in which that vision lives and breathes.

This will change everything. This will unlock human potential that until now, has been crushed to a crawl.

BitShares may not be there yet, but we're a darn sight closer. Those still working, still producing are getting smarter, faster, more resilient, more determined. More will come for the vision. They will pick up what others have started and  will be implacable in their pursuit of the vision.....because they must, because nothing else makes sense.

When blockchain became a reality, the seed of an idea was born. Finally, the world can be a better place. 

Fuzzy, I've flown from one side of this planet to the other and I've seen a lot of strange stuff, but I've never seen anything to make me believe that there's one all-powerful force controlling everything. On the other han, the blockchain may grow to control all our destinies. BitSharians must have the deepest commitment, the most serious minds and use the blockchain for knowledge and defense, never for attack.

We  must unlearn what we have learned for many of the truths that we cling to, depend on our point of view.

Size matters not. Look at BitShares. Judge it by it's market cap do you? Hmm? Hmm? And well you should not. For our ally is the blockchain and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. It's energy will surround us and bind us. We will find only what we bring in.

May the blockchain be with you.

Fantastic Ronny! Now we are really rolling! You are a legend.

Thanks for heightening my anticipation! 

Thank you for posting. Thank you to those participating. Thank you Bytemaster for your qualities of self-analysis, integrity and creativity. 

I really empathise with anyone struggling to grapple with the finer points of integrating an existing business (something I've been wanting to do for a while) and the difficulty of digesting and tracking everything happening within the network or being built for it.

Can I suggest that CNX also submits a worker proposal for some kind of convention where lots of groundwork in organisation is put in, in advance of a BitShares remote convention. This would be for anyone but especially people interested in launching a business (pre-existing or otherwise) into the BitShares network.

Quote from: Ben Mason on January 07, 2016, 11:43:25 pm

Quote from: clout on January 07, 2016, 11:11:49 pm

At this point the only reason to invest in BTS is Identabit, but even that is dubious. I love that no one mentioned that. The features aren't the problem, its the resources, connections and funding that are.

If you have sold a month ago, what is the purpose of op? It seems disingenuous. Also you make statements like the one quoted as if it were fact. I am excited about Identabit and wish the project the very best, but it has not yet launched. I find it curious that you would claim it as the only reason to invest in BTS....which has an incredibly powerful product launched, active network, existing community, active funding and is being actively developed.

How is it disingenuous if I actively manage a BTS position?

I say that Identabit is the only reason I'd consider holding BTS because the product as it stands is useless. It doesn't matter if the tech is good no one is using. Bitshares has little to no connection to broader financial and payment system. If you can get money transmitters then theres a different story. If you can make the entire system regulatory compliant then there's a different story. If you can get venture capital backing then theres a different story. This is Identabits approach.

The community is getting smaller and smaller by the day. I've been here from pretty much the beginning. This community is a lot smaller than you are suggesting and those that have faithfully believed in this project have lost a lot of their capital.

The software development also is slow and the team is small, both in relation to other crypto projects and those business Bitshares is attempting to compete with.

Connection to the old, corrupt, falling apart legacy financial system is of dubious longterm value. The real value of BitShares is in being an alternative with integrity. There is no way the incumbent financial system is going to empower a replacement that they don't have direct control over.

I haven't referenced the size of the community at all. I don't know if it's bigger or smaller, though the composition is undoubtedly changing....I see it as a forging process. For every sell there is a buy.

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From my perspective, the development process has been fast but more important is the quality.  There is nothing like BitShares in the whole world, we are simply in competition for the hearts and minds of people everywhere. The idea that success or failure can be measured in a couple of years for a platform this ambitious and disruptive is absolutely ludicrous. Had you held your BTS, would you be happy if in 5 years they had increased significantly in value? We will get there, we simply need to work harder and smarter for longer.

Peww ..

Ha!  You love it!  Thank you bud, I'm finally in!! 

Thanks abit & cube!