We're getting closer! I'll provide a 1 PTS reward for the best guess...

Guess the correct date and time that Bitshares passes Mastercoin on www.coinmarketcap.com. Winning estimate must be posted here at least 3 hours before your date/time prediction occurs (in other words, no last minute bids--too easy). Play as many times as you want.

If you think you've won, then please provide me with proof (screenshot, charts, etc.). And I'll pay the winner a reward of 1 PTS.

EDIT: Yes, I understand there may be some see-sawing and trading positions. This challenge is for PTS' first pass of MSC, no matter what happens later. Hopefully, it will be the only pass!

Thread on Reddit, including Vitalik's response.

http://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/282m8m/charles_hoskinson_left_ethereum/

FYI

http://www.peercointalk.org/index.php?topic=2934.msg26891#msg26891

What does anyone think of this article (link below). It seems to indicate that Huobi and the Chinese exchanges are exploring adding another layer of either P2P exchange or play money, so that they do not have to constantly convert to fiat (which the Chinese banks are making difficult). What if they had something like bitUSD or bitCNY, fictional yet tangible and valuable, to use in this way?

http://www.coindesk.com/chinese-exchange-huobi-considers-future-bitcoin-marketplace/

Please chime in and help keep this thread (which I did not start) up on Reddit. The Bitcoin mods may take it down, so the second link below shows the article it references...which is superb for Bitshares, one of the best and most stoked explanations I have seen.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/23d3ux/how_i_became_a_bitshares_believer_in_917_words/


http://crypt.la/2014/04/18/bitshares-believer/

I hope that our Marketing Director will take note of this discussion in another forum thread. There are some great ideas included.

https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=3808.msg50625;topicseen#msg50625

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-28/bitcoin-2-0-shows-technology-evolving-beyond-use-as-money.html

I'm intrigued by the possibility of using the DAC power for more than just the digital or transactional businesses that we've heard about. Granted, I think there is a great deal of promise with these digital ideas; DACs are a wonderful innovation and I don't mean to demean them. Nevertheless, the world of possibilities could be a great deal bigger. And forgive me for using the "DAC" term in explaining this, since I know this idea is not purely digital, but it would still require a strong digital element.

I don't see any reason why an offline business (which sells a product (e.g. coffee) or a service (e.g. tax preparation)) could not also honor, and be accepted into, the Social Contract. This Contract might become embedded in a business' partnership agreement or articles of incorporation, or some enforceable offline contract which makes it legally binding. Yes, I know, we'd all like to dream that DAC Utopia can work without courts, but as these organizations grow, some conflicts are inevitable. Disputes will be governed by contract law and contracts are enforced by courts.

The DAC end of the business could control the digital funding and shareholder aspects, including distribution and voting. It would turn the DAC investors into a VC fund, crowdfunder, shareholder, or passive investor, which is exactly the role they already play within a number of the purely digital businesses. This could even be a pure crypto-currency based business that only accepts BTC or PTS for its products/services, therefore the whole balance sheet is blockchain-verifiable. There would be some trust involved, that the business owner would deposit everything into the DAC, etc., and not jump ship, but that risk already exists in expecting a digital DAC owner to honor the Social Contract. Would my offline suggestion be any different than a corporation or a government that decides to turn over its voting to the digital blockchain, which I know DAC proponents have suggested as a future possibility?