Jared is one of the most active devs in crypto, He just dont have all time to be on Bitcointalk.  At the moment he is in hongkong working on apps etc and not answering all things on this forum every hour.

DIdint you just got interested in DGB today?

I agree in principal with the above. The OP should be kept updated with relevant and pertinent information. That is something that takes very little time and is really inexcusable if not done – in a real life boardroom the members of the board would not stand for such neglect, or would they?

We are increasingly seeing more and more people clamoring for information about the startups in L.A. and Hong Kong and just basic stuff like what’s going on behind the scenes. This should not be surprising to anyone – stock owners would never leave the board members alone in peace if they did not report on what they were doing, or would they?

It’s getting to the point where we’re beginning to see outright heckling. That’s something that is called "shouting down" in the British Parliament. There’s a very long tradition of shouting down the PM who's lost confidence, and the best way to lose confidence is by not informing on what you are doing. In the British parliamentary system, this kind of “heckling” is considered to be part of 100's of years of HONORABLE democratic tradition (so we should be careful with who we call trolls and how we treat others who are just "raising their voices" a bit).

A good business is forthcoming with information. That is not to say that secrets are revealed or that key strategies are given away; it is only to say that what can be disseminated is disseminated. Sharing information with investors is a necessary fact if a publicly held business wants to survive. The L.A. and Hong Kong operations are known facts, so where is the information supporting those facts? Where are the pictures? Where are the people? What’s going on with the Core DigiByte Team? The additional contributors? The merchants accepting DigiByte? What’s the latest press release?

Where is everyone? What is everyone doing? Or has everyone vanished, and is it that the only thing really left is this forum and its contributors?

Are we really a part of something other than this forum community?

And to think that it really takes oh so few hours a week to keep the information flow going, and when you think about what important returns you get out of such limited effort, again, one must work hard to fight off that “negligence” word that invades one’s mind at the thought of the incredible harm being done by not keeping the community (DGB 'stock' holders) informed as well as can possibly be done.

To put it mildly, it’s hard to understand.

           

I think everything comes to the point, is the value of DGB is dependent on BTC?
If this is the case, DGB is not a confident coin.

If there was a huge DGB/FIAT exchange only for DGB, that could have increased the DGB price right now.
Look at LTC, the drop in BTC was much higher than the LTC in terms of FIAT, therefore LTC/BTC rate climbed %15, meaning LTC value increased due to LTC/USD is being used a lot and people started seeing value in LTC, or investors are confident that LTC can do it alone.

I wish we had a DGB/USD exchange now that has been actively used, which determines the market of DGB anywhere else.
Then we would have seen maybe DGB/BTC 50 SAT by now because FIAT being quickly convert-able.

Agree with HR that there has been some announcement, but they are fuzzy. I have asked to clarify that a few times in the thread.

And also Jared, can you make it clear that your (DGB) success is dependent on BTC's success?
We have the right to know if the dev is confident enough. Thanks.

You guys need to settle down a touch, you know what digibyte is working on and if you dont you need to do a little reading instead of all new users demanding information NOW.

Go to the digibyte website and it shows what the team is working on and what percentage of that project is complete.

New users need to understand that we are here to stay, we are not some coin that premined and created coins out of thin air and head to the top (for now), we are here for the future.

Relax, spread the word and invest while you can now.

snakey

Thank you all for your input!

There are some great suggestions here. We are working around the clock on several projects right now. But we understand the importance of keeping everyone involved here & up to date. Video's are a great way to do this, but we only have so many hours in the day and limited resources.

One of the things we are working on to set ourselves apart in the crypto community is to not release or talk about a specific projects until they are completed. To many coins over promise and underdeliver.  We want to earn a reputation as "doers" in the crypto community. We also do not want the copy cats to copy us before we have a chance to make a huge impact.

Another thing we have noticed is if we, or anyone else pre-announces an announcement or a specific date more speculators will buy in and then dump a day or two later in hopes of a quick buck. We want to avoid this & create a nice gradual rise.

With extreme volatility consumers lose faith and are scared away. Simply look at BTC & Paycoin right now. Although it is an insult to Bitcoin to mention Paycoin in the same sentence.

In response to Halinyo's question, the short answer is no, DGB's success is not completely dependent on Bitcoin. However, it can help it or hurt it, especially at this point in time.

It really feels that with Bitcoin going down so much a lot more people are looking into alternative currencies. We definitely need to capitalize on this. Making more posts around the forum talking about DigiByte is one way to do this for sure. Feel free to drop a reference to DigiByte on other threads when ever you see fit.

Also, if anyone wants to write up some talking points as to why you should choose DigiByte, we can give out some DigiByte bounties. We are working on these things as well. But the more we can mobilize the community the faster we can grow.

Thanks again everyone for your continued support! Things are looking good for 2015!

    ofcourse dgb depend on btc ..
    except we has dgb/usd exchange ..
    when btc to 100$ 50$   will dgb also 20 statoshi

If you look at the Digibyte website, they are working on a DGB/USD exchange.

If we can get on this website it will help digibyte a lot, these guys buy up hard if they like a coin.

Everyone vote if you want digibyte to succeed, we need more exposure and this is a start.