Thank you for giving me the opportunity to frame my ideas for starting this. Maybe I'm not explaining myself right. Let me try again.

Smooth and his cronies have basically backed us into a corner here for two years. Now you may say who cares, this is only BitcoinTalk, we can succeed in the real world. In my opinion, that's true, but lacks a certain focus. No matter what your opinion is about this site, the fact of the matter remains that it is the largest source of crypto information with the largest audience. When newbies come into the cryptosphere through Bitcoin, they inevitably sign up here. If they start to look to diversify, maybe even contribute to other projects, they look to the Altcoin message board. These are real people, with real talents to offer, and the first thing about Dash that they see is Evan is a scammer, Dash is bad crypto, Dash is insecure, etc. Now some may choose to do their own research, but the vast majority will not.

I can't even begin to fathom how many people we may have lost out on during the first two years because of this. People with families, friends, skills to give.

Taking back our identity on this site, over all others, is EXTREMELY important due to those reasons.

The school-boy bullies won't define us anymore. We will define us through the qualities we know we have here. This will be invaluable to the Dash project over time.

BCT matters. We are Dash Nation. Let's take back the discussion.

Thanks for all who helped me today. Please keep up the positive posts, and let me deal with the trolls. Fantastic job today.

Anyone think putting money in a bank is safe now?

http://www.thecommonsenseshow.com/2016/04/13/current-banker-meetings-are-deciding-how-to-confiscate-your-bank-account-and-retirement/

Not at all. And I don't have the need to humour you either. Few people have done as much to promote the fortunes of this project in creative ways as you have.


Fair enough. But all I'm saying is that neither lurkers nor trolls make for progress. I don't think Dash's designers were targeting speculative value, I suspect they were targeting actual adoption.

None of that adoption is going to come from bitcointalk readers. It's going to come from a need to connect supply to demand in lots of micro economies. So those micro economies are where you should be directing your attention, not nutcases who's only means of expression is a blow out on bitcointalk.

Sorry to keep coming back to it, but that proof of labour proposal showed the way forward.

People better go back and read it again until they get it into their heads that crypto is real money - not currency - and we're not going to get adoption from people buying sh*t with it. We're going to get adoption from a much more fundamental source - capitalisation of micro economies.

Those two guys understood that. We should too.

Problem with gold/silver is the pain of transporting and transacting with it. This is why we need crypto.

I couldn't disagree more.

This is a major source of information for the cryptosphere. New users to crypto, who may have talents or investment to share, are going to come to this site, and instead of seeing "Dash is a scam, Dash is insecure, Evan Duffield is a scammer", they are going to see a confident Dash Nation making their own identity, being a beacon of professionalism, optimism and progress.

We deserve that. We are a great group of people making a great product. Let's make BCT a happy place! A place where we can hold our head up high, as we deserve to.

What image would you like to portray to these potential future users of Dash, maybe contributors to Dash one day?

They will then have a reason to come here to our ANN. Up until now, Smooth and his cronies have been able to frame Dash's identity in a very conspicuous place, and that's why these myths continue to circulate.

To all, please continue to represent us well in this community-based thread. I swear it will pay off. It's already starting to.

https://bt.irlbtc.com/view/1433982.0

Well, as you know I'm a fan of diversity.

As you were then

The paper is a little clunky with language, but not too bad.  My problem was wrapping my head around the concepts because despite being here, my eyes cross when talking about complex financial systems, though I'm slowly learning. Anyway, the discussion thread is helpful too.

Tao, you are The Undeterrable TaoOfSatochi  And I don't know about anyone else, but I'm amazed and exhausted from watching your consistent energy in promoting Dash, you're amazing!

Sorry I disappeared.  Stupid me, I stepped off a step the wrong way, and fell, totally messing up my knees (which are already messed up) and busting my ankle last Sunday.  Been in pain, and not up to coming here to talk, but I feel so much better today, and can face the world again, LOL.   So hello again all! 

Happy Thai New Year(Songkran) to everyone, your teamwork, integrity, and global hive mind knows no limits and you are making it happen beyond all expectations

Sub-Ether has gone off grid for a while (if you define off grid as having sporadic internet connections, lol).

wishing you all good health and happiness,

x.

You know about Songkran then, ''Sawad Dee Songkran Bee ne, krup.' 
Its the only country in the world where you can shoot a policeman in the face with a high powered pump action water gun and he'll just laugh.
(Can you imagine what would happen doing that in America!)

Chok Dee:)

Byzzz