im sure OP can delegate the post deletion, but i agree we need to put down FUD with explanation anyway.
maybe we as investor can put more news and info about Dash to counter troll post.

This cryptocurrency course specializing in bitcoin is being taught at the prestigious Princeton University,
https://piazza.com/princeton/spring2015/btctech/resources
in the small alt lecture, no Darkcoin Dash gets a mention but even auroracoin and some dying coins do! (old data?)
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/159-i63Fk6O7SOYfpA6mlzqTSlrRc7nBlOSS11q0robQ/edit?pli=1#slide=id.g534775f1b8a8b67c83

I finally found a tiny mention of X11 in lecture 8,
https://youtu.be/TipGy2bOVL4?t=17m22s

Here are the 5 levels of anonymity (slide 102, lecture 6)
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1sGcTGPP09-Md6bsAtBrDLCy9MyULuJLo7nEpZoevzxU/edit?pli=1#slide=id.p102

My question is where is the dash mixing model using the masternodes, how does it fit in with the so called 5 levels of anonymity ?
Have they totally overlooked it or choose to ignore it as X11 is almost unmentioned (even the ECB report said X11 is the up and coming new cryptocurrency hashing technique that could supercede Sha256 and scrypt eventually after all)

Is Dash the 6th level of anonymity then ??

yes, but it was a chicken and egg problem isnt ? which one should be the first thing for currency ? mass adoption first or usage first ?

Hello, please consider voting in this poll:

https://bt.irlbtc.com/view/1042097.0

It's an attempt to measure whether the altcoin community feels that marketcap is an indicator of success, and possibly discuss it.

I'm targeting ~500+ page ANN threads, and not trying to spam everything with bumps, so please kindly don't delete this unless I've accidentally posted it more than once in your thread.

All opinions are welcomed.

More or less, but not really. If you look at my post I was referring to indirect services like Shapeshift that allow you to spend altcoins in sites that accept BTC.  The altcoin wins nothing in terms of adoption, as the merchant only takes BTC and is completely transparent to them that there was an altcoin involved in the process and that it is bringing value.

What an altcoin needs is organic growth, even if it is slower.  Meaning the merchant directly accept the coins and users perceive a benefit from using the coin, Dash in our case.  So there should be a driver for people to exchange fiat for crypto in order to obtain the benefit that they are looking for.  Not just create mechanisms that drain the speculative rewards of early adopters, until the altcoins crumble and can't take it anymore.

We need to be careful, and find ways to create value for users that is compelling enough for them to exchange fiat for crypto before spending.  Do not think about investors, think about an end user that has 500 USD that he wants to spend online. Why should that person exchange for Dash first?  It should be easier for him to exchange his fiat for Dash and then go spend it than just spending his fiat directly.

if i remember correctly, btc got their value after ppl start accepting btc for their stuff.
maybe we too should start selling stuff for Dash, and the Dash collected become new MN  

EDIT :  maybe internet yardsale using Dash  ?




now this is a game changer...
Dash can reach btc parity with this

I'm also interested to learn more about the alleged pro-instamine vote of yore.

Was it done via a poll here on BTCT or on DarkTalk?

Did only MasterNodes get a vote?

How close or overwhelming were the results?

When did it happen?

Were the full specifics of the insta/pre/dev/scam/ninja-mine known at that time?

Why isn't this important information disclosed in the OP?

Do you have numbers relating to distribution?

I've tried to put a few together before in a chart, but could only go off of Risto's power law distribution chart.

Also, do you have numbers indicating that distribution will form the foundation of a network effect?

I'm really interested in how that could come about, mathematically.

It was me, honest.