is it really working right? i've no interest in sending/recv for staking, ain't got time for that. i did that once some weeks ago, (just (some weeks) after the swap) and after some weeks i finally got my first stake, (couple of days ago) and now it says some weeks to the next big event, lol ... you're right i don't have a huge pile but over 1/4 m, wtf

    ... on the other hand, if it is doing what it is supposed to, low inflation is a good thing    

Magi's PoS-II?

Magi takes the following form for coin age:
where M(coins, days) is a function of the amount of coins, and the days under stake. [Coin-age] is also the so called stake weight. The best description of M is shown below:



It's rather empirical to determine the best value of stake days. I am rather taking time to sit down and figure, with a basic rule in mind, to limit it within a week. Let's see how it solves the PoS issues:

1) one holding more than 3000 XMG does not result any good in the stake weight; for staking over 25,000 XMG is like staking with nothing;
2) the maximum offline stake time is four days, beyond which staking weight starts to drop; it's unlikely to accumulate infinite staking time.

A side advantage of the PoS-II is that significant amount of offline time is not allowed. There is no advantage of gaining coin age for offline more than 4 days. For any online stake holders, the block time will be refreshed upon finding blocks. The stake weight (coin-age) nearly increases proportional to the amount of coins when coins in one transaction are between 100 and 1000 XMG.

"She looks out for Number One."

How I keep my DigiBytes safe. 

My DigiBytes are temporarily stored on a separate computer running Ubuntu Linux, that runs the wallet and CGMiner 24/7. When the wallet reaches 25,000 DigiBytes I send the DigiBytes to a literally a cold wallet. The paper wallet is stored in a container in the back of my freezer at 3 degrees below fahrenheit. DigiByte is very valuable to me.

How do you stored your DigiBytes? 

This is not a thing we can do as a community. We can only talk! But a professional of DGB has to stand up for it and give a presentation of what DGB can provide to their project etc.
That person could be Jared and this can be done behind locked doors, of course if he wishes!

The launch of the Bitcoin ETF (probably later this year), will give some access to institutional investors - as a way to add digital currency to a portfolio.  Currently, there are no direct points of access, and no institutional money is going to add an unregulated, undefined, super-high risk, asset class as a way to balance a portfolio.

Sorry.  I just don't see the recent purchase trends as evidence of a move by institutional investors.  We wouldn't be wondering ... they publish their portfolios ... and, even at $10,000 daily trading volume ... that's not even a drop in the bucket.  Today, June 25, Apple (AAPL) had an exchange volume of 31.9 million shares.  Using the closing price, that is a $4,067,250,000 daily trading volume (that 4 billion dollars daily volume is approximately the same as the total sum value of every single digital currency).  Ten-thousand might seem like a lot to an alt-coin ... but it's not a standard that would indicate institutional investment.

I'm more than happy to acknowledge that the purchasing trend that you identified could be the result of large purchases by individual investors, or even small investing collectives.

However, I think that you didn't quite absorb my comments about time and investments.  I guess you're correct that many of the coins came off lows and haven't gone back down (yet?).  But, it's only been a few weeks?  If I had a few hundred thousand dollars to invest in alt-coins, and I were looking for short-term trading gains, I would shoot for a 3-6 month time scale for investment return.  Maybe you're right and these recent purchases are long-term investments.  I have no idea?  But, I would suggest you re-read the final paragraph in my post above.  Using only several weeks - or even a couple of months - of data, there is 0% probability that we could accurately analyze the trend.  In 18 months, or 36 months ... at that point, we will be able to accurately determine if these purchases were short-term speculation or long-term investment.

About the suggestions you have for the DGB investor's pack.  We have to be careful.  What you're suggesting feels very much like an investor relations pack for stocks and publicly traded companies.  

Can people invest in DigiByte?  Yes.  Without a doubt.  

Is that an investment in DigiByte as a company? No.  Absolutely not.

If I buy a bushel of wheat, I didn't make an investment in the farm that grew the wheat.  I can either eat/use the wheat myself, or I can resell it.  Let's say I purchase it as an investment.  I purchase wheat as an asset because I believe that someone else might be willing to buy it later for more.  But, I don't have any equity in the farm that grew it.  I don't even have the ability to say that I have a share in wheat as a commodity.  I own some wheat ... but, it's not like I'm invested in the business of wheat production.

Or, let's say you buy some Rubles.  And, let's say you use them to buy some Euros.  You have assets.  You might even describe those assets as investments.  But, you don't have any claim of investment in the financial systems of the countries that use Euros.

The media kit covers current DGB services and products.  And, it has sections on DigiSpeed and DigiByte Gaming (future plans and prospects).  I drew the line at those ... we could get into legal trouble for mischaracterizing an investment or suggesting future returns.  DigiByte isn't a ponzi scheme.  We're not licensed investment brokers.  And, most important, DGB is not an investment the way a stock is an investment.  DigiByte - literally the DGB coins - are a digital asset that is exchangeable for other digital assets.  If a person uses those exchanges to generate profits, it's possible to characterize the purchase or sale as an investment.  But, it's not an investment in DigiByte as a company.  Investments in companies establish legal relationships (usually in the form of shares of ownership or shares in revenue).  Owning DigiByte does not establish any sort of legal relationship between the person who owns the DGB and DigiByte as a business.

NO INVESTMENT KITS SUGGEST FUTURE RETURNS (appreciation potential) - stock and mutual fund investment kits only deal in past performance.  It's not possible to predict long-term investment returns, it's dangerous, misleading, and it's also not advisable unless you want to upset the SEC.

DigiByte doesn't need something like that for a couple of reasons. First, it's not a publicly traded company.  At some point Jared might want to approach private investors for additional venture capital.  That's his business, and his decision.  I would support him in any way that I could ...

I believe that the best way to promote DGB is to invest in DGB as a community.  We're not investing in DGB as a company ... we're investing in DGB as a community.  When we purchase DGB as a personal asset - we are making a personal investment in joining the DGB community.  We can add value to the DGB community in lots of different ways.

HR ... you add lots of value to the DGB community with your work and help forums.  I've tried to add value to the DGB community with the DigiByte Group, and I will continue to work to promote the community and add value.

But, anyone - actually everyone - can add value to the DigiByte community.  Telling your friends ... forwarding a Tweet ... using DGB tip ... writing a review (hopefully a good review) of the mobile wallet.  We can all support and promote DGB.  The smallest little actions that we take are part of our investment in adding value to the DGB community.

Thanks for that but how can I send them from a specific address to one of my addresses. If I just send it will use my larger inputs and not many of the small inputs. I want to consolidate everything. I have tried console commands but have had no luck. If someone can tell me how to use the console to send from a specific address only to another address I would really appreciate it. Some address have over 1,700 inputs.

I am using the latest version of Digibyte Core for 64 bit Windows (on Windows 8.1). I am trying to consolidate all my DGB into one address. When I attempt to send everything I have I get an error that the transaction is too large and it fails. Why is this happening? Is there too many inputs? How can I determine how much I can send without error? I don't want to have to make many transactions to do this.

common sense reduction

1.  the Chinese market makers went big on the most classic coins from 2012-2013 between $300k-$3M market caps.
2.  the VTC buy in seems to be a Western big money play, MAX, FTC, Zeta likely in house buy ups.
3.  Black has achieved front runner status for stakes coins as ARCh and PAY fell.

The trend continues. 1 years ago only BTC, LTC, and Ripple seemed to be viable.
Now at least 25 coins have made 'it'.  Likely 25 more for a total of 50 will be sure things 1 year from now.

After that the new stuff will be ASSET/sidechain.  No one will attempt launching new networks. Hence ownership of the top 50 coin networks will be wealth.  Angel Investors (the big boys) are starting to enter the 'Alt' game.  

There might be room for 1000s of independant coin networks but they will never attract the investment to move beyond small hobby markets.  

I think coins like BATA, WBB, and NGL 2.0 are the last 'new' networks to be seen in POW.  Stake coins are nearing an end in the launch window also.  And once platforms like START or SWARM are working you will see an evolution in how assets are created.  The devs will consolidate into teams/projects (BLOCK, UNITY, etc) and constantly seek to improve the leading 50 coin networks.  We are already at the stage were 1 dev in not enough.

The increase happened as a result of wide range of advertisements and exposure, I expect all the cryptocoins to rise regardless of their name and strength because it is all like a chain of reactions one rise will have effect in the other either positive or otherwise.

Well, much fiat money has been withdrawn from emerging market countries because of the economical uncertainties around the world. This money is looking for new investment opportunities and some of it has probably flowed into crypto currencies. For a price increase of the last week, only a few millions of dollars are needed because the liquidy for most coins is bad. So you don't need much money to increase price of most coins by at least 50% percent.

What would be the bast Algo to mining Digibyte on a CPU, and how many DGB would i make a day mining with scrypt 350 KHs? Thanks in advance!