Luckily there are markets to test whether this model works or not.

All we're discussing is the difference between risk assets and fixed income assets - where the lent collateral is "put to work" to earn a regular return. The market decides if that return is worthwhile.

With Dash that "market" is the mining community because they have to supply hashpower to the network AND a portion of the mining revenue. The incentive for doing that is that the NET value of their remaining revenue is increased due to the economic model as a whole supporting a high value coin.

The advantages of this approach are:

 • the miner's income is supported in terms of exchange rate with other assets regardless of yeild per hash in mined currency units
 • the "missing stakeholders" (investors) are given both and economic return and a level of say in the future direction of the coin via the masternode voting system
 • the monetary token is endowed with a native base lending rate that is trustless and which can be enjoyed without engaging with a 3rd party borrower

The tests of success of this approach are:

 • that miners endorse it by supplying hashpower to the network (check - see below)
 • that the market endorses it by supporting the exchange rate with other assets (check)

And finally - despite al of that - NO blockchain liquidity is "locked" in masternodes

It's the Dash economic model. If people don't like it there are about another 500 out there of all different types serving all different priorities. Judging by this thread though, the only criticism I can see is that "...b..b..but it gives economic incentives to buy and hold".

Of course. What do you think a successful store of value is supposed to do ?

Well done. You're getting there

 • Every coin in every wallet of every crypto where people are holding and not selling is "economically locked in".

 • The world gold supply that sits in vaults with the expectation of value accrual is "economically locked in".

 • 5, 10 and 30 year interest bearing bonds that are not on markets are "economically locked in". (Technically you can sell them but you'll loose your coupon payments, so you won't)

 • All the Bitcoin on orderbooks in the range above the current trading spread is "economically locked in".

The implication of the "Dash is locked in masternodes" FUD is that the supply is blockchain constrained, not "economically constrained" and therefore somehow shouldn't count towards marketcap which is not remotely the case. Here's an example of a coin which does use that approach:

Just to clarify. No Dash is "locked in masternodes". This is a fudster myth

(A popular one, but still a myth).

All the estimates I've ever seen from both detractors and promoters put it at between 150 and 250 node's worth. Make it 3 or 4 if you like.


1st = 250*1.2 = 300
2nd = 300 * 1.2 = 360 (Way excessive)

360,000 / 7,100.000 = 5% at best (if he's held the whole time and never taken any profits during the 4 massive spikes that have occured in Dash's history).

Biggest holder was actually Otoh - and his were bought, not mined. He was way past Evan at around 400 odd nodes which has served as a liquidity supply for OTC sales for the last 2 years. He's now down to around 77 = 1% of coin supply and no longer trades.


So much of a Sham that it's survived 3 years plus a recent DDOS attack without blinking despite a steady queue of green-eyed detractors making claim after claim of one exploit on top of another and how "easy" it is to "simply".....(don't think they've not been trying).

1-2.8%

The "PR" is only as effective as the product.

Dash has been successful because it addressed 3 major issues head on:

 • how to effectively erase transaction history in a transparent blockchain to keep the chain both fungible and authentic
 • how to balance the security at the front end of the confirmation cycle to make low confirmation transactions reliable
 • how to endow the coin supply with a native, base rate of interest in order to support an ROI on trustless holdings

Those three alone are "biggies" and they're being solved without recourse to blockchain obfuscation, loss of Bitcoin compatability or the need for 3rd party lending.

Finally, the fact that Dash's articulated protocol allows nodes to talk actively to "each other" as well as to the client wallet is what will serve as its next "biggy." A whole new wave of user orientated clients to interact with the blockchain.

The "instamine" is what it is. There are markets to price that in just the same as they price everything else in. However, there are far most 'perfect launches' that went straight to zero than 'imperfect launches' that didn't so if you feel safer investing in a Dash clone with a 'perfect launch' be my guest

iCEBREAKER was testing his pea shooter.

A business is a business.

It pays taxes and employs people largely in the country where it's registered, regardless of what the substance of its activities are. Reputations and precedents are also at stake.

The Illuminati may or may not be on Trump's side and may or may not like Bitcoin, but business is business. It's getting approved.

That is the most ridiculous logic I've heard in a long time.

(In fact since someone told me Monero was good cos you "would'nt want to know you had Hitler's coins in your wallet" )

Bullish post...bearish post...bullish post...bearish post...

That's not very friendly.

Simple T/A.

Market had become overbought at the higher ranges (12 hour, 1 Day) after passing around $1010. It continued on up due to positive momentum at the lower ranges.

Once the 6-hour, 4-hour MACD crossed to the downside it was inevitable that a correction was required to consolidate. That triggered the correction at the longer ranges as well, so consolidation now in progress.

What is this, just out of interest ?

https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro/batsbzx/2017/34-80169.pdf

wtf.

Take it easy. It's not a medicine you're having forced on you.

I think I'll leave you to your windmills