How is Streemian working out for you? I've created and followed various Streemian trails and it's often been unreliable, so I am wondering about your experience so far.

I agree. The great thing about NEM is that there is good wealth to be made no matter what stage of the coin's life you enter or exit. I sold off a bunch earlier in 2017 (when it had risen to 11 cents!) and paid off our vehicle and some other consumer debt. Sure, if I'd known it would have hit a Dollar a few short months later I might have held on, but to be honest I have no regrets. You can't buy the peace of mind that comes from getting rid of burdensome debt. We felt the relief almost immediately. Later when I had some free Bitcoin I bought some back at higher prices, though not nearly as much, and if I sold that now I'd be in profit again.

If you bought NEM closer to the beginning, it would be perfectly rational to sell some and take profits now. With that said, I would also be happy to recommend that anyone start buying it now as I believe it will go even higher. So, if you're selling some off to take profits now, it's great to know that you're likely selling to someone who is equally thrilled to buy, someone who is likely to make out really well down the road when it's their turn to sell.

I just love coins like that!

This! No matter how involved or complicated the back end might be, you guys have to make it look easy! The end user does not care about all the back end details. If you need someone to alpha or beta test any of your systems, I'd be happy to do it. I will tell you straight out if it's too complicated. I'm sure you'll do great, though. The fact that you're partnering with a real software development company speaks volumes. Thank you for going to that length!

There has got to be some formula that reasonably accurately predicts what the cryptocurrency market will do next. Why do I think that? Because I personally am getting better and better at "calling" it for my own trades based on some sort of gut feeling. While I'd love to give my psychic powers all the credit (LOL), I'm sure that what's feeding into my gut feeling ability to predict when is a good time for me to make a trade is based on real data that my brain is analyzing in the background (without me really knowing how) that could also be analyzed by a good computer program.

I haven't had time to go through the steps but it looks rather interesting. It's great that you're leveraging Steemit to do this. The more I do with Steemit, and I have a few projects I kind of work on here and there, the more impressed I get with just how powerful it is. Their reward allocation system for basic social networking, though not perfect, is by far the best I've run into anywhere.

Something people who don't write much could look into is MinnowBooster. I have most of my Steem Power (SP) delegated out in return for Steem and it pays a little bit of daily passive income. All I have to do is come up with the SP to delegate out. You can buy it outright on exchanges (well, buy STEEM and power it up) or you can earn it by writing and networking on Steemit, or through projects like this one. Develcuy, I don't know if you have looked into purchasing delegated SP from MinnowBooster for this project, but it might come in handy at first. A lot of people use the service.

I had a couple thoughts on this article.
1. I think a big concern in our industry is that people all too often find themselves gambling unintentionally. For example, you do some amount of due diligence on the next ICO. It checks out as far as you can tell and you like the idea so you buy in. Then it turns out the people running the ICO were unscrupulous and in some way made off with the funds and did not develop the concept as promised. In that situation what looked like an "investment" instead was a losing gamble. I don't have a problem with those who day trade or whatever and know they're essentially betting on the market losing. That's part of the game. But it's really sad when people intend to make a real investment but they lose out on what was actually a gamble.

2. When a project (with or without an ICO) has solid fundamentals, then people can be a winner at just about any stage in the market. For example, recently the price of NEM went up to over two dollars. Many say it can go much higher though it has cooled off substantially in the most recent correction. For someone who bought into NEM very early, like when it was worth less than one cent, it would be totally rational for them to have sold around $2 and enjoy their profits. Even if the price were to go to $10 shortly after they've still made a profit. At the same time, the new investor who bought NEM at $2 from that guy chooses to hold it now and he doesn't sell until it reaches $10, then he also enjoys a great return. If the coin wasn't such a good one, that would be a risky pyramid type scheme, but since the coin is actually growing in a recognizable way (infrastructure, exposure, etc.) the gains of both investors are solid and real and the new investors buying in at a later point still have potential for good solid gains. In other words, as long as the coin has good fundamentals, buying at one price and selling at a higher price is not about hoping you can find a bigger sucker than you. There's room on the table for lots of people to be winners.

3. I've said this before but I hardly ever pay attention to what the MSM is saying about cryptocurrency for the simple reason that those reporters (along with probably 99% of the world at large that knows anything about cryptocurrency) hardly ever get past the buy low-sell high mentality. In my mind there is so much more to the industry than buy low/sell high that to report on the industry as if that were all there is to it is akin to describing a mountain range as a series of two-dimensional shapes. Sure, maybe technically accurate, but you miss so much in the translation. I'm honestly a lousy trader in the sense that very often I sell something for much lower than I bought it for. Analyzing my trades is actually quite depressing because I've sold way more than I've bought. However, I've been very successful in this industry because I've been able to leverage the fact that the industry is so much more than buying low and selling high. I've networked, earned, bought into stuff based on relationships I've established, and it's worked out for me. I wish more people understood that buy low/sell high is only the tip of the iceberg for a very interesting and fun as well as profitable industry. I think it would be especially helpful if regulators understood that part too.

4. Alan, I think part of the issue with ICOs is that they kind of take advantage of the buy low/sell high is all there is to quick riches mentality. As long as people think that's all there is to it, then they tend to make decisions based on very shallow parameters rather than something more solid. But I'm not finding the right words to describe this part.

It goes without saying but I'm very happy to have encountered DNotes and be along for the ride as it charts its own more solid course that in the future many will follow.

That is very interesting, and I do remember some of those times... vaguely. The chart points to a very rapid recovery from the dip each time. If I had cash or Bitcoin sitting around and could really focus on trading I would have bought more on this dip. But... well, you know, I have a life, so I tend to miss these flash dips. It's great to see the price back up over a Dollar again.

It's about stinking time BitConnect gets to face its own music! That has to be one of the longer running Ponzi schemes I've known about.

That definitely has a more modern look and feel. I'm excited about the entire update. It won't be long now...

Well, cashing out an entire million dollars (or pounds) could be a bit of a logistical challenge. Trading platforms have limits. For example, Poloniex is limited to 25,000 USD worth per day. Then the exchanges that gateway to fiat also have limits. In the US Coinbase has a $15,000 per week withdrawal limit. So, sure, you could cash out a million dollars, but it might take a long time! That may be why few crypto-millionaires have actually done it. Well that, and the potential for their cryptos to gain even more...

We should absolutely support altcoins because eventually one or more of them will replace Bitcoin. The fun part is trying to predict which ones and then buying them while you can afford 'em.

The coin I believe is most likely to replace Bitcoin for everyday transactions: It's a tossup between DNotes and XEM.
The coin I believe is most likely to replace Bitcoin for people wanting to preserve and grow wealth: DMD Diamond.

I would recommend DMD Diamond (you can actually mint more once you get some), DNotes (most undervalued coin of 2017 imo), and XEM is on a bit of a dip right now and will probably go up further.

Whichever coins you buy, do your due diligence first, get to know their communities and development teams, and only invest what you can afford to lose.

Yeah, those experts are a dime a dozen these days. You can actually find out what it is they're predicting and recommending if you pay to subscribe to their newsletter or buy their product--if you can make it past the half hour long sales pitch!

I recently had a NEM deposit on Cryptopia not show up for over a week. It finally did make its way to my account, though my support ticket has yet to be actually answered. On the bright side, the price of NEM is much higher now than it was when I originally bought it and sent it over in order to avoid BitTrex' super high BTC withdrawal fees. On the down side, the coin I was going to buy with it also had a price hike so not sure if I'd come out ahead making the trade now or not. But no sweat. It's crypto!

This is looking interesting. I see that it's a different setup than delegating SP to @devcoin. Can you please also post the way to unauthorize @devcoin to vote using one's account? That way, people who want to try it out for a short time will be more comfortable knowing how they can turn it off. I don't post much on Steemit these days, but if I get back to doing that more, I may give this a whirl.

How is progress going on getting Devcoin listed on an exchange?

So, the law firm is suing the issuer of the ICO on behalf of investors who feel they have lost money to the deal? It looks like their list of upcoming suits is against exchanges. Did those exchanges conduct their own ICOs or simply facilitate the ICOs themselves?

I like how you say that to understand the DNotes difference we need to invest some time to get to know you. That is so true. DNotes definitely has taken a different approach to most cryptocurrency projects out there. You guys are stable, for one, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. I know that if I were to get busy and not hang out here for several months, y'all would still be here when I got back, still plugging away at developing the DNotes project. My DNotes wallets are enjoying some nice gain in the mean time. Great work!

I think he may be talking about delegating SP to Devcoin. The reason would be to have more collective weight to be able to give upvoted posts more value. If it's delegating SP, you can try it for a while and if you're not happy with the results you can always undelegate your SP. If it's turning over all voting rights of your account to Devcoin, then that's a different story. Perhaps develcuy can clarify.

It appears to be in maintenance now too. It's not my website. I hope it will be back up soon.

Try opening up a brand new ticket. I've had experience with Polo where sometimes a ticket gets lost in the system and no one sees it. It may be that when you start all over with a new ticket the new ticket will be seen and dealt with.