Here is the latest insight into the Bitcoin Enhanced value proposition.  BE and other digital hedge funds like it can help build a robust finance based on the successful VC business model: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2020-07-14/where-markets-are-still-free

On 2nd February 2018 Bitcoin Enhanced made its first forecast of when Bitcoin prices would fall.  Since then Bitcoin is essentially unchanged while the forecasts of Bitcoin Enhanced now have produced returns of 128% or 50%p.a.  Read the risks. https://bitcoinenhanced.io/factsheet

For me Bitcoin Enhanced shows what can be done with the blockchain - a new financial system can be built that is independent of the fiat system, and hence, have less risk.  Is this not what Satoshi's vision was all about?

There is one fatal flaw in the Fed’s plan to socialize the financial markets.  The answer may surprise you.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2020-05-01/fatal-flaw-feds-plans-socialize-markets

This piece by Scott Minerd from Guggenhiem Capital outlines pretty clearly that we are at the end of capitalism, and perhaps society as we know it.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/us-will-never-return-free-market-capitalism-guggenheims-minerd-warns-current-crisis-lead

Forewarned is forearmed.

I fully agree with Scott's view.  I would however suggest we do not just leave it to the policymakers to "address fundamental reforms in the economy to restore growth and reduce inequality".  Investors need to do this.  I have called the approach Robust Finance: https://www.kenton-dau.com/ and Bitcoin Enhanced is the first of a new asset class that can be part of the solution: https://bitcoinenhanced.io/

If we simply bemoan the mistakes of policy makers we miss the opportunity to see what we and the spirit of decentralised capitalism can achieve ourselves.

Can 9 words end the financial crisis?

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2020-04-20/can-one-sentence-end-financial-crisis

Investors are trapped via their pension schemes in a financial system now wholly dependent upon the government printing press.  The legitimacy of the $44 trillion pension fund industry is at risk.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2020-04-17/trapped-investors-unable-exit-markets

Computer-modelled forecasts of COVID-19 mortality rates used to justify government lockdown have lost credibility.
On 16th March the White House announced a “worst case” scenario of between 1.5 and 2.2 million deaths from COVID-19. Two weeks later on 31st March the “worst case” projections dropped 90% to between 100,000 and 240,000 deaths. On neither occasion were the underlying assumptions used by the models to create these figures disclosed.

Continue reading: https://medium.com/@simonpaige/white-house-covid-19-mortality-estimates-fall-by-90-463c397866b6

Data from Italy supports the growing evidence from experts that the COVID-19 virus is no more virulent than the flu. As the information spreads governments face an increasing credibility gap between the size of the threat and the severity of their response. Loss of credibility could impact their efforts to tackle the genuine crisis in the financial markets.

Continue reading here: https://bitcoinenhanced.io/news

Tippytoes,

Hi.  Yes, we still have low liquidity for the XBE tokens which is why you don't see many trades on the exchange for the XBE/USD pair.  This is to be expected at this stage of the project.  A venture capitalist investing in a start-up company, put money into an initially illiquid asset. The same is true of Bitcoin Enhanced, which is an example of a Self Managed Investment (SMI).  Like the early days of Bitcoin people create the value in the tokens and it takes time for the liquidity to grow. 

In effect the token holders are creating their own asset.  The ideal strategy would be to put $10 into Bitcoin Enhanced and tell two friends.  In that way liquidity would soon grow as long as the algorithm continues to provide better returns than Bitcoin.  We have not yet cracked how to communicate with people that Bitcoin Enhanced is the way they can help secure their futures by BUILDING their own asset that has no links to the fiat system.  Please let me know if you have any ideas.  Branton.

I guess time will tell.  One key thing to remember is that the project simply provides the opportunity.  The forecasts have proven they can add value to believers in Bitcoin by using some of Bitcoin's downside volatility.  It is up to people to decide if this is the kind of investment they want. 

Friend, 

Yes, I can explain why trading is low.  First, we only trade the USD pair.  So XBE / USD and CBE / USD.

Second, Bitcoin Enhanced is a new asset class called Self Managed Investments (SMIs).  Like start-up companies that Venture Capitalists invest in they by their design have low initial liquidity.  The VC model is very successful, in fact, one of the most successful asset classes over the last 20 years which shows that low initial liquidity is not a show-stopper to eventual gains.  You may like to read more about SMIs here:  https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-10-15/managing-greatest-risk-all-what-portfolio-managers-can-learn-venture-capitalists

In terms of the Waves platform, the system is robust and we have never had any issues with it.  Indeed, the DEX is essential for investors wanting to secure their assets from hacks that are so common on non-decentralised exchanges.

I still suggest you read what we are all about and how Bitcoin Enhanced can help diversify a portfolio away from the greatest risk of all.

Friend,  I am not sure you have read what Bitcoin Enhanced is actually about.  If there is any "better" than Bitcoin it is better returns by being able to forecast when BTC prices are likely to fall.  Over the last 20 months our Phi algorithm has done just that which is why the Target Price of Bitcoin Enhanced is 128% above that of BTC.

In terms of respect for BTC it is all here.  BTC has shown that people can create monetary value.  Bitcoin Enhanced tokens emulate BTC's example so that like BTC the value of the tokens can remain independent of the fiat system.

In other words BTC is our inspiration.  Satoshi wrote his paper in the aftermath of the 2008 Financial Crisis which had shown just how fragile the fiat system is.  BTC has shown there can be monetary value outside of the framework of governments and central banks.  Bitcoin Enhanced is taking the vision of a more robust financial system and people-generated value the next step by providing hedge-fund like returns that still are as independent of the fiat system as BTC.  Like you we respect and love BTC and what it stands for!

Update 05/10: No time frame, only the first 90 participants.

Thank you all for your support, we appreciate it! It was decided to extend the rewards campaign until September 30!