You also need to leave your wallet open and running to stake, yes. You need to unlock the wallet "for staking only" and just leave it running. Doesn't use much resources at all.

You are lending money to a trading bot that pools the funds and uses Volatility Software to trade on bitcoin swings. Whether bitcoin moves up or down, the Software makes money. It takes the earning and redistributes it to the lenders.

I myself thought it sounded like a ponzi, but with blockchain being entirely open to view if you would like to, I soon realized it's just taking a bunch of pooled funds and trading it against bitcoins volatility. The interest you receive on the day depends entirely on how well the software performed.

I myself am very pleased so far with the platform. Before blockchain technology and trading bots this kind of stuff was unimaginable.

Thanks for the honest answer. Not quite what I wanted to hear, but it is what it is and the interest is really good also. I am happy with it.

I have a question about the CAPITAL RETURN at the end of the lending period.
(Can withdraw capital anytime after 239 days term)

Is this capital the BCC I lent or the USD equivalent? If I lent 100 BCC at $5, would I get back 100 BCC or simply $500? I ask this because if BCC was worth say $50 a piece by time my lending period ended, it would be far more worth it to receive back BCC (at $5,000 now opposed to $500 USD).

I hope I am asking this clearly and understandably.

TL;DR - At the end of lending period is my capital returned in 1. What I lent in BCC or 2. The USD equivalent of what I lent?

Also, WTF is going on with the BCC blockchain? An hour inbetween blocks all of the sudden? What happened, difficulty spike like there is no tomorrow or something? Anybody can explain this?

71669   54 minutes   186.6 kB   3,238.07728296 BCC   0.0002   Proof of Stake
71668   1 hour 38 minutes   61.5 kB   47,293.08869156 BCC   0.0002   Proof of Stake
71667   2 hours 44 minutes   51.3 kB   112.70840119 BCC   0.0003   Proof of Stake
71666   3 hours 7 minutes   10.3 kB   10.0 BCC   28.0 k   8FxaixkxStwwS...
71665   3 hours 8 minutes   10.3 kB   10.0 BCC   24.3 k   8FxaixkxStwwS...
71664   3 hours 9 minutes   10.2 kB   10.0 BCC   19.2 k   8LwoiM71FjWhQ...
71663   3 hours 9 minutes   42.0 kB   140.28482954 BCC   21.6 k   8FPdm7qqpRwK1...

So aside from the price, what is going on moving forward? How big is the BCC team? I feel like they are one of the most rapid on the market currently. They went from launch, having their own built exchange, beautiful app released, etc. all within a few short months. Very rapid growth, but I feel it's not really just a pump. Platform looks solid as could be even in it's infancy.

What are the plans here going forward? I plan on just holding and staking for as long as possible. I am not really looking for super quick profits or anything. Just interested to see where this team takes this coin.

Is it possible to implement a Rouleth (if you are involved in Ethereum you know) game onto the Stratis platform? How do you go about creating contracts/dapps at the moment? I know that the Ethereum wallet has a whole contracts tab where you can write/compile & deploy right from the wallet. Will the Stratis GUI be similar in this regard?
Are there any snapshots yet of the GUI or anything like that? Are there tutorials available for creating dapps/contracts on the Stratis blockchain?
I am more eager to build opposed to making profits. I am not here simply to watch things go good and cheer along as the price goes up. I am here to see how viable this platform really is for performing tasks that Ethereum already does (pretty good).
What will Stratis have that Ethereum won't?
(Note: I have been involved in Ethereum since the Mike Hearn rage quit and have maintained a semi-hardon for Ethereum ever since. So please, sell me!) :0) I am eager for new experiences.