I agree 100%, in the last 12 months I have had accounts frozen without warning on bittrex & poloniex with funds trapped, and my main Bank account closed because I had many transactions coming from a registered and legally compliant crypto exchange in my country with fiat options, and I was fully KYC'd on that fiat exchange and doing absolutely nothing illegal, and paying all taxes. This is the reality now, crypto use is under attack even when it's legal and you're following the rules. This is why I believe in KMD and BarterDEX, I should be free to use my money as I want, but I am forced by my employer and some utilities to have a Bank account with debit/credit card facilities, but the Bank can arbitrarily close my accounts because I use crypto currencies. This is wrong, people should not be treated like criminals for wanting freedom over their finances!

Thanks for the feedback

I agree the crypto space can be very intimidating for non tech people, I've modified my approach quite a bit since I first started. In the early days, I thought diversification into alts was a good strategy, but later I found I just didn't have the time and skill to do enough in-depth research to make good investment decisions, and learning how to secure everything kept me awake at night. Leaving coins on exchanges because you don't feel comfortable using the wallet securely is asking for trouble, eventually, you will be the victim of an exchange hack, account freeze, government crack-down or exit scam by the exchange owners, so you have to control your own private keys to sleep well at night.

About 18 months ago I decided to simplify my portfolio down to just a few great coins I actually understood and believed in, and then the task of keeping up to date as a user is not so intimidating. Warren Buffet says good investing is like batting in baseball but without the three strikes and you're out rule, so it doesn't matter how many potential 'hits' you miss by not having a swing, it only matters that when you do swing your success rate is very high. KMD is by far my biggest asset now, so for me it's essential to keep up to date, plus the tech and vision jl777 has created is mind blowing, so I'm extremely confident KMD will be a home run eventually.

In my earlier crypto days I was always chasing the next big thing, but unless you're working at this full-time the landscape is too big now, probably even working full-time if you're a lone wolf, so a better strategy for me has been learning to not worry so much about mooning coins that I didn't invest in, I just concentrate on the quality coins I have invested in and use my limited crypto time (before 6am & after 9pm) to stay up to date.

to claim gas in neotracker, you would need your private key, also need your private key to send Neo/Gas/Nep-5 tokens

You will receive automatically Gas to your wallet, it is needed to make transactions and Gas trades on exchanges.

I have a lot of KMD so I am doing well in crypto assets, but I don't trade or mine coins so I have no crypto income as such. I could sell the 5% interest and live off that comfortably, and eventually I will need to do that (or run a NN myself), but selling will slowly diminish my VOTE, and in these early years I value the VOTE very highly as it allows me to have some influence over how komodo evolves in these formative years.

The notaries will always play a critical part in the ecosystem, not just technically from notarising, but also in providing talent in other areas like governance, infrastructure, marketing, assisting jl777 with dev work, and generally keeping the platform as decentralized and open as possible.

There will always be a tendency for existing NN operators to form personal bonds and support each other, and this is natural and not something we should ever discourage, BUT, it is a powerful centralizing force if it means we end up having a few guys in the inner sanctum running multiple NN and new guys without capital to buy enough KMD to elect themselves don't get a chance. Think of jl777 like a President/Prime Minister, is it better to have 4 guys in the Cabinet or 40?

I understand some people don't like this approach, but I want to have some influence for at least 5-7 elections and getting some rev share will help me to do that. I know it's a bad look for some people (selling VOTES), but outside family and very close friends most interactions are 'transactional' in nature - you give me something I want and I'll give you something you want in return - even if the thing we are giving/receiving is 'good vibes' from some non monetary interactions.

For some KMD holders the thing they get in return for their vote is some peace of mind from supporting a candidate they appreciate, and from knowing they supported someone who will run a good NN, and that's great, I totally get that, but the voter turnout indicates a lot of small/medium holders don't value that satisfaction highly enough to bother voting at all, and that further advantages incumbents and their supporters who will always vote.

If I keep my VOTE % around the current level I can keep the door open for new talent for a few years, and all I will ever get is a rev share in their first year, or if they don't make the top 30.

The price of coins is not important. The most important is the product, technology, capitalization. And the population's need for this coins.

Thank you all for being so helpful. It is nice to see a community that actually cares and doesn't insult a post from a newbie.

I assume you wanted to refer to this link https://www.atomicexplorer.com/#/interest-calc instead? You can simulate different strategies. Indeed if you take into account the number of hours when no interest is accrued; among the frequencies suggested by the site, monthly seems to give the highest returns.

https://financialmentor.com/calculator/compound-interest-calculator
(scroll down the page a bit)

I beg to differ. NEO is the safest investment vehicle if you want passive/staking.

All you need to do is keep NEO in your wallet and forget about it for years. When you come back you will surely be happy with 1) the value of NEO and 2) the amount of GAS you've generated by staking.

Yup, every market is continuously and presently being manipulated; this isn't unique to crypto.