Well DAO at $82m now.  10% ETHER surpassed.  Anyone think we can hit $100m before the 10 hour price deadline?

He was so excited to work on Waves that he came back from the dead.

Well I can't really say.  This is something new.  You could make profit or you could lose most of the value.  There is no way to know.  I'm investing for the long term.

Don't worry you won't lose your DAO (unless something goes wrong with Bittrex like a hack). 

It is the ETHER related to your DAO that will be used for funding proposals.  If you don't want your ETHER to be used to fund a particular proposal then you can vote NO to it, but if the majority decides to go with the proposal your ether will still be used.  The only way to prevent this is to split form the DAO and create your own DAO.  This is a last resort choice and designed to allow people to stop their ether being used to invest in anything that they find illegal or unethical.  Otherwise the ether is used according to the majority vote.

That said if you are not concerned with voting then I think you can happily leave your DAO on Bittrex or any other exchange without losing it (unless they get hacked obviously).  Most people would recommend keeping your DAO tokens or any other currency in your own personal wallet for maximum safety.

It is seems that you don't really understand what the DAO is yet.  There are still a few hours left until the price increase so you have a bit of time - information is always important in any financial decision like this and you still have enough time to learn about it before the deadline.

I would suggest going to the DAOhub (https://daohub.org)site where there are a lot of resources and related info.
The forums are also quite useful: https://daohub.org/forums.html and I think I posted a link to one of the Bitcoin podcast episodes here somewhere that you may found useful.  The Slock.it youtube channel may also be of help if you prefer videos (just google it).

No there are still 15 hours of 1 ETH: 100 DAO left but hurry if you don't want to miss out.  Currently at $77m and approaching 10% of all ETHER.

https://daohub.org

I doubt it.  It's already risen up to $75m since I last posted (that's about 9% of all ETHER).  The higher it goes the greater the buzz and the more likely it is to rise further.

Actually the DAO page recommends using the MIST wallet for purchasing DAO tokens but there are certain exchanges that have partnered up with the DAO such as Bittrex to make the process easier for those who are not technically minded or can't wait for their wallet to update.  It is misleading to say that the DAO page warns people not to.  Whilst it is obviously more secure to purchase tokens using your own wallet, using an established exchange is hardly a high risk strategy.  Your post misses the entire purpose of this thread.

Wow the DAO is at $65m now.  It really could hit $100m.

You're welcome:)

I agree too.  Buy walls serve no purpose except delaying the inevitable.  They also give the wrong kind of message.  Even if the price does fall, with proper development and use of funds the price will inevitably rise in time.  If people are stupid enough to panic sell at a loss early on then that is better for distribution and the long term solidity of waves. This is a big project in 2016.  Buy walls belong with the scams and shitcoins from 2014.

I tweeted "The DAO has raised over $50m & you still aren't covering the biggest development in Blockchain tech https://t.co/4HfZ9FTEzT" - the link is to the DAOhub website.  I might give a try tweeting Ars Technica tomorrow instead.

Yes that's weird.  These days the major news organisations tend to be falling over themselves to talk about blockchain news.  I've tried tweeting BBC Tech news a few times with no result (not that I really expected anything).

Thanks for the clarification.  I think Sasha has now confirmed this.  31 BTC qualifies you for some serious balls!  Without the extra info I assumed you were just a newbie having second thoughts on investing so please disregard my comments.

Latest update regarding DAO:

DAO at $44.13m (approx) - 4.46m ETHER right now .

4.46m ETHER is roughly 5.6% of the current estimated supply.

DAO at $44.13m (approx) - 4.46m ETHER right now (nearly 6% of ETHER in existence). Still 16 days to go. 2 days to price change in case anyone wants to be included at the current price.

Forget IOT stuff.  That's what Slock.it is doing.  You should make this different from everything else if you want to increase your chances of success.  Emphasise what makes this different.

I think you should just sell your Factom as you obviously no longer believe in the project.

That's the thing with anything that has really big potential.  It is also likely to be very risky.  That's why you should only invest what you can afford to lose.  When Apple was just 2 guys working out of a garage most people thought they would never succeed and many people turned them down for small loans which could have been worth billions in shares now.  If you never take risks you can never advance.

Was the rumour by any chance started by you?  Stop spreading bullshit.  If you have don't have the balls to buy into the ICO don't buy it.  Otherwise grow up and don't expect the world to catch you if you screw up.

Then Yuri Gagarin comes out and kills you:)