Management does not want to listen to the reality/fact that 2 commodities in the same field (cryptocurrency) should not have the same name.
I don't understand. This will be a never ending circle-jerk... Wake me when the exchange launches.
Doc is on temporary leave of action.

PS - The Features and Roadmap pages on the website need updating. The Peg has launched.

Coin Telegraph reply to Confusing Headline that has caused so much grief in trying to get investors into this project:

Dear __. ______,

Mr. Wright forwarded me your email.

We are not responsible for the fact that there are two companies with similar names operating in this sector. The article made it very clear that we were discussing an exchange in the first line, "Estonia-based cryptocurrency exchange BitBay went offline for almost two hours on Monday without explanation."

Nevertheless, as a courtesy I have updated the title of the article in question to "800K BitBay exchange users face 2nd unscheduled outage this year".
_
I strongly counsel that if you wish to achieve the desired results in future when dealing with the media, a polite request goes further than a legal threat.

Sincerely yours,

Jon Rice
Coin Telegraph - Editor in Chief

My Reply:

Dear Mr. Rice & Mr. Wright,

I really appreciate you addressing this issue so promptly. Thank You both.

As you know, many people only read headlines; that is why myself and our investors felt the issue really needed prompt attention.

Thank you for your feedback on addressing the media; in the world I normally interact in, being nice gets nothing done.
My apologies if I offended.

Thank You again,

Dr. ________

https://cointelegraph.com/news/800k-bitbay-users-face-2nd-unscheduled-outage-this-year

NEXT: Getting rid of the bad BAY press. In this case, I think it's just confused press. Again - the name bitbay being the culprit for a drop kick in the face by Media.
I just wrote this to an uninformed writer spreading disinformation here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/800k-bitbay-users-face-2nd-unscheduled-outage-this-year:

Turner Wright
CoinTelegraph.com
3-9-2021


Dear Turner,

My name is _____ _____ __ and I am an investor with bitbay.market. The coin, not the Estonian exchange.

Most people, and apparently yourself, get bitbay.market (BAY) and bitbay.net (BitBay) the Estonian exchange confused all the time.
This is because most investors don't realize there are 2 separate BitBay's in the crypto world. I understand.

We are actively working on remedying this confusion; but in the meantime, articles such as your piece written on Oct. 12, 2020 titled "800K BitBay users face 2nd unscheduled outage this year", on CoinTelegraph.com don't help our cause (BAY) because we get the headlines along with the Estonia exchange - and it's not us.

This a very serious concern. Current and potential investors in bitbay.market, have seen your article and freak out thinking it's us.
Therefore, to mitigate further and ongoing damage from your article, I am respectfully asking that you immediately:

A. Remove the article altogether; or
B. Clarify at the end of every mention of the word(s) BitBay you add the word "Exchange"; in this and all future articles about the exchange.
And, when referring to us (specifically) BAY you add the word "Coin" at the end of every mention of the word(s) BitBay.

For example - the title of your article should be modified to read: "800K BitBay Exchange users..."
And when writing about us - "BitBay Coin "Dynamic Peg" is a proven winner - it works!"
We feel this would greatly help remedy the unintended confusion and damage to our brand by your article.

Believe it or not, we found it necessary to put up a site to specifically address the difference between the coin and the exchange.
Much of the more recent confusion we traced comes from your one (1) article! Please go to https://bitbaycoin.com/ to see for yourself.
I just learned of your article being the more recent major culprit here after a conference call with other team members.

We believe you probably did not do it on purpose with malicious intent; however, we are letting you know now that you and your publisher will be held financially responsible for any ongoing inaccurate information promulgated by your article in question.

I personally don't feel at this time we need to contact CoinTelegraph about you correcting the article yourself, unless you would like us too.
We feel (being published writers ourselves) you can certainly remove it or fix it quicker than they can - and we are counting on you to do just that. It's the right thing to do to avoid any further confusion originating from this article.

We would very much appreciate this article be corrected or removed within the next 24-48 hours (you could be sipping tea somewhere and not at a computer), or sooner.

If you would like to write an article about this interesting situation we both find ourselves in, I would be happy to sit down for an interview.

Thank You in advance and best regards,

_____ _____ __

DZ - You are very welcome brother.
I am here for you, the team and the projects. Cheers.

BitBayCoin.com is now live if anyone cares to look.
If you've already seen it when you read this, refresh the screen.

It will serve the following purposes:
1. Differentiate us from the Polish Exchange at bitbay.net;
2. Make a written record of the fact so no one has to guess anymore if we are related. If someone is looking for bitbay.market (the "coin") they will run across this landing page sooner or later and get their answer;
3. It's for simple clarity of a confusing situation; it had to be done sooner or later;
4. Drive interested traffic to bitbay.market and NightTrader.org.

I could not take the BS around this stupid subject anymore... Now I feel better. We all should.
It should make all our lives a little easier.

BTW - I also own: NightTraderExchange.com; .net & .org. Also, NightTraderDEX.com; .net & .org.
...to mitigate another highly obvious and potential boner, state of confusion or Three Stooges poke in the eye waiting to happen.
Those domains are being forwarded to NightTrader.org (ugh... which is still waaaaay better than bitbay.market ).
I am doing my best to support the project 110%, 24/7/365.

Attention - Why is this?:

"No the markets are working 100%. It's simply that there are no listings. Anyone can post anything to the markets. You can even start your own market. They are fully anonymous and arguably better security than TOR. We were before Particl and actually Particl started as Shadowcoin which was inspired by my work. Of course contracts on the market are also unbreakable and impervious to fraud or theft due to the nature of double deposit escrow." David Z. March 3, 2021.

A huge part of the reason all this is built, is functioning 100% but has ZERO product listings is partly because of this; and I don't care what anyone says or how they try to justify our lack of adaptation to date:

"What is the address of that Alt Coin BitBay again, Jethro?
Is it bitbaymarket.com, or is it bitbay.com, .net, .org, .info, .us, .co, .io, .live, .store, .global, .biz, .online, .market, .site, .shop, .me, .today, .app, or .company, etc?

BitBayCoin.com, .net and .org will solve a classic but highly flawed name that causes major confusion just about everywhere.

When I'm talking to people about BAY and wanting to send them somewhere online to review the coin and not the exchange (btw - the exchange makes us look bad because of their down time - we get all the credit in the write ups for being down - as well as them); it's hard, every single time, trying to tell people of all ages, races, sexes, creeds and colors to go to bitbay.market. "...I know it's a terrible domain name, ...no, no, not marketS, ...no, it really is a domain suffix - it's not a scam, ...again, I know the name sucks - no one there listens to me, ...no, no just bitbay.MARKET - that's it!!! AAAAARRRGH! There you go.
EVERYONE F's it up the 1st time you tell them. EVERYONE.    

BitBayCoin.com will end ALL the sketchiness, malarky, name and owner confusion. Period.

I'm going back to Miami; have a great weekend Ya'll - Peace

Hi Dactylion - Please go to: TELEGRAM at https://t.me/bitbayofficial to ask technical questions.
Telegram always has somebody there and they are very good at technical inquiry's. David hangs out there a lot also!
This is a bitcointalk blog... More focused on the business and roadmap of BAY coin. Thanks!
Doc

Yo Raisin... lol
Yes, the peg has been tested quite exhaustively for literally years, as David so vividly recounts above, before it went live.
Reading the time line brought back memories, both good and not so good, over the past 4+ years I have been involved.
BAY is truly special on so many levels and should be in the top 10 coins... And maybe it will be after NightTrader.org goes live.
One thing is for sure - our base price keeps going up, following BTC - as planned, despite hardly any real adaptation by the masses. Yet.

Speaking of Coin...
Someone emailed me this weekend with a question, and referenced a couple of alternative domain names for BAY, since they obviously followed what I had to say about all that about 2 months or so ago.
One of the .com names they mentioned stuck in my mind, as I had looked it up more than a few times years past and it was always taken.
But I did a search again anyway, just to check.

AND lo and behold, this time it wasn't taken and was available   ! AND, so were the .net and .org!!!

HOLY S***! I almost fell off my chair. I quickly put the .com, .net and .org URL's in the shopping cart as quickly as I could and checked out.
YES, We Got Them All! And what are these miracle domain names an Anon helped the team get?

Wait a second...
It's coming...
We're almost there...
Hang on...

BitBayCoin.com also .net & .org!

Now - I want everyone to carefully digest what I have to say next:

1. Nothing needs to change in our plans for BitBay except to add the word "coin" to the domain name.

2. Adding the word "coin" describes who we are better than just BitBay.market anyway.

3. Most Importantly it will finally distinguish us from the Polish Exchange - BitBay.net.

4. We will finally have a .com (the #1 domain ending in the world for any URL).

5. Because I got .com, .net and .org we finally will not have any SEO name competion.

6. No more F***ing name confusion .
    Public Perception - "What is the name of that Alt Coin BitBay again?"
   "Is it BitBay.com, .net, .org, .info, .us, .co, .io, .live, .store, .global, .biz, .online, .market, .site, .shop, .me, .today, .app, .company, etc?
    WTF is it?!?!??!!!! I'm totally confused."

BitBayCoin.com, .net and .org will be a drop kick in the cohones (Spanish slang for testicles, balls, nuts) of the folks who set up David Z. with a classic but highly flawed name that causes major confusion just about everywhere - on purpose!

To the BitBay.com owners in China (?) whoever you are - F*** OFF! BAY wont be here to get a finger poke in-the-eye when we begin to have huge success!
To the BitBay.net Exchange owners in Poland - Good Riddance, you never wanted or tried to lift a hand to help us anyway!
To the BitBay.org owners in ? - Chow bella!
To the FUTURE owners of BitBay.info, .us, .co, .io, .live, .store, .global, .biz, .online, .site, .shop, .me, .today, .app, .company, etc. F*** OFF.

BitBayCoin.com, .net and .org all landing at BitBayCoin.com, will finally allow BAY to - "Be Free!"
(We also have BitBayCoins.com, .net and .org in the portfolio that will be forwarded also )

AND - we can do this without hardly any effort needed on our part.
We can have our cake AND eat it too!!!
Viola!

Let's discuss transitioning to BitBayCoin.com by the time NightTrader.org goes live.
All we have to do is mirror BitBay.market to BitBayCoin.com and simply change the name on CMC, CoinGecko and CoinCodex. Easy Peasy.
We keep BAY as our short name for reference. That's it! Nothing else needs to change.
Plus, we could always use a little free advertising when people see the name shift.
Maybe David, Craig, Bjorn, etc. could get an interview or two out of it.
God knows we need the exposure...

In my humble opinion this proposed name modification could play a big part of our future success!  Peace

What I said Feb. 2, 2021 still holds true:

Despite the issues we see with LA, isn't it amaaaazing that the Peg does its thing to protect the price?
Even with low numbers it works. It truly brings stability under the harshest conditions.
...BAY will be a leader in the new markets to come.

Once NightTrader.org (our Decentralized Exchange) is done - $ freedom for BAY?

BAY liquid 24H Range on Feb 2, 2021: $ 0.395908 — $ 0.411778
BAY liquid 24H Range on March 1st, 2021: $ 0.467743 — $ 0.721217
Cheers!

Despite the issues we see with LA, isn't it amaaaazing that the Peg does its thing to protect the price?
Even with low numbers it works. It truly brings stability under the harshest conditions.

That said - everybody go buy an ounce or two of physical Ag (Silver).
Once that manipulation ends (End of June?) - Crypto's will follow.
It's going to be a spectacular ride these next couple weeks and months in the Precious Metals market.

BAY could/should be a leader in the new markets to come.
There should be a Precious Metals Desk within BAY.
Once NightTrader is done - freedom for BAY?

If you want to see something cool - check out this chart!
Date Range: ALL

https://coincodex.com/crypto/bitbay/?period=ALL

Every plateau in BTC price since toward the end of 2019 is where the Peg does its magic!

If the Short squeeze  "Reddit-raiders" or "Robin Hooders" found out the potential value of BAY we would get a fresh new start.

We are de-central-ized. Democratically controlled. Anonymous. FREE. Everything they seem to value in an investment + more is here.

I'm going to agree at this point a name change might just be in an "echo chamber"; however, it could give us additional exposure with the buzz it could create. It might even get you (David) in the limelight again, with some interviews and more exposure...

I still think BAY has huge potential. And as long as Tiny Piston Honda is still out there trolling, we are in good shape!
Funny how he only shows up when we are doing well and over the target!

In looking back - it would have been better to have done a name change many years ago, even before 2017.
Now we are kinda committed. Which may or may not prove to be beneficial. Time will tell.

Oh Well - THE PEG IS WORKING BEAUTIFULLY!  
24H RANGE:    $ 0.395908 — $ 0.411778  Steady as she goes!

Agreed. I made some changes to my above content. Please refresh your page and re-read. Thank You. God Bless.

Lucky,

I respect everything you pointed out.

True, David is not a business man. He is a creative genius.
I am a businessman however; and see things through a business lens.
I have also been buying domain names for 22 years now

I Love David and have stuck by BAY through thick and thin for over 4 years now.
Yes, our marketing plan is sorely lacking. Yes, we need support - for sure.

Yes, LA Token had problems in the beginning. It may have seen like they F'd us a couple times - but in their defense, this whole Peg thing was new and they didn't want us playing around with their code - which would have made everything easier for all of us. That said - I'm eternally grateful to LA Token for even giving us the time of day when everyone else told us to pound sand. YES - when we "control" our own exchange, we will control our own destiny and prosper. I am looking forward to that day. A special shout-out to all the Dev's working so hard on that.

Next: If a domain name didn't matter, they would all be priced the same.
Again... If a domain name didn't matter, they would all be priced the same. They aren't. That's a fact.

There are many, many reasons why having the correct ending on your url matters.
If nothing else, Search Engine's list them on many levels according to their ending. I am a SEO Expert.
That's why bitbay.market is "worth" $163.00 and bitbay.com is worth over $13k.
That's a cold, hard fact. Not speculation or wishful thinking.

You compare it to the wrapping of a gift. I disagree.
I think of it like this... domain names are like Real Estate - which they are.
A complete name is like an address - You can still live in a building on 5th Ave; have the exact same address, but if you live in the basement, you will pay A LOT less than someone who lives in the Penthouse. The penthouse is a better view, has more prestige, etc.
BitBay with an ending like .market is living in the basement; and to add insult to injury - is sharing space with others.
But, nonetheless they are at least in the building.
BitBay.com is living in the Penthouse with a great view and has a party every day. It's undeniable - look at the perceived value.
You and David may think it's not important; just like the person living in the basement is just happy to be there... I prefer living in the Penthouse.

I am in total agreement with you that the exchange will save the day - and in the end, we may have a VERY bright future, time will tell.
Peace.

(Issue: BitBay.market has kinda a terrible .url that is not helping and actually hurting our progress.)

I could not have said it better myself RaisinBran... So I'll repeat what you said.
"OBVIOUS PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION IS CRUCIAL, OTHERWISE WE'LL BE STUMBLING ALL OVER OURSELVES FOREVER."

It's really Marketing 101-A.

For being so smart I don't understand why David cannot understand such a simple fact... Amazing. (See examples above)
I've been saying this for YEARS... Denial Great Is (Yoda).

As a Physician with a strong background in psychiatry - I would conclude that because he's just been dug in for so long - he can't admit the name has been an albatross around our neck/throat/head and a HUGE hindrance to our success. Yes - the stumbling will continue forever I'm afraid. Too bad.
"BAY" should easily be a top 10 coin.

We will never get a serious backer with our pedigree so compromised and confusing.
Please excuse me for the next few months; maybe forever, while I shout, scream and shake my fists to the heavens.

Ztoshi is a great name! I actually like Ztoshi better myself...
Too bad it's taken and for sale for only $4,500.00
 

On the other hand, and this might add credence to what I have been saying for years:
GoDaddy.com Domain Name Value and Appraisal: bitbay.market (current url for BAY) - Estimated Value: $163.00
GoDaddy.com Domain Name Value and Appraisal: zimtoshi.com (Doc's proposed name change) - Estimated Value: $1,101.00
(Actually I don't care what the name change is, it just needs to be different and a .com)

Let's continue:
GoDaddy.com Domain Name Value and Appraisal: bitbay.net (Polish exchange) - Estimated Value: $2,289.00
GoDaddy.com Domain Name Value and Appraisal: bitbay.com (?Owner in China) - Estimated Value: $13,829.00

So - Despite David saying the name doesn't matter, apparently it does. By a lot.
The $ difference between bitbay.market and bitbay.com is 84.85x.

...But I digress. The working website name/url for a crypto currency since 2014 is only worth One Hundred and Sixty Three Dollars?!!!
And a website name that has never been built is worth 6.5x, and the .com 85x as much. C'mon Man!

There is nothing left to say. Look it up for yourself. https://in.godaddy.com/domain-value-appraisal

Exactly

I could not have said it better myself... So I'll repeat what you said.
OBVIOUS PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION IS CRUCIAL, OTHERWISE WE'LL BE STUMBLING ALL OVER OURSELVES FOREVER.

It's really Marketing 101-A.

For being so smart (?) I don't understand why David cannot understand such a simple fact... Amazing.
I've been saying this for YEARS... Denial Great Is.

As a Physician with a strong background in psychiatry - I would conclude that because he's just been dug in for so long - he can't admit the name has been an albatross around our neck/throat/head and a HUGE hindrance to our success. Yes - the stumbling will continue forever I'm afraid. Too bad.
"BAY" should easily be a top 10 coin.

We will never get a serious backer with our pedigree so compromised and confusing.
Please excuse me for the next few months; maybe forever, while I shout and scream to the heavens.

Ztoshi is great! I actually like it better myself...
Too bad it's taken and for sale for only $4,500.00
 

On the other hand, and this might add credence to what I have been saying for years:
GoDaddy.com Domain Name Value and Appraisal: bitbay.market - Estimated Value: $163.00
GoDaddy.com Domain Name Value and Appraisal: zimtoshi.com - Estimated Value: $1,101.00

Let's continue:
GoDaddy.com Domain Name Value and Appraisal: bitbay.net - Estimated Value: $2,289.00
GoDaddy.com Domain Name Value and Appraisal: bitbay.com - Estimated Value: $13,829.00

So - Despite David saying the name doesn't matter, apparently it does. By a lot.
The $ difference between a bitbay.market and bitbay.com is 84.85x.

...But I digress. The working website name/url for a crypto currency since 2014 is only worth One Hundred and Sixty Three Dollars?!!!
And a website name that has never been built is worth 6.5x as much. C'mon Man!

There is nothing left to say. Look it up for yourself. https://in.godaddy.com/domain-value-appraisal