We are at the eve of the rebranding and LISK is at $29 and change and was down all night. When it did make a move, I saw a tremendous sell volume in the red...someone has been manipulating LSK with big money. The rest of the crypto community is skeptical...because LISK still has no functional blockchain for public. Not even an Alpha...of the core.
That said, I do have faith in this community. I know you stand behind this project no matter what and how many delays. I am a bit less forgiving on delays having been a CEO before and know you simply cannot miss multiple deadlines and get behind in a fast moving industry like crypto. The public that is in crypto is mostly in it to make money, and delays do not mean money. They dump in a heartbeat on FUD or bad news.
I still am in...if this blockchain is everything they claim it is, and they do not mess up this rebrand like last time (a conf. in Nov. which many say was done unprofessionally) I could see this coin hitting $50 in a month or two. However, you need to understand that much of the volume and price of LISK is controlled by those who love it. There are many in this crypto community that have little faith in LISK and see it as the "Just wait...one day" crypto. So, the team needs to really nail it and then we may see the "soar" that the post I quoted from predicted. I think the sidechains and Javascript make the product interesting and the fact there are projects lining up when there has not even been a BETA released is promising.
I agree with you on everything you said. LISK know this too that if they do not deliver on 20th, MANY will loose faith in them so they will do this time professionally. This happened with ripple SWELL as well, People had high hopes and in the end SWELL was not that successful as people thought it would be and in december ripple just soared beyond expectations. You also need patience to make big. If u do not have patience then the profits you will make won't be massive. So tomorrow is near and we will see what happens. In crypto some projects are their to stay just like bitcoin, Lisk is one of those project. Its not going anywhere.