Topic: [ANN][NOTE]DNotes - Celebrating DNotes 3rd Birthday - Forum Now Open - page 12. (Read 814544 times)

Thank you, Nele. Always good to see you. The book is quite an accomplishment and will open a lot of doors for us. However, what is most important to me is that we will be able to reach out to help a lot of small business owners and their employees.

Many small business owners around the world are struggling because of increasing cost burdens due to increased government regulations, taxes, and bank charges. We are firmly committed to help them reduce their transaction cost. Above all, the book will be a source of inspiration for both the employers and their employees to work closely together for the mutual benefits of both parties. It will take a little time for the word to get out. But, I am confident that this book will be of immense help to a lot of people. Eventually, it will become the pathway to mass acceptance of DNotes.

Nele, I am very happy to learn that GMC is doing very well, especially with your new set-up for anyone to purchase "GAME" with Paypal. That is a great feature. All our best to you.

Woo-Hoo I just saw!

Congrats Alan!

Everything coming on the right place!

Love this community!

Best regards

Nele

Thanks CryptoBroker, we appreciate the support. DNotes has made many 'firsts' and there are many more to come. Just glad we can finally start taking the next steps.

Thank you Chase! Everyone worked very hard to get this together, and we will continue to do everything we can to make this a success.

Cryptocurrencies have been "backed by" gold, dope, horse urine, and even other cryptocurrencies.

However no other cryptocurrency has been backed by a real life revenue stream... until now. Chalk that up as another first for DNotes!

Everything looks amazing and the endless hours of hard work is evident in the quality delivered! 

With a book this good, there will be no problem reaching this goal. 

CryptoMoms has tweeted. 

The KickStarter is officially live!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/124571891/the-four-pillars-of-business-success-book-by-alan

FourPillarsOfBusinessSuccess.com is officially live!

https://fourpillarsofbusinesssuccess.com/

We also have an update on the book preview.

https://fourpillarsofbusinesssuccess.com/book-preview/

Press Release forthcoming.

Poloniex takes the same sort of stance on new additions to cryptocurrency. As far as DNotes goes, we have long way to go before we are competing in the same space. Fortunately, this book will go a long way in helping people to understand what differentiates DNotes.

An application to trade Ether on the Gemini Exchange has been approved by the New York State Dept. of Financial Services. What stood out to me was that they appear to be interested only in currencies that don't compete with bitcoin.


The Winklevoss twins chose ether to trade on its exchange because of its "unique capabilities" that are different from bitcoin, they said.

"There is a place for ether on our platform. It does what bitcoin doesn't do," Winklevoss said. "So that is the sort of criteria, that it is different enough from bitcoin and the proposition is great enough that this makes sense for us to include it in our platform."

NY regulator approves Winklevoss bid to trade digital currency ether

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-winklevoss-ether-idUSKCN0XW1SZ

http://dcebrief.com/blockchain-on-the-battlefield/

And the followup...

http://bitcoinist.net/craig-wright-exits-the-bitcoin-stage-with-weird-blog-post/

Will the next contestant please step forward!

Fascinating article.


In China, savvy entrepreneurs are making millions a year by mining bitcoin. Danny Vincent visited one of the world’s biggest facilities of its kind to film the activity and people within.

By Danny Vincent
4 May 2016

On the edge of a tiny Chinese town is a strange building where you can get an insight into the future – and only a handful of people know what is happening inside.

I am on my way to visit one of the biggest bitcoin mines in the world: where up to $8m in digital currency is generated per year by solving complicated mathematical algorithms with computers.

The location is secret and I have been invited under the strict condition that I live onsite with the miners. The owners don’t want to broadcast their specific location, because while the Chinese government is neither officially pro or against bitcoin, the huge amount of money flowing from these mines is outside state control.

The town itself is so high up in the mountains that you have to bring your own cans of oxygen. Mobile phone signals frequently disappear around the mountains and valleys that surround the township. But high speed wi-fi makes video calls and chat apps the main mode of communication.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160504-we-looked-inside-a-secret-chinese-bitcoin-mine

Great observation, RJF.

Oops!  Andresen backs off his support:

https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/gavin-andersen-craig-wright-blog-mistake/

Has anyone noticed that every time Craig Wright defends his claim to be Nakamoto it's with something he will provide in the "future"? "I'll move a bitcoin soon..." "I'll provide irrefutable proof soon..." Guess it takes time to fabricate that "proof" eh?

Oh well, back to life as usual...

Chase, thanks for posting this. In the essence of time I read the article briefly. If anything, the situation is more likely to be worse today. The banks everywhere are pilling up fees on business accounts, often times difficult for small business owners to understand or justify. SBA in Canada and the US would appear to be doing a great job. For the most part, they are. Unfortunately, many business owners may not realized the added cost and risk they are signing up for. On top of the fees, business owners must provide personal guarantee, first or second mortgage on what they own as well as any company's assets. If the business fail, (60% chance in five years) the owners often ended up loosing more than just the business. They are still liable for any unpaid balance. Looks like this kind of discussion could be in valuable at our new site:  https://fourpillarsofbusinesssuccess.com/

The Letter of Credit commitment to the landlord is not something many new entrepreneur may understand. It is in effect a bank guarantee, but you are still totally liable if you default on the rental agreement. I would have absolutely negotiated it out of the rental agreement. It not a liability I would ever signup for. It is bad enough to lose your business. You must protect yourself in case it fails. Getting a clean start must be a part of your "plan B."

This is from 2015, but I doubt much has changed. This small business owner paid almost $7,000 in bank fees in one year, including a $2,150 application fee for a small business loan, $971 for a letter of credit, and monthly account fees of around $250. "Gardner was also charged a monthly account fee of $25 for the 10-year length of the loan, which amounts to $3,000." - sounds like he had to pay this in full, up front.


Bank fees for small business: Where's the value for money?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bank-fees-for-small-business-where-s-the-value-for-money-1.3045924

That is excellent. We will continue to do our part.

Very nice! Moving in the right direction!

You know the gender gap in cryptocurrency is shrinking when:


CryptoMoms Twitter follower - Caitlin Long ‏@caitlinflong

"WOW!  There's a line for the women's room at a #bitcoin conference--this may be a first!  Yay!! #Consensus2016"

 

Excellent article, Thomas. Like everything else, it takes time and scale to finally get there. Frictionless acquisition and payment features with great security and in full compliance with regulatory requirements are the ideals. That is our vision but it will take years to get there. In the mean time, there are lots of great ideas being tested and we are keeping a careful watch. I was impressed to learn this morning that one can purchase $5 of "Game" (Game Credits) using Paypal any time. Great job to our friends at GMC.