So, I am constantly refreshing this thread, and oft-times met with no new post.
Let's make this more lively.
DNotes is a cryptocurrency for the future. So then, what exactly is in store for the future? And how can cryptos, generally, and DNotes specifically, help facilitate life in the future as you see it?
There's no wrong ideas when your brainstorming.
The future, to me, is going to be one of technological pervasiveness. It's going to be everywhere. And by everywhere, I mean a totally different kind of everywhere. An everywhere that can be described by what I call a Triple Convergence (sort of an updated version of the Triple Convergence detailed Friedman's "The World is Flat"). We have the Semantic Web, The Web of Things, and Artificial Intelligence. This internet which has so vastly improved the lives of the entire planet is going to become massively larger. Every nook and cranny is going to be armed with simple intelligence, and will gather data. Like a trillion tiny sensors lining roads that communicate and direct your self driving cars. Refrigerators, microwaves, toys, smoke alarms, all with IP address. And then with the Semantic Web, we are going to take all of that data and connect it more deeply. So, this massive network is going to become streets more massive, far more connected...and increasingly large portions of the new network will be run by AI that ever more closely approximates the reasoning capabilities of human intelligence.
Technology will be then be pervasive. I'm talking pervasive in a way that makes technology today look like child's play.
For me, cryptos represent a way to maintain control amidst all of this pervasiveness. Don't get me wrong, our collective quality of life will improve immeasurably and in untold awesome ways. But all that progress will have a cost. And I think altcoins represent a significant piece of insurance against technological progress stifling our humanity. I don't want to be controlled, and I don't want financial companies, among others, to have the kind of power over me that they do now. For example, Visa is larger than Disney. Mastercard is larger than Boeing and McDonald's.
They are that big because of the centralized power of current wealth transfer paradigms. Decentralized, superrrrr-secure paradigms with broad support, like DNotes, are perfect cogs to be a part of running the "anti-machine."
MinningHabit is right. We need to make this space more lively. However, I must confess that I don’t spend much time posting. I do check back quite often and feel increasing more convinced that DNotes has a good chance in taking a leadership position in the digital currency world. Many of you have articulated the DNotes difference, compared the other crypto currencies, very well. It is absolutely, essential to build a strong community. However, that is only one of many components required to be truly successful over the long haul. Among others, sustainable funding to support the community, branding, marketing, technology enhancement are of great importance. As reflected in multiple postings, the DNotes team understands the challenges and had this to say in their last posting: “Unlike many other crypto currencies you may be familiar with, our investment in marketing and development will continue indefinitely.” It is not likely, that the DNotes team will show their hand, so to speak, by disclosing their business plan. However, one can learn a lot by carefully observing how the team has skillfully executed its plan systematically at the appropriate time. This could take DNotes very far with plenty of opportunities for DNotes supporters with the right skill sets to participate.