Being involved with Panda is very different. It is hard to get exited about 1 or 2 satoshi increases when other coins are going up and down whole dollars per day. But I've come to realize that Panda's value is probably what an altcoin without hype or pump and dumpers should actually be. Growth over here is natural and not contrived and based on real functionality, a real community and a real road-map with real goals.
I'm coming to see just how corrupt the altcoin world is. I'm not naive but this morning's events really drove it home. Litecoindark is a typical Bittrex 2 day wonder with an instant community, anon, a whitepaper that avoids specifics but is heavy on buzzwords, etc. There is Anon, SMS sending, future development of Android and Mac wallets and all of the usual plod. IconExpert is a big holder. It will go the usual route: a day or of 300BTC volume, hype then IE will dump and leave a herd of angry bagholders.
Well, I work with a Twitter girl who calls herself manelecrypto. She's a somewhat over exited East European singer who loves Doge, loves Panda and hates scamcoins. Go figure. Me and her play off a bit to see what the newest scamcoins are made of; it is kind of fun to poke them a bit. The scam devs need a little abuse on the way to the Lambo dealership ...
In entertainment there are any many sources of information: lawyers, investors, singers all kind of circle each other basically looking for sex (the business people) and more security than just singing provides (entertainers). It is a nasty world but one where all kinds of surprising information can be obtained.
In the old Eastern block cryptos and altcoins are a topic of conversation. People want to be sure they have a place to put their money if a) their economies meltdown and b) if Mr. Putin isn't satisfied with his Crimean appetizer. People don't trust NATO because Obama is basically a no-show. Bitcoin is seen as too official, too traceable. Something obscure like a new altcoin is just thing if you have to get out fast and not leave any traces. In and out, just long enough to get out ahead of the Russian army and safe to London.
Litecoindark has been mentioned but apparently there is some kind of trademark issue with Litecoin. She was, to be a honest, a little spazzy and dramatic announcing this on her Twitter account. But she assures me that something is going on re the trademark issue. The Litecoindark people obviously deny everything, all is good, unicorns and happy mice and fairy dust for everyone because they can't afford fancy sports cars yet.
What was amazing was the anthill that was kicked over. The Litecoindark people subjected her to an immediate organized intense attack on Twitter and on-line that featured sexual and physical threats, legal threats, one death threat and general insults. In her country these things aren't really of concern; her's is a place where one singer's fans will attack another singer's fans in the airport for a slight about virginity in the newspaper. A few agitated neck-beards just don't register on the threat meter.
Obviously she'd stepped into some big pump and dump group's playground and really stirred them up. Normal BTC people are not nearly so vocal. Take our resident trolls at Panda. They are asses but I don't think anyone here would actually physically threaten them. It seems obvious that large and even rather dangerous groups are lurking in the shadows in the cryptoworld.
Panda seems honest so far which is damned refreshing. I do hope that the honesty over here pulls in investors when the noobs finally get tired of being fleeced weekly.
Interesting take on the world of crypto. I tend to not get myself involved with all the cesspool that's called Cryptocurrency. While PND technically falls under cryptocurrency/magical internet money, for now, i want to treat it as something revolutionary and I want to be a part of something big. It is the community and development (both devs and community) that makes it all so refreshing.
I also rarely visit any other threads in ANN forum. No more do I have to care about people getting scammed by a 13 y o publishing altcoins from bestcoingenerator.com with a free plan. Now that I have found PND, i'm sticking with it for the long run.