No crypto is mainstream. Bitcoin is not mainstream. Bitcoin is not in a good position with respect to usability. It is light-years ahead of Monero, of course.
The market trajectory of the coin is going to be crucial to achieving its full potential. Please don't belittle efforts to advance the value of the coin. Ideally, it would
advance with as little draw-down as possible. This would tend to discourage p&d much better than would a sequence of events amenable to hype, which
would tend to serve that agenda, would help to create an impression of relative price stability/predictability, and advance confidence in the coin.
The default assumption is, reasonably, that any new coin is a scam. Monero is proving itself, in gradual due course, on the development track, but the finance track
is equally necessary to take this train to its desired destination. Finance is very much a confidence game, and anything we can do to increase value and reduce
price volatility will do heroic service to secure that crucial confidence. We need allies in finance, in business, in entrepreneurial ventures, &c.
I understand that when one invests a great deal of your sweat or treasure into a project, one can get defensive. Especially in a hostile environment, subject to
all manner of attack, from libel and slander to hacking to financial raids, it is easy to become sensitized to the dangers. But constructive criticism, which will come
from diverse areas of expertise and emphasis, is very valuable. Let's please take care not to discourage it, while defending against an imaginary threat out of habit.
Further: On the finance side the pecuniary interests of commentators are likely to be prominent. That's okay. This project is not a zero-sum game. Its success will
improve life for millions of people, in myriad ways, and many of them will see financial gain. Win-win scenarios like this are very difficult to find in this world.
It is a privilege to participate in such, and both a privilege and a blessing of gain to share it with others. Habits which are trained in more hostile competitive domains are
well suited to interaction with hostile competitors, but the fewer of those which the Monero project has, the more fully and rapidly it will achieve its best potential.
The market trajectory of the coin is going to be crucial to achieving its full potential. Please don't belittle efforts to advance the value of the coin. Ideally, it would
advance with as little draw-down as possible. This would tend to discourage p&d much better than would a sequence of events amenable to hype, which
would tend to serve that agenda, would help to create an impression of relative price stability/predictability, and advance confidence in the coin.
The default assumption is, reasonably, that any new coin is a scam. Monero is proving itself, in gradual due course, on the development track, but the finance track
is equally necessary to take this train to its desired destination. Finance is very much a confidence game, and anything we can do to increase value and reduce
price volatility will do heroic service to secure that crucial confidence. We need allies in finance, in business, in entrepreneurial ventures, &c.
I understand that when one invests a great deal of your sweat or treasure into a project, one can get defensive. Especially in a hostile environment, subject to
all manner of attack, from libel and slander to hacking to financial raids, it is easy to become sensitized to the dangers. But constructive criticism, which will come
from diverse areas of expertise and emphasis, is very valuable. Let's please take care not to discourage it, while defending against an imaginary threat out of habit.
Further: On the finance side the pecuniary interests of commentators are likely to be prominent. That's okay. This project is not a zero-sum game. Its success will
improve life for millions of people, in myriad ways, and many of them will see financial gain. Win-win scenarios like this are very difficult to find in this world.
It is a privilege to participate in such, and both a privilege and a blessing of gain to share it with others. Habits which are trained in more hostile competitive domains are
well suited to interaction with hostile competitors, but the fewer of those which the Monero project has, the more fully and rapidly it will achieve its best potential.
Nicely said(Yes, I read the whole thing
) Monero atm needs more:
Well done websites based off of it, whether that be forums, help sites, casino sites, e-commerce sites, etc
I could lend a hand in creating such websites if any members here would like to suggest ideas
