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Carter is an authentic guy finding his way as we all are, and trying to acquire as much bitcoin and make as much money as possible before everything goes parabolic. A good goal to have.
He has a mix of analysis, insights and with only so much crypto-time in the day, it's a way to keep your finger on the pulse of the markets. His story today about Hugh Hefner is something we can all learn from.
Back to Bittrex. I go back and forth as to if I'm a HODLr or a trader. STEEM is up 20+% as well it should be, as if you read Episode 1 Dan Larimer is the man.... but I am already pondering where the next run-up will be.
ADEX popped which I missed, but I liken it to a false flag that the deep state puts out there to slip the patriot act through congress or some other shadow agenda or main stream media story to fool the masses. I'm not convinced ADEX has the team, the community, or a true business case. Is it being pumped way up by the whales to draw attention and then dumped as the rest of us fear missing out. Setting lures for the small fish to hoard more bitcoin for themselves.
I sort of felt a little old school watching ADEX pop, old school in terms of 2 or 3 months ago when ADEX popped the last time. What other coin was popping around the same time? STORJ had a huge runup and the chart looks attractive now.
I am considering a position in Cloakcoin as I like the privacy motif, but worry if I value privacy more than others might. Zcoin, Deep Onion, PIVX, Verge, SAFEX. I like them all.
I watched Dr Julian Hosp who is doing some incredible things at TENX and I want to buy in on the next dip. I downloaded their Android app, and futzed around. I like that the app was a little clunky, and of course US citizens can't get the card, and there is a waiting list anyways. I reminds me that we are really in the beginning of everything still. TENX is trying to solve a big issue. Too many wallets, and the idea of pre-paid crypto sitting on a card until the moment it is spent in fiat is revolutionary. Having to hire regulatory/finance staff rather than developers reminds me that the powers that be could shut down TENX fairly quickly with a single press release with a contrarian view. If some rumbling from the Chinese government cause NEO to melt down, what happens when there is a more substantial contrarian viewpoint.
I also read some about Stan Larimer today, the Godfather of Bitshares and Dan's dad. The cross pollination between Bitshares decentralized exchange, STEEM, and EOS will be competitive advantages that other coins don't have. I think Bitshares burned some investors and made a couple mistakes, but mistakes can be fixed with hindsight, and unlimited amounts of investment capital.
Anyways, I slip back into the whack a mole mentality and it's only been 24 hrs since I decided to HODL with Dan for the long term.
My Whack a Mole picture didn't post correctly yesterday, so I'm attaching it to this post. I don't think we'll get the likes of Justin Bieber and Jessica Alba signing up for Steemit until they make the jpgs interface a little more user friendly.
Help me out by upvoting my dog Griggy's "Fresh Kisses" commercial as it will thrill my girlfriend referred to in Episode 1. Griggy has already received $.07 and 34 likes and if I can get her on board with this whole crypto-revolution thing, it will be good for everyone involved (me). I hoping to get her to stop wasting time on Facebook, and instead contribute her dog training knowledge on Steemit & d.tube. If I could get Griggy to earn $1, I can pay for the printer ink to write him a resume, get him a Linkedin page, and book more commercial gigs.