Quote from: pa on April 26, 2015, 09:24:24 PM

Quote from: DaveyJones on April 26, 2015, 08:14:21 PM

Quote from: rpietila on April 26, 2015, 07:42:48 PM

I don't think the GUI is the key. Monero appeals most to extremely intelligent people who also have lots of money (aminorex, ArticMine). This type of guys will be the deciders of the price in the short (1 year) term. The masses come later.

I should refocus to the MiG thing. That is directing to the above segment. Here, my laborious scenario analyses did not receive even one comment. That is indicative that you aren't even interested in Monero here! We need more leaders, and we are bound to get them on board in the coming months.

I actually enjoyed your analyses and your thoughts behind, but i don´t have anything to add to it.... so i´ll just say thanks for your effort.

I too appreciate your scenario analysis (and many of your other educational and inspiring economic posts on both Bitcoin and Monero) but lack the background in economics and finance to discuss them in depth. I find your analysis thought-provoking, but also a bit unsatisfying, in that many of your assumptions seem arbitrary (or based on personal intuition). I laud your willingness to explicate your thinking, nevertheless. Though I'm still a neophyte at trading and speculation, you and a perhaps a dozen others on this forum and Reddit have been instrumental in opening my mind to the idea that speculation is not merely gambling.

I too read your analyses and appreciate them, but I do not have the skill to add to the conversation or critique them, so they are mostly read in silence. I especially appreciate how honest the analyses are - the percentage success rates or probabilities are always on the "sure it could happen" side of things, which is refreshing - fits the general tone of monero community development - realism, as opposed to the "this is definite and we're all going to be buying spaceships", which you could definitely produce if you so chose, so thanks.