The failure of crypto communities to shunt their coins from the speculative-currency phase to the transactional-volume phase has been a tragedy
To be fair, it's because crypto in general is:
1. Almost impossible to understand and use for anyone that isn't a techie;
2. Accepted basically nowhere without cumbersome third party intervention;
3. Too volatile to be used as a store of value;4. Uninsured against theft or loss;5. Not sufficiently superior to established systems at anything other than a) instantaneous international transfer (not useful in 99.9% of transactions to everyday folk), b) low-fee transfer of huge volumes of wealth (not useful to 99.9% of everyday folk; also see point 3 above).
Right now crypto is a very poorly implemented solution looking for a problem to solve for everyday people. Until that happens (if ever) it will remain a niche speculative interest.
"Too volatile to be used as a store of value" - In an eight month period in the past year, the Canadian dollar fell 16% against the US dollar. The US is Canada's biggest trading partner and while the drop may benefit some, it will hurt anyone who's investments were tied to the Canadian dollar. So called safe investments such as bonds, term deposits, and cash, just saw their purchasing power diminish substantially. DNotes has had some ups and downs, like any new investment starting out, but as a long term store of value, to date it has been the best I have ever seen. I stand by my previous prediction that DNotes will be the best performing investment of the decade!
"Uninsured against theft or loss" - DNotes has done what no other currency has by offering a guarantee fund for all deposits at DNotes Vault. Their policy "do what others can't or won't" will be key to DNotes success.
Pushing the listing of the coin on a major exchange will do a thousand times more for usage and interest than any marketing campaign, than any development work, than any linkedin posts..
The push for the exchanges is what every other coin has done, but none of them have made the effort to reach outside of the current crypto community where true success lies.