One of the real concerns that we need to face is that with volume being so low (less than 1btc often) NOTE will soon risk being de-listed by the major exchanges unless trading picks up.
This is part of what I was trying to say before. To spur interest in NOTE people need to be able to buy it, and to buy it, it needs to remain on exchanges, which to do so it needs to be traded, which means it must be attractive to investors as a speculative instrument, which to do so means people need to feel like something, anything, is happening to drive the platform forwards.
To keep people interested they need to feel like they can make money. This is a simple statement of fact in crypto.
Without any of this, NOTE is just an idea in Alan's notebook. Like it or not, trading drives interest. Without something concrete and hopeful in the future, trade will shrivel and NOTE will disappear from the exchanges altogether. I know you don't like it, but this is a fact. Something needs to happen to galvanise NEW people into wanting to buy and hold NOTE. The technology and the excitement must go hand in hand with the core mission and economic thesis, you can't just have one or the other. Otherwise it becomes an intellectual pursuit in a vaccum with no supporters pushing real money into the ecosystem.
Please just consider this.
First of all, DNotes is not going to be delisted and comments like that are more likely to be chuckled at than taken seriously.
You've made your opionion very clear; I believe this is the third time you have told a team with decades of experience on the world stage in business, how to run things. We are all here precisely because things are done differently and any of us with real world experience outside of crypto, know it takes more than what you are suggesting to make a global currency.
Having DNotes fly slightly under the radar for a while longer as wild swings in volatility return in bitcoin may not be a bad thing.
"Something needs to happen to galvanise NEW people into wanting to buy and hold NOTE". I feel like a broken record on this one. In order for mass adoption of any currency, the support has to come from OUTSIDE Bitcointalk, crypto, and tech. DNotes has reached more people who haven't a clue about crypto or technology than probably any other coin with the exception of bitcoin being taken up by people in the financial sector.
As far as Alan's notebook goes... If I had a copy of Alan's notebook 20 years ago, I would have written my own book and been a very wealthy woman!!
Maybe it's time for you to re-evaluate your investment objectives. There are lots of coins that doing nothing but try to keep up with the ever changing technology.
Thank you, Chase. Very well said.