Thanks so much TanteStefana for really addressing and answering some of the concerns I have. I'll hold for now and after this reply I'll try and refrain from anymore engagement on this (bitter) thread. I'm not a DASH troll and people can mock me all they want but the numbers against our competition speak for itself.
Also, @Cryptohunter, yes I have just under 2,000 coins and I've been interested in dash (DRK) ever since it it was around $1 after the first bubble because I l thought it had real (intrinsic) value . I will not be dumping any coins anytime soon regardless of how much I disagree with their tactics mainly because I think it's undervalued. I don't know who Toaway is and although I hold coins I certainly don't consider myself part of Dash Nation. I hope all goes well with you though and thanks for your response.
If I overlooked any other (real) response then thanks to you too. I don't want to start a war of words, I just think Icebreakers criticism was constructive and I'm happy to have gotten a response from TanteStefana. I'll keep what I have and work hard to invest in others.
Mike323, I've also been a Dash coin holder for some time now and as TanteStefana pointed out, there are a lot of plans in the works for Dash. A lot of the hatred and bashing comes from the fact that Dash decided to take a new direction shifting its sole focus from privacy and providing multiple other features. Many disagreed and were not happy with this change, However I think this is indeed a great leap forward. Hence, the name Evolution. Monero is only known for one prime feature which is privacy which is great and appeals to a certain target audience. Dash, however, is looking to target a much broader range of an audience, targeting the mainstream, with the implementation of additional features.
This is the reason why in the long run, I put my money on Dash over Monero. If Dash can function as a currency in a true decentralized fashion (which it currently does via community voting), earn me interest, and make it easier for me to pay bills and even order Pizza with the tap of a button, AND have a privacy just when I need it, this makes it more valuable to me than Monero.As I've also stated previously, there is also no reason why both can't co-exist. If people like Monero and see the value in it, they can also buy Monero as well. As a matter of fact, I'm pretty sure that there are many cryptoholders that own both.
I just find it extremely disturbing why all these Monero trolls have to make it a point to come on the DASH forum to try to convince people to sell their Dash. If Monero is super awesome, it will do well on its own without trying to ram it continuously down everyone's throat.