Re: DNotes 2.0 - Bridging the Gap Between the Centralized and Decentralized World

I don't understand why every time bitcoin goes down, the price of dnotes goes down further more. In USD it has depreciated from $0.32 to $0.11 now. This is a total control of whales. There are more DNotes in whales pockets than in long-time holders pockets. A coin holder won't dump like that and with this volume...

That seems to be the case with pretty much all altcoins today.

If you look at overall BTC dominance of the total coin market cap, it was like 37-38% a week or two back. And right now, it's 43+%. So, it stands to reason that on a day when 145 of the top 150 coins are in the red (with most of them being down 10+%), and a day that is seeing an increase in BTC market cap dominance....that most alts would fall further today than bitcoin.

Doesn't seem too out of the ordinary, all in all. Though it does kinda suck to lose the kind of money today, overall (in BTC, LTC, ETC, ETH, XRP, and SYS, along with NOTE) that make grown men cry.

But I'm determined to be not be emotional about all this volatility. Either up, or down.

HODLLLLLL

I still don't understand the correlation between BTC and alts . Why the other coins drop in price when bitcoin drops ? I was inclined to think that people sell BTC to buy alts which would have a totally different effect from what is actually happening now. So is it the market totally controlled by bitcoin whales ? And the whales sell when the BTC price is up then buy when it reaches a bottom and so on , accumulating more and more from the unexperienced traders? over the last 24h i lost more than $10000 which is very annoying. Well "lost" is inaccurate because i'm still on the green side overall but this volatility is not for the faint-hearted.

When the value of BTC/USD goes down a lot the value of alts/USD goes down a lot as well (because they are mostly indexed relative to BTC), which leads people to sell their alts into BTC and then USD, which brings the value of alts/BTC down and the value of alts/USD even more down, which leads more people to sell their alts and so on and so forth until remain the people who do not want to sell or are not aware of what's going on, and once BTC/USD stabilizes or goes back up people start buying BTC and alts again

Right on the money. This has been the general trend and the inverse can be said for price movements in the other direction. Investor psychology and herd mentality are powerful drivers when it comes to market valuation, nobody wants to miss out and nobody wants to be left holding the bag in a currency that has no future.

Thank you everyone for supporting this forum. Your best efforts in trying to make sense of the correlation between BTC and altcoin value adjustment is as good as mine; in this case, better than mine could have been. What I can tell you is that, for all practical purposes, DNotes is worth a little more each day. We are working very hard ever day and investing serious money in taking DNotes to the next level with DNotes 2.0 and beyond. I have no doubt that DNotes will be a significant leader in our industry in a year or two. How much would DNotes be worth one day? You got it. Your guess is as good as mine. But don't make the same mistake I made with Startis. I bought a chunk when it was trading below $10 million and sold it at a nice profit after it doubled and then watch it went to $500 + million and to $1 + billion. Startis is developing in C# - so is DNotes. Just some food for thought.

It has been another long day. I started at 5:30 am in Chicago, drove 3.5 hours (240 miles), put in a full day in Coldwater, MI where DNotes core group is at this time. It's now 1:00 am. I have never been with a more committed and talented team. We are very passionate about what we are doing. It takes an amazing team with a clear vision to accomplish amazing results.

"I have never been with a more committed and talented team. We are very passionate about what we are doing. It takes an amazing team with a clear vision to accomplish amazing results. "

Agreed, I have also never been with a more passionate and committed team. We have a clear vision of the future, each step forward is strategically planned and executed, and value is being added to DNotes every single day by very talented and dedicated people.

I'll third that notion. During my time spent in Coldwater with you guys it really took me by surprise how much everyone was on the same page, even on issues we hadn't discussed prior to that. That cohesive team mentality and a common vision are huge advantages for DNotes.