I have never participated in mining but I can understand your frustrations. It is quite obvious that some people do invest their time and money for the love of a coin. That can be a good thing; not just supporting the network of a coin you love, but also protecting and promoting your self interest because you own quite a few of the coin. Sentiment does have value, depending on one's personalities. However, you can certainly support a coin by mining or purchasing it as a long term investment.

I happen to be very analytical and more result oriented. I often project the end result, or the end game, that I like to accomplish. With a goal that is quantifiable, it is possible to examine various options and pick the best one that gives you the highest probability of achieving your goal with maximum returns.

It may sound a little complicated, but many of DNotes long-term strategies are developed using this framework. When one has the discipline and skill to plan and strategize using such an approach, everything in the overall scheme of things is done for a good reason. They are all connected and designed to maximize the synthesis of the combined power of the system approach. In the case of DNotes, our team is very systematic and deliberate in executing our strategic and tactical plans. In subsequent posts, I will point out why it is important to do a lot of ground work in preparing DNotes for mass consumer and merchant adoption. That could explain why some believe that the current merchant adoption of Bitcoin may be premature. Perhaps many of the perquisites for merchant adoption have not been made. It is like eating the cake when it is half baked or putting the cart before the horse. The out come is often disappointing and frustrating.

DNotes is taking a very different approach.