"If we want digital currencies to succeed as currencies, this [pump and dump] trend needs to change. Exchanges need to examine the coins they host as currencies, not as potential short term cash-cows. They need to accept digital currencies that have the highest potentials to succeed as currencies and to provide some real pragmatic value to its users and holders, not the coins which have the highest potential to provide short term profits."

This is all well and good, but for now, merely wishful thinking. I totally agree with it, but how in the hell can you do anything about pumping and dumping? How do we make PND more stable than anything out there? I haven't a clue, and I'm not exactly an expert either. I know the silver lining is we get chances to buy up PND when the floor drops out, but I'm always at a loss as to how this is ever going to level off for the long term. Maybe it's just patience-related. Hope there will be opinions from folks much more knowledgeable than I. Thanks.