Right On, Jommy. All the coins have returned. That's a good sign. Now, to get up to date. Good to hear the PND net is going strong. I will stake like a maniac once I get caught up. Thanks for the support. This is just too rich!!! But, crypto is the hottest investment sector right now, and most likely, for many eons to come. Why not PND? We've sure paid our dues. And, the price is right. Pounce on it, world.

On day #3 of classic syncing. Does anyone know why the number of blocks remaining keeps going back up, then down again on a regular basis? The yellow progress bar is progressing, but wow, I am concerned at what a long time this is taking and under these circumstances. Also, I realize I haven't synced up in 7 months....If you have an answer for me, I'll keep going and be patient. On the positive side, the total amount of coins I had is nearly there. TY

I can't believe it. Still alive and on the rise. Had to use Jommy's great PandBank instructions when my old version failed into oblivion. I somehow figured out how to get the new bank going. I wrote notes about how to do it years ago when I hit the wall, but they weren't nearly complete. Jommy, you have always been the go-to-guy and Mr. Pandacoin himself, never wavering on what might be. I'd all but given up hope. Obviously, not anymore. Thanks, J99.

These expressions give me strong feelings of hope.

LOFLLMAO: best thing I've read or heard in quite some time, MoneyJ. That's how Alfred E. Neuman of MAD Magazine fame made a killing: "What, me worry?!"
Consider my spirits lifted. Not a bad motto to embrace. Thanks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_E._Neuman

I think this is one a' those areas where it doesn't really matter what you think. Not a thing you can do about it. And everybody was all freaked about about a few ddos attacks within our own realm. Makes it looks like nothin' in comparison.

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/22/ddos-attack-sophisticated-highly-distributed-involved-millions-of-ip-addresses-dyn.html

Who knows when the hackers will strike again and who they are, like that matters. And, where? You just have to hope there's some fix for it. God only knows what. Didn't you always know it would come to this? They're hijacking all our "smart" machines, appliances, security cameras, and the whole 'Internet Of Things," you name it. That has ALWAYS been the big fear and now it is here!! Look up "Internet Of Things." Here, I'll do it for you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_things It's infinitely complex, if you ask me. This is like the warning shot across the bow of the Internet.

Enjoy: https://www.cnet.com/news/internet-outage-dyn-ddos-attack-twitter-spotify/

I guess if some blokes wanna take down half or more of THE ENTIRE INTERNET like they did today, we have much bigger problems on our hands, now don't we.

http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/21/13362354/dyn-dns-ddos-attack-cause-outage-status-explained

Good quote. However, the word is "then".

No it isn't, because it's Ethereum.

You are correct. That was a little sarcastic of me, I admit, but I seriously DO respect your point of view. The Yin and Yang. People got hurt all over the place. That's never good. I do not know what the right thing to do was. I came on AFTER all of that hassle, but knew about it. I guess I just bet my gut feeling about it. And, I could still be wrong as holy whatever. So, my intent is not to harm anybody, but just share my thoughts and hope whatever happens benefits the most folks. If ETC coexists with ETH, that is great with me. It certainly deserves to. Again, no sarcasm, my truest thoughts. Everybody just do their own thing. That's what's important. Follow your heart. That's all that matters with anything. Thank you for commenting on my post.

Dollar-cost averaging.

Dollar-cost averaging (DCA) is an investment technique of buying a fixed dollar amount of a particular investment on a regular schedule, regardless of the share price. The investor purchases more shares when prices are low and fewer shares when prices are high.

No matter what happens, ETH will dominate thanks to all the attacks because they'll learn how to fix and prevent them all. It'll be the most rock-solid crypto of all time in due course. Sincere, and I mean sincere, thanks to ETC. You are making my day. I do respect you and understand your viewpoint. But still, I mainly thank you from the bottom of my heart for making my day, every day, and keeping the ETH price from skyrocketing. But, it's only a matter of time until it does: Patience, Persistence, Perseverance.

Lemma' repeat: Dollar-cost averaging (DCA) is an investment technique of buying a fixed dollar amount of a particular investment on a regular schedule, regardless of the share price. The investor purchases more shares when prices are low and fewer shares when prices are high.

That's what I'm about. A bit here and a bit there on a regular basis. It is still SO early. Good night Irene.

Absolutely anything is possible when you set your mind to it and a bunch of others hold the same attitude.

Anything new will always receive its share of criticism. It comes with the territory. Basically, all you have to do is not participate. Sure doesn't bother me.

Then where do we hang out? I is a investor, LOFL.

Then it will purchase Synereo. By the way, what the hell is it? I just saw a headline that it could rival ETH. Or, I may have misread it.

  Exciting and then some. Wow! 

Ethereum-ETH is far from finished. Quite the contrary. The attacks on it are the ultimate signs of jealousy for a coin and an entire technology that will be everywhere all the time and growing in leaps and bounds for the unforseeable future. You can count on it. The attacks are compliments in disguise. I am sorry, but I am right on this.

I am lovin' this. I just discovered it by chance. It's speculation at its finest. I got no love or hate for ETH or ETC, but to simply call ETH over is hilarious. How many mistakes do startup anythings make? That's how they become great or just flat disintegrate. Giving up so soon? So easy? There's simply too much going on involving ETH to turn your back on it now. Give it a few years. There's two big conferences coming up in a week or so. What, ya can't even wait that long to see if anything great materializes to re-spark your interest? So typical.